| LC control no. | n 77001544 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United Biscuits |
| Variant(s) | United Biscuits Limited United Biscuits (Holdings) Limited United Biscuits (Holdings) plc |
| Other standard no. | 0000000102197642 |
| Beginning date | 1948 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England Scotland |
| Associated place | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Located | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Baked products Baked products industry |
| Found in | Adam, J. S. A fell fine baker, 1974 (subj.) t.p. (United Biscuits) p. [v] etc. (United Biscuits Ltd.; formed by merger of McVitie & Price with MacFarlane Lang; later joined by Crawford's Biscuits and others) GB 76-07286 (United Biscuits) ISNI via VIAF, Sept. 27, 2017 (identifier: 0000000102197642) <http://www.viaf.org/processed/ISNI%7C0000000102197642> Wikipedia, Sept. 27, 2017 (formed by merger in 1948, offices in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, headquarters in London) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Biscuits> Its Progress report 1964: t.p. (United Biscuits Limited) p.2 (its biscuit manufacturing subsidiaries in United Kingdom: McVitie & Price Ltd; Macfarlane, Lang & Co. Ltd; William Crawford & Sons Ltd; William MacDonald & Sons (Biscuits) Ltd; also its Bakers and Restaurateurs subsidiary: D.S. Crawford Ltd) Its Annual report and accounts 1965: t.p. (United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd) p.5 (United Biscuits was formed in 1948 to act as a holding company for McVities & Price and Macfarlane, Lang & Co.; in 1962 William Crawford & Sons and D.S. Crawford, and in March 1964 William Macdonald & Sons (Biscuits), joined the group; now, parent company has changed its name to United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd; United Biscuits Limited will be the name of the operating subsidiary for the biscuit manufacturing activities for products sold under the trade names of McVities, Macfarlanes, Crawfords and Macdonalds) p.17 (subsidiary companies of United Biscuits (Holdings) Limited: United Biscuits Ltd. (comprising McVities & Price Ltd, [and the others]; D.S. Crawford Ltd; [and others]) Companies House Beta website, viewed 24 Nov. 2017: under Company number SC026184 (incorporated on 18 March 1948 as United Biscuits Limited; name changed to United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd on 1 Jan. 1966; re-registered as United Biscuits (Holdings) plc in <1980>, then United Biscuits (Holdings) Limited on 20 June 2000; registered office address: 50 Lothian Road, Festival Square, Edinburgh EH3 9BY) |
| Associated language | eng |
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