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GUS (Organisation)

LC control no.nb2006022539
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingGUS (Organisation)
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Variant(s)GUS plc
See alsoPredecessor: Great Universal Stores (Organisation)
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Beginning date2001
Ending date2006
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeManchester (England)
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activityRetail trade
Found inIts Annual report & financial statements, 2002: t.p. (GUS) p.68 (GUS plc, Universal House, Devonshire Street, Manchester M60 1XA)
Its Annual report & financial statements, 2004: back p. (GUS; One Stanhope Gate, London W1 1AF)
GUS website, viewed 18 Sept. 2003 (in 2001, the Group changed its name from The Great Universal Stores plc to GUS plc)
Wikipedia, viewed 21 March 2017 (GUS, retailer; GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the UK; GUS is an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001; on 10 October 2006, the company was split into two separate companies: Experian which continues to exist, and Home Retail Group which was bought by Sainsbury's in 2016)
Companies House Beta website, viewed 21 March 2017: under Experian Finance plc (Company number: 146575; incorporated as The Universal Stores (Manchester) Limited on 9 March 1917; name changed to The Great Universal Stores Limited on 28 February 1930; name changed to GUS PLC on 25 July 2001; name changed by special resolution and incorporated under the name of Experian Finance PLC on 12 December 2006)
Associated languageeng