J. E. Stone & Co. Ltd
J. E. Stone & Co. Ltd
Southern Rhodesia
J E Stone & Co Ltd were engineers, importers and contractors.
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- 23.07.1947
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- 10.10.1949
Contributors
- James Gavin
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Rhodelect Ltd
Harrison & Hughson Ltd
Harrison & Hughson Ltd
Harare
Harrison & Hughson Ltd were an agency in Salisbury, Rhodesia. The company appears to be trading today.
Contributors
- James Gavin
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Bancroft, Neil & Co Ltd
Bancroft, Neil & Co Ltd
Bulawayo
Bancroft, Neil & Co Ltd was founded in Bulawayo in 1946 as an agricultural business and, in those early years, grew to become the major supplier of stationary engines for borehole pumps and other applications.
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- 03.10.1953
As time progressed, the company became a major supplier of polythene and PVC pipes as well as copper and galvanized fittings and parts for use in water engineering. It currently trades as Bancroft & Neil Water and is one of most experienced companies in the field of borehole design, installation, maintenance and related areas.
References
Contributors
- James Gavin
Brown & Clapperton Ltd
Brown & Clapperton Ltd
Blantyre
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- 02.07.1951
Brown & Clapperton Ltd was a manufacturing business. They ceased their manufacturing operations in Malawi after 1994.
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- 05.1952
Scotch Stores
Scotch Stores
Bulawayo
Scotch Stores in Bulawayo was run by William Archibald McCalman (b.1869, Scotland). McCalman was a wholesale and retail grocer and a wine and spirit merchant.
Scotch Stores incorporated the liquor business of The Bechuanaland Trading Association Ltd (BTA). BTA operated a large scale enterprise with interests outside Bechuanaland and was linked to the British South Africa Company in Southern and North-Western Rhodesia.
He died 13th November, 1924 of influenza.
Postcards
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J. Palte & Co
J. Palte & Co
Bulawayo
Joseph Palte was born in Lithuania in 1875. Palte started his company, J. Palte & Co in 1908 in Bulawayo, where he was an independent grain & general merchant.
He died 21st May, 1934 due to self-administered cyanide poisoning. An inquest was held into his death on 29th May, 1934. He was married with three children and after his death, his son, Jack, took over the business. He expanded the business in 1952, when Tiger Oats became major shareholders.
In 1964 Harris Maize Milling and Produce Company merged with J. Palte & Co. to form Palte Harris. In 1970 Palte Harris went public as Palte Harris Industrial Holdings. In 1969 the Rhodesian Milling and Manufacturing Co Ltd merged with Palte Harris to form National Foods, bringing together the Gloria and Red Seal brands.
Revenue
References
- National Foods Limited, Zimbabwe
Thomas Cook & Son
Thomas Cook & Son
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham.
In 1924, the company was renamed Thomas Cook & Son Ltd., after acquiring limited liability status. A new headquarters was opened in Berkeley Street, London in 1926. In 1928, the business was sold to the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grandes Express Européens, operator of the Orient Express.
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- 18.08.1936
After the outbreak of World War II the Paris headquarters of the Wagons-Lits company was seized by the occupying forces, and the British assets taken over by the Custodian of Enemy Property. In 1942, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. was sold to the proprietors of Hay’s Wharf, the four major British railway companies at this time, with the aim of preventing its bankruptcy. The company was nationalised along with the railways in 1948, becoming part of the British Transport Commission.
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- 13.02.1938
In the late 1950’s the company began to promote ‘foreign holidays’ by selling “inclusive tours” (package holidays) using scheduled airlines but refused to sell cheap package holidays which compromised on quality and service. As a result, the company began to lose market share, although its operating profits exceeded £1 million for the first time in 1965.
The company was denationalised in 1972, when it was acquired from the British Government by a consortium of Trust House Forte, Midland Bank and the Automobile Association. The company’s name was altered from Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd, to Thomas Cook Group Ltd in 1974. Midland Bank acquired sole control in 1977.
It was succeeded by Thomas Cook AG after being sold to a German company in 2001, but since 2007 the descendant company is Thomas Cook Group plc.
Branches
- Bulawayo
- Salisbury
References
Contributors
- James Gavin
- Keith Harrop
Hubert Davies & Co Ltd: Salisbury
Hubert Davies & Co Ltd
Salisbury
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- 10.08.1951
Hubert Davies & Co Ltd
Hubert Davies & Co Ltd
In 1891, Hubert Davies started an industrial supply business in Johannesburg, South Africa. By the turn of the century, the business was a major player in the distribution of mechanical and electrical industrial products.
In 1917, it was converted into a private company, Hubert Davies & Co Ltd. This facilitated the introduction of senior managers as directors and shareholders.
Today the busines trades as Hudcao.
Branches
- Bulawayo
- Gwelo
- Lusaka
- Ndola
- Salisbury
Contributors
- James Gavin