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Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange

  • EMIMarch 1931 marked the birth of Electric and Musical Industries in London. Two giants, Columbia Graphophone Company and Gramophone Company, merged to form a…
  • 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…
  • ReutersPaul Julius Reuter established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange in 1851. He had previously developed a prototype service in Aachen using…
  • ElectroluxStockholm, the 19th of January 1910. Engineer Sven Carlstedt established Elektromekaniska AB to build universal motors for vacuum cleaners alongside…
  • London Stock ExchangeIn 1698, a broker named John Castaing began listing commodity prices at Jonathan's Coffee House in London. He published rates for salt, coal, paper, and…
  • Virgin MediaThe year 2006 marked a turning point for British telecommunications when NTL and Telewest merged to form a single entity.