Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,639 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Davis Service Group

From Graces Guide

1991 Godfrey Davis (Holdings) changed its name to Davis Service Group; the business included automotive retail and industrial services[1]

1993 Acquired HSS Hire Service Group[2]

1996 Acquired Spring Grove Services

2002 Acquired the Nordic support services operator Sophus Berendsen

2003 Sold HSS to its management[3]. Concentrated on providing services to industry covering towels and hand cleaner for washrooms, doormats and linen for hotels and hospitals.

2010 Name of the group was changed to Berendsen[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times September 20, 1991
  2. The Times, April 8, 1993
  3. The Times, December 17, 2003
  4. The Times, November 3, 2010