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.

United Breweries

From Graces Guide

1960 Merger of [1]

The combined company would be called Northern Breweries Ltd

1960 Northern was renamed as United Breweries, taking in:[2]

Acquired James Calder and Co (Alloa) and had made offers for Ulster Brewery Co and J. G. Thomson and Co, wine and spirit merchants of Leith and Glasgow.

1961 Acquired Cornbrook Brewery Co.

1961 The Scottish Management Company was renamed United Caledonian Breweries[3]

1962 Merger of Charrington and Co and United Breweries to form Charrington United Breweries[4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Feb 18, 1960
  2. The Times, Dec 20, 1960
  3. The Times June 23, 1961
  4. The Times , Apr 12, 1962