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British subsidiaries of foreign companies

  • Gamer NetworkRupert and Nick Loman established Eurogamer Network in 1999. Their flagship website, Eurogamer, opened its doors on the 4th of September 1999.
  • HarperCollinsJames Harper and his brother John opened a small printing shop in New York City on the 1st of January 1817. They operated under the name J & J Harper before…
  • Anime LimitedOn the 14th of December 2012, Andrew Partridge launched a social media page for Anime Limited from his base in Glasgow. He was the director behind Scotland…
  • StudioCanal UKOctober 1998 marked the founding of Optimum Releasing, a new British film distribution company. The entity began actual operations in May 1999 with a…
  • ParlophoneCarl Lindström Company founded Parlophon in Germany during 1896. The name appeared on gramophones before the firm began pressing records of its own.
  • Polydor RecordsOn the 2nd of April 1913, German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG founded Polydor Records in Leipzig. The label began as a mechanical music box manufacturer called…
  • 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…
  • Orion Publishing GroupOrion Books launched its doors in 1992. This new British publisher entered a crowded market with immediate ambition. The company moved quickly to expand its…
  • Media MoleculeOn the 4th of January 2006, four former Lionhead Studios employees incorporated Media Molecule in Guildford, Surrey. Mark Healey led the group alongside Alex…
  • Virgin MediaThe year 2006 marked a turning point for British telecommunications when NTL and Telewest merged to form a single entity.
  • Climax StudiosKarl Jeffery established Images Software Ltd. on the 3rd of February 1988 in Portsmouth, England. The new company began its life by developing and porting…
  • Google DeepMindDemis Hassabis and Shane Legg met at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at University College London in 2010. They established DeepMind Technologies…