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Searcys
Searcys is a British catering company, founded in 1847 and operating 29 venues as of October 2016. Searcys was founded in 1847 by John Searcy, pastry chef to the Duke of Northumberland. In 2014, Westbury Street Holdings Westbury Street Holdings (WSH) is an English contract catering company. WSH was founded in 2000 by Alastair Storey, who is the company's chairman and chief executive (CEO). WSH owns BaxterStorey, Portico, Caterlink, Holroyd Howe, Benugo and S ... (WSH) acquired Searcys for £14,205,000 in exchange for 100% of the ordinary share capital of Searcy Tansley & Company according to the acquiring company's FY 2014 accounts. Searcys had been marketed at £25-30 million. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Searcys British brands 1847 establishments in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westbury Street Holdings
Westbury Street Holdings (WSH) is an English contract catering company. WSH was founded in 2000 by Alastair Storey, who is the company's chairman and chief executive (CEO). WSH owns BaxterStorey, Portico, Caterlink, Holroyd Howe, Benugo and Searcys, and its headquarters, WSH International Investments Limited, is in Reading, Berkshire. In 2014, WSH acquired Searcys Searcys is a British catering company, founded in 1847 and operating 29 venues as of October 2016. Searcys was founded in 1847 by John Searcy, pastry chef to the Duke of Northumberland. In 2014, Westbury Street Holdings (WSH) acquired Searcys ... for an undisclosed sum, although it was marketed at £25-30 million. References Companies based in Reading, Berkshire Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom 2000 establishments in England British companies established in 2000 Service companies of England Food and drink companies established in 2000 {{England-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Northumberland
Duke of Northumberland is a noble title that has been created three times in English and British history, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The current holder of this title is Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland. 1551 creation The title was first created in the Peerage of England in 1551 for John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick. He had already been created Viscount Lisle in 1543 and Earl of Warwick in 1547, also in the Peerage of England. In 1553, Dudley advanced the claim of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, to the English throne, but when she was deposed by Queen Mary I, Dudley was convicted of high treason and executed. An illegitimate son of one of his younger sons, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Sir Robert Dudley, claimed the dukedom when in exile in Italy. On 9 March 1620 the Emperor Ferdinand II officially recognised the title, an act which infuriated James I of England. 1683 creation George FitzRoy, 1st Earl of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Brands
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Brito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
