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British brands
- BPIn May 1908, a group of British geologists discovered a large amount of oil at Masjed Soleyman located in the Khuzestan Province in the southwest of Persia.
- Penguin BooksAllen Lane stood at Exeter St Davids station in 1934 and saw a display of cheap, poorly printed paperbacks. He realized that high-quality literature was…
- British AirwaysOn the 25th of August 1919, a small aircraft named the Airco DH.4A touched down in Paris carrying mail and passengers from London.
- CadburyOn the 4th of March 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop on Bull Street in Birmingham, England. He sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate to local…
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica during the Scottish Enlightenment.
- Virgin MediaThe year 2006 marked a turning point for British telecommunications when NTL and Telewest merged to form a single entity.
- BBCOn the 18th of October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company Ltd formed a joint venture among wireless receiver manufacturers to secure a single…
- SlazengerRalph and Albert Slazenger opened a small shop on Cannon Street in London during 1881. These Jewish brothers from Manchester began selling rubber sporting…