Bristol Plant Hire
1950 Company incorporated
1959 Acquired Richard Stevens (Engineers) of Birmingham
1961 re-registered as a public company[1]
By 1967 Carlton Investments owned 33 percent of the equity; Bristol acquired Ames Plant Hire from Carlton in exchange for shares[2]
Bristol Plant hire became a subsidiary of Carlton Investments, part of London Merchant Securities[3]
By 1974 was owned (63.6 percent) by Carlton Industries[4]
1977 Carlton Industries acquired the remainder of Bristol Plant Hire[5]