Trafalgar House plc was a conglomerate with interests in property investment, property development, engineering, construction, shipping, hotels, energy and publishing.
1957 Incorporated as a private company Eastern International Property Investments Ltd[1]
1962 Name changed to Trafalgar House Ltd
1963 Public company incorporated, for purposes of property development and investment; the company owned several subsidiaries and a substantial property portfolio.
1968 Acquired Trollope and Colls, builder and property developer[2]
1970 Acquired The Cementation Co[3] and several London hotels.
1973 Brought all of its offshore supply activities into one division: Offshore Marine[5]
1974 Sold several subsidiaries which made concrete pipes[6]
1976 Acquired Clark and Fenn building products group[7]
1982 Bought Redpath Dorman Long from British Steel for £10 million. Unions representing the 3,200 RDL workforce feared for major job losses.[8] Eventually merged with Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. From the 1st October the structural engineering division was controlled under the collective umbrella of Cleveland Redpath Engineering Holdings.[9]
1984 A consortium of Trafalgar House and Howard Doris took over the Scott-Lithgow yard for £12m on 28th March, which constructed oil-rigs.
1986 Having contributed to the refinancing of the engineering company John Brown, agreed a take-over of the whole company[10].
1994 Trafalgar House consisted of four main businesses: John Brown Engineering, John Brown Engineers and Constructors, Davy International and Trafalgar House Offshore.[11]
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- [1] Wikipedia