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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Rank Group

From Graces Guide

The company was formed in 1995 to acquire the business interests of the Rank Organisation which itself was formed out of the business interests of its founder, J. Arthur Rank.

1997 Rank sold its remaining holdings in Rank-Xerox[1]

1998 The company owned Odeon cinemas, Hard Rock Cafes, Universal Studios theme parks, Butlin's holiday camps and casinos[2]

2005 Disposed of Deluxe Film Services[3]

2008 The group consisted of 2 main businesses, one of which was Mecca Bingo[4]

The group focussed on its various gambling activities.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 7, 1997
  2. The Times Apr. 22, 1998
  3. The Times Dec. 29, 2005
  4. The Times May 28, 2008