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St Rollox Chemical Works was an industrial manufacturer of chemicals [1] located in Glasgow, Scotland, that began in the Georgian era in 1799 and operated continuously until 1964. It was created by Scottish industrialist Charles Tennant and owned and operated by his family and descendants. [ 2 ]
In 2017, the UK was the eleventh-largest goods exporter in the world [6] and the eighth-largest goods importer. [7] It also had the second-largest inward foreign direct investment, [8] and the third-largest outward foreign direct investment. [9] The UK left the European Union in 2019, but it remains the UK's largest trading partner.
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Charles Tennant's St. Rollox Chemical Works in 1831. In 1800 Tennant founded a chemical works at St. Rollox, Glasgow. [6] The principal product being bleaching powder (calcium hypochlorite), which was sold worldwide. By 1815 the business was known as Charles Tennant & Co. and had expanded into other chemicals, metallurgy and explosives. The ...
Even though the FTSE All-Share Index is more comprehensive, the FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator. Other related indices are the FTSE 250 Index (which includes the next largest 250 companies after the FTSE 100), the FTSE 350 Index (which is the aggregation of the FTSE 100 and 250), FTSE SmallCap Index and the ...
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Tata Chemicals Europe (formerly Brunner Mond (UK) Limited) is a UK-based chemicals company that is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, itself a part of the India-based Tata Group. Its principal products are soda ash , sodium bicarbonate , calcium chloride and associated alkaline chemicals.
The Company was founded by Robert McBride in Manchester in 1927 to make chemical process products. [4] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1973. [4] In 1978 it was acquired by BP. [4] In 1993 BP sold the Company to a group of private equity investors, with business floated in 1995 on the London Stock Exchange.