British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Callender's Cable & Construction Co Ltd
- British Insulated Wire Co Ltd
- Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd
- Balfour Beatty Ltd
- BICC Ltd
- British Insulated Cable Co Ltd
- Callender's Bitumen Telegraph & Waterproof Co Ltd
- Telegraph Manufacturing Co Ltd
- British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Erith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Prescot, Knowsley, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
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Construction
Building services installation inc electricity, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, etc
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical wire & cable production
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Utility services
Electricity generation & supply
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Telecommunication & postal services
Telecommunication services
Notes:
Established in 1945 as British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd through merger of 1] Callender's Bitumen Telegraph & Waterproof Co Ltd of Erith, originally refiners of bitumen and from 1890s makers of insulated cables, and 2] British Insulated Cables Co Ltd. The latter company had been formed at Prescot in 1890 as British Insulated Wire Co Ltd and in 1902 merged with The Telegraph Manufacturing Co Ltd to form British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd which in 1925 was shortened to British Insulated Cables Ltd. The British Insulated Callender's Cables name was shorted to BICC Ltd in 1975 and then changed to BICC Plc in 1982 As well as cable manufacture had important interests in cable related activities such as power supply, telephone systems, railway electrification, etc. Acquired, inter alia, Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd and, in 1969, the construction business Balfour Beatty Ltd. Subsequently sold cable businesses and renamed Balfour Beatty
Publications:
- BICC archives and artefact collection by Read, Gordon
- BICC Group of Companies by Unknown
- BICC. Structural change and the development of management accounting, c1945-c1960 by Boyns, Trevor
- 'Development and organisation of British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by McFadzean, William
- History of Cablemaking at Helsby Factory by Banbury, Lawrence G
- History of Wood Lane, 1934-1984 by Morrison, A E, & G F Holder
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Callender's Cable & Construction Co Ltd
- British Insulated Wire Co Ltd
- Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd
- Balfour Beatty Ltd
- BICC Ltd
- British Insulated Cable Co Ltd
- Callender's Bitumen Telegraph & Waterproof Co Ltd
- Telegraph Manufacturing Co Ltd
- British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Erith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Prescot, Knowsley, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
- Construction Building services installation inc electricity, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, etc
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical wire & cable production
- Utility services Electricity generation & supply
- Telecommunication & postal services Telecommunication services
Notes:
Established in 1945 as British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd through merger of 1] Callender's Bitumen Telegraph & Waterproof Co Ltd of Erith, originally refiners of bitumen and from 1890s makers of insulated cables, and 2] British Insulated Cables Co Ltd. The latter company had been formed at Prescot in 1890 as British Insulated Wire Co Ltd and in 1902 merged with The Telegraph Manufacturing Co Ltd to form British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd which in 1925 was shortened to British Insulated Cables Ltd. The British Insulated Callender's Cables name was shorted to BICC Ltd in 1975 and then changed to BICC Plc in 1982 As well as cable manufacture had important interests in cable related activities such as power supply, telephone systems, railway electrification, etc. Acquired, inter alia, Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd and, in 1969, the construction business Balfour Beatty Ltd. Subsequently sold cable businesses and renamed Balfour BeattyPublications:
- BICC archives and artefact collection by Read, Gordon
- BICC Group of Companies by Unknown
- BICC. Structural change and the development of management accounting, c1945-c1960 by Boyns, Trevor
- 'Development and organisation of British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by McFadzean, William
- History of Cablemaking at Helsby Factory by Banbury, Lawrence G
- History of Wood Lane, 1934-1984 by Morrison, A E, & G F Holder