Difference between revisions of "Bristol Street Group"
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1959 Shares listed on the Stock Exchange<ref>The Times Thursday, July 9, 1959</ref> | |||
1963 Bristol Street Motors Ltd reported increased car sales and hire-purchase finance<ref>The Times Apr. 30, 1963</ref> | 1963 Bristol Street Motors Ltd reported increased car sales and hire-purchase finance<ref>The Times Apr. 30, 1963</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 8 August 2020
1913 Business established as Ford car dealers in Bristol Street, Birmingham
c.1924 Public company incorporated
1959 Shares listed on the Stock Exchange[1]
1963 Bristol Street Motors Ltd reported increased car sales and hire-purchase finance[2]
1964 Acquired Spurling Motor Bodies[3]
1974 The name of Bristol Street Group, the holding company of Bristol Street Motors, was changed to BSG International because only 30 percent of the group's business was in the motor trade; the group was Europe's largest seat belt manufacturer, through Britax, a producers of caravan lighting, supplier of the North Sea oil industry, maker of nuts and bolts and metal gantries, and a metal finishing specialist[4]
1997 Management buyout of the Bristol Street car dealerships[5]