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Thomas Roberts (Westminster)

From Graces Guide

1937 'Thomas Roberts (Westminster) Ltd., stone merchants and quarry owners.'[1]

1959 'Thomas Roberts (Westminster) recently offered to buy from each shareholder in Roads Reconstruction, a quarrying and contracting company'[2]

1959 The chairman is Mrs. May Roberts.[3]

1965 'Roads Reconstruction, the Frome based company controlled by Thomas Roberts (Westminster) since 1960 is to merge with Inns and Co. the public works contractors.'[4]

1975 The company had a number of subsidiary companies operating in a range of industries:[5]

By 1977 Ocean Petroleum Co Ltd seems to have become part of Thomas Roberts (Westminster) Ltd, of Totton, Southampton

1999 'THOMAS Roberts (Westminster) Ltd the holding company of Hull based Fillcrete has acquired cellulose fibre manufacturer Excel Industries. Based in Ebbw Vale South Wales, Excel manufactures the Warmcel insulation range'[6]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph - Monday 21 June 1937
  2. ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 14 November 1959
  3. ↑ Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 25 November 1959
  4. ↑ Somerset Standard - Friday 09 July 1965
  5. ↑ 1975 Annual report
  6. ↑ Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 07 July 1999
  • Companies house filing
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