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 167,504 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.

Kier

From Graces Guide
1964.


1963 Public company J. L. Kier and Co Ltd was formed to take over the private company J. L. Kier and Co (London) Ltd. The business of J. L. Kier and Co (London) became Kier Ltd. which took on all of the civil engineering and building contracting work of the 2 predecessor companies, including most types of heavy civil engineering including power stations, harbours, roads, bridges, pipelines, cooling towers, factories and other buildings. Also had 5 subsidiaries:[1]

1973 Kier Ltd became a subsidiary of the new French Kier Holdings Ltd.

1974 Kier Ltd continued to trade profitably despite major problems elsewhere in the group.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Nov. 25, 1963