McCorquodale Colour Display

of Mill Lane, Newton-le-Willows

See also McCorquodale and Co

1966 'The headquarters of Mc Corquodale, the inter national printing group are today moving from London to the Houndmilt industrial estate, Basing• stoke. The offices are in a new four-storey building put up on the site already occupied by Charles Skipper and East, one of the group's subsidiaries. About 30 people are involved in the move....As well as the offices of the parent company the building will house the administrative staffs of two subsidiaries also moving from London, McCorquodale Colour Display Ltd., McCorquodale Punched Cards Ltd., the offices of Charles Skipper and East and the group's pension funds, chief buyer's and research and development department. Space has been set aside for the NCR 500 series computer. The company was formed in 1947 and the McCorquodale family has been connected with it ever since. The expansion to its present size began in the 1920s, and it has acquired its overseas interests since the war. Like other printing groups it has in recent years been concentrating its activities into bigger units. In this country the group's activities include jobbing and contract printing and specialised work like cheque printing.'

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