Grovewood Securities
1914 Founded as Lady Workers' Homes.
c.1958 Name changed to Grovewood Securities.
1959 Acquired the chemicals group Bush Beach and Segner Bayley.[1]
1961 Bought a controlling interest in Brands Hatch.[2]
1963 Owners of Mallory Park through Brand's Hatch Circuit Ltd. Also owners of Snetterton.[3]
1963 Acquired all the issued share capital of Cheshire Car Circuit, the firm which runs Oulton Park.[4]
1963 Bid to buy Cadwell Park, Louth, Lincs.[5]
1965 Acquired Ranton and Co.[6]
1969 Grovewood Securities to form a new company British Melamine Tableware Co from parts of British Industrial Plastics and Ranton and Co[7]
Chairman is John Danny
1970 Acquired Antiference.[8]
1975 Acquired by Eagle Star Insurance Co.[9]
1978 Buy Champneys Health Farm at Tring.[10]
1979 Takes 29% stake in Duple International.[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, December 3, 1959
- ↑ Daily Herald - Tuesday 18 April 1961
- ↑ The Sphere - Saturday 23 March 1963
- ↑ Cheshire Observer - Friday 28 June 1963
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph - Tuesday 02 July 1963
- ↑ The Times, April 6, 1965
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 08 August 1969
- ↑ The Times, April 8, 1970
- ↑ The Times, March 4, 1975
- ↑ Buckinghamshire Examiner - Friday 23 June 1978
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 13 January 1979