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Sailmakers Shopping Centre (High street entrance) Sailmakers shopping centre (formerly known as Tower Ramparts) is a small multi-story shopping centre located in Ipswich, England. It was opened to the public in November 1986. It is currently owned and operated by LaSalle Investment Management, who purchased the centre in 2011.
The company was established in 1796. The United States branch was established in 1902. [3] In 1958 Franklin Ratsey was chairman of the board. [4]The introduction of synthetic fabrics to sailmaking saw Ratsey and Lapthorn suffer commercial decline. [5]
Poundland Limited is a British variety store chain founded in 1990. It once sold most items at the single price of £1, including clearance items and proprietary brands. The first pilot store opened in December 1990 following numerous rejections by landlords who had reservations about allowing a single-price store to operate, fearing it could adversely affect the local competition.
99p Store in Gosport 99p Store in Bromley. Nadir Lalani came to the UK in 1973 from Tanzania, having owned a cash and carry store in Mwanza. [11] Since moving to the UK he built up and sold two convenience store chains (including buying Whistlestop Discount Stores, a 27-strong chain which he sold in 2005 [12]) before moving into discount retailing, with intentions of handing the business over ...
The Ipswich and Norwich Society was the product of an amalgamation, in 1993, of the Ipswich Co-operative Society (known as the Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society from 1868 to 1968 and incorporating, since 1991, the engagements of the former Stowmarket Society, established 1889) and the Norwich Co-operative Society (formed in 1858). [4]
The Ipswich & District Building Society was established in 1875 as a Starr-Bowkett Society. It held an inauguration meeting held at the Ipswich Lecture Hall, featuring a speech by Richard B. Starr, one of the architects of the Starr-Bowkett model. Starr stated that the society was not intended to be a rival to other building societies in the ...
James John McCarthy (born January 1956) is a British businessman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Poundland, the British discount store chain. Early life [ edit ]
Interior of house in Fore Street, from In and About Ancient Ipswich by John Ellor Taylor and Percy Stimpson. Thomas Eldred (1561–1624) was an English merchant and mariner. [1] [2] He is notable for having sailed with Thomas Cavendish on the ship Desire, during the second English circumnavigation of the globe between 1586 and 1588.