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Fisher, Percy E, Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Rea & Son
  • Rea, Son & Fisher
  • Jarvis, Sir John
  • Wingrove & Edge

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Basingstoke, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England

Sectors:

  • Leather & other skins processing & products manufacture Leather & other skins processing

Notes:

Established in London in 1888 by Percy E Fisher. Soon after merged with Rea & Son to become Rea, Son & Fisher with works at Godalming, Surrey. Fisher withdrew in 1913 and established a new business at Basingstoke. c1920 converted to a public company on Fisher's withdrawal but soon reverted to private ownership, under Sir John Jarvis, as Percy E Fisher (1928) Ltd. 1946 reconverted to a public company. Traditionally supplied leather for footwear, clothing and gas meter industries. 1949 acquired Wingrove & Edge of Marlborough, chrome leather manufacturers

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