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B&M Retail Limited, trading as B&M, is a British multinational variety store and garden centre chain founded in 1978 and based in Speke. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange , and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
B&M is a chain of discount stores in the UK. B&M may also refer to: B&M Baked Beans, a brand of baked beans from B&G Foods; Black & Mild, a cigar brand; Bolliger & Mabillard, a Swiss roller coaster manufacturer; Boston and Maine Railroad; Brasil & Movimento, a Brazilian motorcycle manufacturer; Brick and mortar
Brick and mortar (or B&M) is an organization or business with a physical presence in a building or other structure. The term brick-and-mortar business is often used to refer to a company that possesses or leases retail shops , factory production facilities , or warehouses for its operations. [ 1 ]
The name is thought to be of Brythonic origin, possibly containing the elements Tre and Nant, meaning town over the stream Travernant.. Tranent was once an important mining town, and coal was first worked there in the thirteenth century by the monks of Newbattle Abbey who mined a nearby 2.5m / 7 ft thick coal deposit called the "Great Seam". [3]