Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 169,251 pages of information and 247,700 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.

Bass Charrington

From Graces Guide

1967 Bass, Mitchells and Butlers merged with Charrington United Breweries to create Bass Charrington, later shortened to Bass PLC

1989 Following the MMC Report on the Supply of Beer and the DTI Beer Orders, Bass PLC formed separate brewing and retailing divisions: Bass Brewers and Bass Taverns respectively

1991 Bass was the largest brewer in Britain[1]

1998 Diageo sold Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation to Bass[2]

1999 Bass and Co was second largest brewer in the UK.

2000 Company acquired by Belgian Interbrew.

2001 American company Coors bought the company after the Interbrew company was split up.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Nov. 22, 1990
  2. The Times, August 05, 1998