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Trafalgar House (company)

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Trafalgar House Public Limited Company was a British conglomerate with interests in property investment, property development, engineering, construction, shipping, hotels, energy and publishing. [1]

52 relations: Art Deco, Baltic Exchange, British Aerospace, Broseley Estates Limited, Cementation Company, CGU plc, Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, Clydebank, Comben Homes, Conglomerate (company), Consortium, Contract, Cunard Line, Dartford, David and Frederick Barclay, Dorman Long, Energy industry, Enfield Town, English Heritage, Estuary, Financial Reporting Council, Firestone Tyre Factory, Foster and Partners, FTSE 100 Index, Gas turbine, Hongkong Land, Ideal Homes (UK housebuilder), Jardine Matheson, John Brown & Company, Keswick family, Kværner, London Stock Exchange, Newspaper, Nigel Broackes, Northern & Shell, Planning permission, Pound sterling, Property, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Real estate development, River Thames, Royal Small Arms Factory, Shipbuilding, Simon Keswick, Swiss Re, Tagus, The Daily Telegraph, The Ritz Hotel, London, Trollope & Colls, Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews, ..., Wallis, Gilbert and Partners, 30 St Mary Axe. Expand index (2 more) »

Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Baltic Exchange

The Baltic Exchange (incorporated as The Baltic Exchange Limited) is a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts.

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British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer.

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Broseley Estates Limited

Broseley Estates Limited, also referred to as Broseley Homes, was formed by Danny Horrocks after an amalgamation of developers and was controlled for most of its history by the insurance company Royal Exchange.

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Cementation Company

The Cementation Company was a large British construction business.

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CGU plc

CGU plc was a large insurance group, created by the merger of Commercial Union and General Accident in 1998.

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Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company

Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd is a renowned bridge building and structural engineering company based in Darlington, England.

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Clydebank

Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Comben Homes

Comben Homes was a large British Housebuilder.

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Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is the combination of two or more corporations operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries.

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Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.

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Contract

A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.

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Cunard Line

Cunard Line is a British-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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David and Frederick Barclay

Sir David Rowat Barclay and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (both born 27 October 1934), commonly referred to as the "Barclay Brothers" or "Barclay Twins", are British businessmen.

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Dorman Long

Dorman Long is an engineering consultancy and equipment manufacturer for the construction of long-span bridges, power stations, refineries, offshore structures, stadia and other large building structures.

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Energy industry

The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution.

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Enfield Town

Enfield Town, also known as Enfield, is the historic centre of the London Borough of Enfield.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Financial Reporting Council

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is the UK's and the Republic of Ireland's independent regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance and reporting to foster investment.

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Firestone Tyre Factory

The Firestone Tyre Factory on the Great West Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow was an example of Art Deco architecture.

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Foster and Partners

Foster + Partners is a British international studio for architecture and integrated design, with headquarters in London.

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FTSE 100 Index

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation.

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Gas turbine

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous combustion, internal combustion engine.

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Hongkong Land

Hongkong Land is a property investment, management and development groups with premium commercial and residential property interests across Asia.

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Ideal Homes (UK housebuilder)

Ideal Homes was a British housebuilder.

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Jardine Matheson

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, also known as Jardines, is a British conglomerate incorporated in Bermuda, with its primary listing on the Singapore Exchange.

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John Brown & Company

John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.

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Keswick family

The Keswick family (pronounced with a silent "w", "Kezzick") are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson.

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Kværner

Kværner was a Norwegian engineering and construction services company that existed between 1853 and 2005.

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London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange located in the City of London, England.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.

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Nigel Broackes

Sir Nigel Broackes (21 July 1934 – 29 September 1999) was the founder of Trafalgar House, one of the United Kingdom's largest contracting businesses.

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Northern & Shell

Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, launched and founded in December 1974 and currently owned by Richard Desmond.

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Planning permission

Planning permission or developmental approval refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation) in some jurisdictions.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Property

Property, in the abstract, is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Real estate development

Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Royal Small Arms Factory

The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) was a UK government-owned rifle factory in the London Borough of Enfield in an area generally known as the Lea Valley.

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Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.

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Simon Keswick

Simon Lindley Keswick FRSA (born 20 May 1942) is a Scottish businessman and the younger brother of Sir Chips Keswick and Sir Henry Keswick.

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Swiss Re

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd,"." Swiss Re.

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Tagus

The Tagus (Tajo,; Tejo) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Ritz Hotel, London

The Ritz London is a Grade II listed 5-star hotel located in Piccadilly in London, England.

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Trollope & Colls

Trollope & Colls was once one of the United Kingdom's largest construction companies.

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Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews

Victor Collin Matthews, Baron Matthews (5 December 1919 – 5 December 1995) was Group Managing Director of Trafalgar House, one of the United Kingdom's largest contracting businesses as well as the proprietor of the Daily Express.

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Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners was a British architectural partnership responsible for the design of many Art Deco buildings in the UK in the 1920s and 1930s.

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30 St Mary Axe

30 St Mary Axe (informally known as the Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_House_(company)

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