Imperial Tobacco Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Imperial Tobacco Co (Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd
- Player, John, & Sons Ltd
- Wills, W D & H O, Ltd
- Lambert & Butler Ltd
- Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd
- British American Tobacco Co Ltd
- Imperial Group Ltd
- Hanson Trust Plc
- Imperial Tobacco Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Nottingham, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
- United States
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Tobacco products manufacture
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Distribution - retailing
Tobacco products retailing
Notes:
Established in 1901 as Imperial Tobacco Co (Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd, a merger of 13 family owned tobacco businesses led by John Player & Sons Ltd, W D & H O Wills Ltd and Lambert & Butler Ltd. Acquired Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd, retailers. By agreement with British American Tobacco Co Ltd in 1902, operations largely restricted to UK until 1970s. Acquired other businesses in retailing (Finlays), board and paper making, etc. Diversified from 1960s into brewing, food processing, electronics, engineering, plastics, etc. Renamed Imperial Group Ltd 1973. 1985 acquired by Hanson Trust Plc. 1996 tobacco business demerged from Hanson as a public company, Imperial Tobacco Group Plc
Publications:
- Challenge and change. The ITC story, 1910-1985 by Basu, Champaka
- Fifty Years of Progress. An account of the African organisation of the Imperial Tobacco Company, 1907-1957 by Twiston Davies, William
- First Sixty Years. A history of the Imperial Tobacco Company in the United States of America, 1902-1962 by Dickinson, Sue V
- Imperial Story, 1901-2001. Celebrating 100 years by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd, 1901-1951 by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Group. A brief review of the group's history and development by Unknown
- IMPS. The story of the Imperial Group by Unknown
- Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960. Towering investors by Morecroft, Nigel E
- Pipe Dreams. Early advertising art from the Imperial Tobacco Company by Dempsey, Mike (ed)
- Reappraising corporate failure in Britain. Labour management in the tobacco industry before 1939 by Fitzgerald, Robert, & Takashi Hirao
- Story of Imperial Group Ltd by Unknown
- 'Strategy and structure in the UK tobacco industry' in L Hannah (ed), Management Strategy and Business Development by Alford, B W E
- The Global Cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945 by Cox, Howard
- 'Tobacco and liquor industries' in H W Macrosty, The Trust Movement in British Industry. A study of business organisation by Macrosty, Henry W
- Trust in Tobacco. The Anglo American struggle for power by Corina, Maurice
- W D & H O Wills and the Development of the UK Tobacco Industry, 1786-1965 by Alford, B W E
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Imperial Tobacco Co (Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd
- Player, John, & Sons Ltd
- Wills, W D & H O, Ltd
- Lambert & Butler Ltd
- Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd
- British American Tobacco Co Ltd
- Imperial Group Ltd
- Hanson Trust Plc
- Imperial Tobacco Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Nottingham, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
- United States
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Tobacco products manufacture
- Distribution - retailing Tobacco products retailing
Notes:
Established in 1901 as Imperial Tobacco Co (Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd, a merger of 13 family owned tobacco businesses led by John Player & Sons Ltd, W D & H O Wills Ltd and Lambert & Butler Ltd. Acquired Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd, retailers. By agreement with British American Tobacco Co Ltd in 1902, operations largely restricted to UK until 1970s. Acquired other businesses in retailing (Finlays), board and paper making, etc. Diversified from 1960s into brewing, food processing, electronics, engineering, plastics, etc. Renamed Imperial Group Ltd 1973. 1985 acquired by Hanson Trust Plc. 1996 tobacco business demerged from Hanson as a public company, Imperial Tobacco Group PlcPublications:
- Challenge and change. The ITC story, 1910-1985 by Basu, Champaka
- Fifty Years of Progress. An account of the African organisation of the Imperial Tobacco Company, 1907-1957 by Twiston Davies, William
- First Sixty Years. A history of the Imperial Tobacco Company in the United States of America, 1902-1962 by Dickinson, Sue V
- Imperial Story, 1901-2001. Celebrating 100 years by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd, 1901-1951 by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd by Unknown
- Imperial Tobacco Group. A brief review of the group's history and development by Unknown
- IMPS. The story of the Imperial Group by Unknown
- Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960. Towering investors by Morecroft, Nigel E
- Pipe Dreams. Early advertising art from the Imperial Tobacco Company by Dempsey, Mike (ed)
- Reappraising corporate failure in Britain. Labour management in the tobacco industry before 1939 by Fitzgerald, Robert, & Takashi Hirao
- Story of Imperial Group Ltd by Unknown
- 'Strategy and structure in the UK tobacco industry' in L Hannah (ed), Management Strategy and Business Development by Alford, B W E
- The Global Cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945 by Cox, Howard
- 'Tobacco and liquor industries' in H W Macrosty, The Trust Movement in British Industry. A study of business organisation by Macrosty, Henry W
- Trust in Tobacco. The Anglo American struggle for power by Corina, Maurice
- W D & H O Wills and the Development of the UK Tobacco Industry, 1786-1965 by Alford, B W E