British School of Motoring
BSM of 5 Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus, London, W.
1910 Founded by Stanley Coryton Hugh Roberts in a garage in Peckham
Success allowed Roberts to relocate the business to Coventry Street. At one point he rented a floor of the building to the newly formed Automobile Association.
Business boosted by the introduction of the Highway Code in 1930 and of the driving test in 1935.
1973 Acquired by Sir Anthony Jacobs
1990 Management buyout of the business
1992 Business floated on the Stock Exchange
1997 The business misread the introduction of the written test, leading to a loss of one tenth of its instructors
1997 Acquired by the RAC
c.2005 Acquired by Aviva when it acquired RAC plc.
2009 BSM was acquired by a German private equity company[1]
See Also
- 1912 Automotor: Index
- 1936 Motor Show
- 1937 Motor Show
- 1938 Motor Show
- 1948 Motor Show
- 1949 Motor Show
- 1950 Motor Show
- 1951 Motor Show
- 1952 Motor Show
- 1953 Motor Show
- 1954 Commercial Motor Show
- 1954 Motor Show
- 1955 Motor Show
- 1956 Motor Show
- 1957 Motor Show
- 1958 Commercial Motor Show
- 1958 Motor Show
- 1959 Motor Show
- 1960 Motor Show
- 1961 Motor Show
- 1962 Commercial Motor Show
- 1962 Motor Show
- 1964 Motor Show
- 1965 Motor Show
- 1966 Motor Show
- 1967 Motor Show
- 1968 Commercial Motor Show
- 1968 Motor Show
- 1968 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1969 Motor Show
- 1970 Motor Show
- 1971 Motor Show
- 1971 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1972 Motor Show
- 1973 Motor Show
- 1993 Key British Enterprises
- Aviva
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1914/09/21
- Light Car and Cyclecar: 1916/04/03
- Norman Radford
- RAC Ltd
- Raymond Gwynne Rees
- Ronald Priestley
- Sir Anthony Jacobs
- Stanley Coryton Hugh Roberts
- Victoria Worsley
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Feb. 12, 2009