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Hunting Gate Group Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Bandet, Frederick
  • Banton Manufacturing Co Ltd
  • Erecta (Hitchin) Ltd
  • Erecta Construction Ltd

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

  • Baldock, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England
  • Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England

Sectors:

  • Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
  • Property activities Property development & management, general

Notes:

Traces origins to Frederick Bandet, an émigré from central Europe, who established a small leather goods business at Baldock in 1939 known as Banton Manufacturing Co Ltd. Relocated to Hitchin in 1949 when business closed after which Bandet started property development/investment and construction, initially focused on factories for letting, via Erecta (Hitchin) Ltd and Erecta Construction Ltd. 1970s diversified into housing. 1972 adopted Hunting Gate Group name for what was a group of development, investment and construction businesses. 1970s established property development interests in California. Continues

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