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Headquarters. 98–116 Deansgate, Manchester, England. Products. Quality and luxury goods. Owner. Mike Ashley. Kendals is the previous name of a department store in Manchester, England. Since 2005, the store now operates as House of Fraser. [1] The store had previously been known during its operation as Kendal Milne, Kendal, Milne & Co, Kendal ...
In 1995–96 the business changed its name to Sports Soccer. In 2002 the business purchased rival Lillywhites, and in 2005 the business was again re-branded as Sports World, with a further change occurring in 2007 to Sports Direct. In 2012 it purchased the JJB brand name and 20 of it shops. Steed Bespoke Tailors
The company was established by John Wardle and David Makin (hence the name JD), trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1981. [5] The company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester in 1983. [6] Pentland Group bought Wardle's and Makin's shares for £44.6M in May 2005, [7] so acquiring 45% of the business. [8]
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, [5] retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, Manchester United's Under-21 and Academy teams, and Manchester United W.F.C.
Brand Image Founded / Came to UK Owner # of shops Notes B & M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004
Net income. £ 501.3 million (2023)[ 2] Owner. Mike Ashley (61.7%) Number of employees. 30,000 (2024) [ 3] Website. frasers .group. Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser.
Levels 1–4. Old Trafford home of Manchester United. Etihad Stadium home of Manchester City. DW Stadium home of Wigan Athletic. University of Bolton Stadium home of Bolton Wanderers. Spotland Stadium home of Rochdale. Moor Lane home of Salford City. Edgeley Park home of Stockport County. These clubs play in fully professional leagues, at ...
Manchester United are historically the second most successful football club in England with 67 elite honours won (including three European Cups) and was the first team in England to achieve the Continental treble. Manchester United's revenue was the fifth highest of a football club in the world in the 2022–23 season at €745.8 million.