Slough Estates Ltd and Slough Trading Estate
Other Business Names:
- Slough Trading Co
- Mobbs family
- Allnatt London & Guildhall Properties
- Bilton, Percy, Plc
- Segro
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Slough, Slough, Berkshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Property activities
Commercial property development & management exc industrial estates
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Property activities
Industrial estate development & management
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Distribution - retailing
Motor vehicle & accessories retailing & repairing
Notes:
Traces origins to a syndicate, known as Slough Trading Co, established in 1920 and led by the Mobbs family, to acquire a substantial government owned military vehicle repair centre at Slough. Through to 1925 sold a vast number of former military vehicles acquired with the site and thereafter developed the site as an industrial estate. Known as Slough Estates Ltd from 1926 and emerged as the UK's leading industrial property development business with early estates at, inter alia, Birmingham, Swansea and Wakefield. 1984 merged with Allnatt London & Guildhall Properties. 1999 acquired Percy Bilton Plc. Continues under the trading name of Segro
Publications:
- [Slough Industrial Health Service] by Unknown
- Growth of industry on trading estates, 1920-39; with special reference to Slough Trading Estate by Allen, G R
- Long Lease! The Story of Slough Estates 1920-1991 by Cassell, Michael
- Nature and Significance of Trading Estates; with special reference to Treforest and Slough Estates by Davies, Wynne
- Slough Estates Ltd, 1920-1970 by Unknown
- Slough Estates Railway by Isherwood, John
- 'Slough Trading Estate' in Borough of Slough Official Handbook and Industrial Review by Unknown
- Slough Trading Estate. London's industrial centre by Unknown
- Venture in Industry. The Slough Industrial Health Service, 1947-1963 by Eagger, A Austin
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Slough Trading Co
- Mobbs family
- Allnatt London & Guildhall Properties
- Bilton, Percy, Plc
- Segro
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Slough, Slough, Berkshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Property activities Commercial property development & management exc industrial estates
- Property activities Industrial estate development & management
- Distribution - retailing Motor vehicle & accessories retailing & repairing
Notes:
Traces origins to a syndicate, known as Slough Trading Co, established in 1920 and led by the Mobbs family, to acquire a substantial government owned military vehicle repair centre at Slough. Through to 1925 sold a vast number of former military vehicles acquired with the site and thereafter developed the site as an industrial estate. Known as Slough Estates Ltd from 1926 and emerged as the UK's leading industrial property development business with early estates at, inter alia, Birmingham, Swansea and Wakefield. 1984 merged with Allnatt London & Guildhall Properties. 1999 acquired Percy Bilton Plc. Continues under the trading name of SegroPublications:
- [Slough Industrial Health Service] by Unknown
- Growth of industry on trading estates, 1920-39; with special reference to Slough Trading Estate by Allen, G R
- Long Lease! The Story of Slough Estates 1920-1991 by Cassell, Michael
- Nature and Significance of Trading Estates; with special reference to Treforest and Slough Estates by Davies, Wynne
- Slough Estates Ltd, 1920-1970 by Unknown
- Slough Estates Railway by Isherwood, John
- 'Slough Trading Estate' in Borough of Slough Official Handbook and Industrial Review by Unknown
- Slough Trading Estate. London's industrial centre by Unknown
- Venture in Industry. The Slough Industrial Health Service, 1947-1963 by Eagger, A Austin