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Gardner, J & A, Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Gardner, James

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
  • Oban, Argyll & Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland

Sectors:

  • Extraction Granite extraction
  • Transport services Shipping agency, etc, services
  • Transport services Shipping services - short distance, inc ownership & management

Notes:

Traces origins to 1870s when established by James Gardner as a granite quarry operator at Bonawe, near Oban. Subsequently diversified into shipping and continues as a family owned coastal shipping business with other interests in ship agency, management, etc

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