Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,720 pages of information and 247,131 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.
of Leicester
1988 Benson Shoes owned 82 percent of J. W. Wassall.
1988 Three investors acquired J. W. Wassall, discount shoe retailer, with plans to develop into a diversified group; Hanson took a minority stake and Benson retained a stake in the company[1]
1994 transformative acquisition of General Cable; already owned techno Pack, makers of bottling systems, and office furniture businesses[2]
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