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Card Factory plc is a retailer of greeting cards and gifts in the United Kingdom founded in Wakefield by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet. The first store opened in 1997, and by 2020 the company had over 1,000 stores. [ 3 ]
On 28 November 2008 [7] it was announced that Card Factory had purchased 76 of the group's 288 stores as part of a rescue package, securing around 500 of the 1800 jobs. [6] In 2007, Card Factory, a greeting card retailer based in Wakefield, began a rapid expansion of its stores throughout the UK.
The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and the manager, actor and playwright Wilson Barrett, under the name Waddingtons Limited. The name was changed in 1905 to John Waddington Limited , then Waddington's House of Games , then Waddington Games , and finally just Waddingtons .
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Dean Hoyle (born 16 April 1967) is the founder and former owner of Card Factory and the chairman of Championship side Huddersfield Town.In 2015, Hoyle became chairman and majority shareholder of British discount retailer, The Works.
Middleton is a largely residential suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England and historically a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated on a hill 4 miles (6 km) south of Leeds city centre and 165 miles (266 km) north north-west of London. It sits in the Middleton Park ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South parliamentary ...
Prince William Used to ‘Make an Excuse’ to Get Out of Playing Competitive Card Games With Kate Middleton's Family. Rachel Burchfield. October 14, 2024 at 11:01 AM.
Alf Cooke (1842–1902) founded his printing business in 1866. He expanded into colour printing in 1868 and moved his operation to Hunslet in the early 1870s. After his first works, on the east of Hunslet Road, burned down, he built a printworks on the west side of the road.