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Cash Generator was founded in 1994, by British businessman Brian Lewis. Having noticed the success of a similar business in the United States, he decided to emulate the business model in the United Kingdom, and opened his first store in Bolton, Greater Manchester on Valentine's Day 1994. [3]
Retail companies of England (4 C, 35 P) Retail companies of Northern Ireland (1 C, 2 P) Retail companies of Scotland (2 C, ... Cash Generator; Cavendish House; CeX ...
1994 establishments in England (231 P) 1994 establishments in Northern Ireland (10 P) 1994 establishments in Scotland (1 C, 31 P)
Spar Ireland reported €1.67 billion in retail sales in 2007. [24] [25] In Ireland Spar operates in-store franchises for Tim Hortons coffee, Insomnia Coffee Company, Kitsu noodles and Treehouse smoothies among others. In the south-west of England BWG also own Appleby Westward Foods. This is a small regional SPAR wholesaler based in Saltash ...
Although the United Kingdom is a unitary sovereign country, it contains three distinct legal jurisdictions in Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland, each retaining its own legal system even after joining the UK. [9] Since 1998, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have also gained significant autonomy through the process of devolution.
In May 2012, Metro Group sold the thirty stores of Makro in the United Kingdom and all operational assets to Booker Group Plc, in return for 9.99% of Booker's share capital, plus £15.8 million in cash; although the merger was referred to the Office of Fair Trading it was cleared by the Competition Commission in April 2013.
Scotland's more generous social care provision results in Scotland's per capita spending being 43% higher per capita than England. [ 143 ] Prescribed drugs were made free at the point of use in 2011, leaving England as the only UK-nation with prescription charges in place (a flat fee of £9.35 per item [ 144 ] ).
The houses at Knap of Howar, demonstrating the beginning of settled agriculture in Scotland. Scotland is roughly half the size of England and Wales, but has only between a fifth and a sixth of the amount of the arable or good pastoral land, which made marginal pastoral farming and, with its extensive coastline (roughly the same amount of coastline as all of the rest of Great Britain at 4,000 ...