Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Bennett and Fountain

From Graces Guide

Retailer and wholesaler of electrical goods

Bennett and Fountain was the first electrical distributor to be appointed supplier to the Queen.[1]

1986 Acquired Moss Electrical Co, electrical wholesaler.[2]

1986 D. J. Electrical was a division of Bennett and Fountain.[3]

1987 Acquired E. Wilkes (Electrical Factors) of Leeds.[4]

1988 Agreed bid for Wigfall[5]

1988 The electrical equipment firm is making an agreed £6m offer for the Bolton-based electrical retailing group Edwin P. Lees. The Lees group has 78 outlets in the North of England.[6]

1989 Bennett and Fountain Group PLC is the UK's fastest growing electrical, wholesale and retail group, with over 200 outlets nationwide.[7]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Surrey Herald 19 June 1986
  2. ↑ 1987 Moss Annual report
  3. ↑ Birmingham Weekly Mercury 9 November 1986
  4. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 16 December 1987
  5. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 30 January 1988
  6. ↑ Manchester Evening News 12 July 1988
  7. ↑ Eastbourne Gazette 8 March 1989