Romance of Great Businesses

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Individual chapters on c50 leading businesses, including: Whiteways Cyder Ltd; Suttons Seeds Ltd; Christy & Co Ltd, hat makers; J C & J Fields Ltd, candle makers; Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd, brewers; Gas Light & Coke Co; David Allen & Sons Ltd, advertising services; Sunbeam Motor Car Co Ltd; J S Fry & Sons Ltd, confectionery manufacture; Spratt's Patent Ltd, dog food manufacture; Salesmanship Ltd, sales consultancy; Curtis Brothers & Dumbrill Ltd, London, dairy products; Frederick Sage & Co Ltd, shop fitters; Chivers & Sons Ltd, food preserving; Roneo Co Ltd, office equipment manufacture; Charles Letts & Co Ltd, printers; John Pullar & Sons Ltd, laundry services; Royal Sovereign Pencil Co Ltd, Neasden, writing equipment makers; Preservene Soap, soap & detergent production; O Cedar Ltd, Slough, polish manufacturer; W H Smith & Son Ltd, retailing; Cadbury Brothers Ltd, confectionery production; Lever Brothers Ltd, soap & detergent production; Angus Wilson & Co Ltd, Newcastle, food canning; J & J Colman Ltd; A & F Pears Ltd, soap & detergent production; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, ceramics manufacture; J Lyons & Co Ltd, restaurant services; Horrockes Crewdson & Co Ltd, cotton textiles production; Waring & Co, furniture manufacture; Bass Radcliff & Gretton Ltd, brewing; John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd, confectionery production; Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd, rubber products manufacture; Schweppes Ltd, soft drinks production; Mudies Select Library, library services; Huntley & Palmers Ltd, biscuit manufacture; Bryant & May Ltd, match production; Martins Ltd, London, mail order cigars; Swifts, Coventry, motor vehicle production; Wm P Hartley (London & Aintree) Ltd, preserves; Glaxo Group; British Petroleum Co Ltd; Prices Patent Candle Co Ltd; Hovis Ltd, grain milling & baking; A W Gamage Ltd, department store retailing; W Whiteley Ltd, department store retailing; Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd; George Newnes & Co Ltd, publishing; Cassell & Co Ltd, publishing; Odhams Press Ltd, printing