Northgate Group
From Graces Guide
of Fencehouses Industrial Estate, Houghton-le-Spring
Courtaulds Apparel of Parr Industrial Estate, St. Helens.(1982)
1962 Northgate Group, industrial holding company, acquired Canadian and English Stores[1] in a reverse take-over. Northgate changed its name to Northgate and English Stores; S. R. Hogg was chairman. Acquired 6 further stores even before the deal was complete.[2]
1965 ICI would buy 20 percent stake in the enlarged share capital of the Northgate Group.[3], the warp knitting and other manufacturing activities of the group[4]
1966 Split out of Northgate and English Stores.[5]
1968 Courtaulds acquired Northgate Group[6]
1975 With some 8,000 employees, Northgate Group was one of the largest garment manufacturers in the U.K.[7]
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