Established as Customs and Excise for England and Wales during the English Civil War (1642-46) and following Long Parliament (1640-60). Merged with Inland Revenue to become HM Revenue & Customs in 2005.

The Ministry of Labour was established in 1916 with responsibility for labour exchanges, industrial relations and employment issues. In 1939 the department became known as the Ministry of Labour and National Service, a title it held until 1959 when National Service was abolished in the UK.

Department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, NI contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty. Merged with HM Customs and Excise in 2005 to form HM Revenue and Customs.

Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.

Printing firm based in King Street, Manchester.

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Publishing company based on Deansgate, Manchester. Active c1900

Publisher based in Birmingham, England.

Company registration agents, printers and publishers based in London. Known to be active between 1900 and 1929.

Publisher based in London. Known to have been active in 1901.

Author. Known to have been active in 1901.

Publishing company based in London. Known to have been active in 1942.

Author. Known to have been active in 1924.

The Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 enabled towns to be granted a charter of incorporation after the inhabitants and householders had made an application to the Privy Council. The Charter of Incorporation was given to the town on the 23 October 1838 and allowed the six townships of Manchester, Cheetham, Hulme, Ardwick, Chorlton on Medlock and Beswick to become incorporate and provide the mechanism to set up the Borough of Manchester, made up of a Mayor, 16 aldermen and 48 councillors. In 1844 the council resolved by an Act of Parliament for the good governance, regulation and policing of the borough by purchase the manorial rights of the Manor of Manchester from the then Lord of the Manor, Sir Oswald Mosely. This was duly done and although the council had a greater control over the well-being and safety of its inhabitants it was still a town. Manchester did not achieve city status until 1853, only the second one to be granted since the Reformation.

1901- current (2016), producer of standards, UK Founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in London in 1901. It extended its standardization work and became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918. A Royal Charter was received in 1929 and it was renamed the British Standards Institution in 1931. In 1998 a revision of the Charter enabled the organization to acquire other businesses, and the name changed to BSI Group. They now operate internationally in 172 countries.

Created on 21 March 1918. Responsible for collating and disseminating overseas commercial intelligence and administering commercial services abroad. Abolished on 20 March 1946 with its functions transferred to the Board of Trade's new Export Promotion Department.

1936-1961, telephone and electrical equipment manufacturer, Liverpool Formed in 1936 when the International Automatic Telephone Company took over the business, assets and liabilities of its wholly owned subsidiary Automatic Electric Co Ltd. The company was then renamed as Automatic Telephone & Electric Co. Ltd. The company merged with Plessey in 1961.

Publisher based in London. Known to have been active in 1958.

Publisher based in Adelaide, Australia. Known to have been active in 1961.

The committe had existed since 1621 when James I set it up to discover why trade had disintergrated in financial crisis. The Board's formal title remains The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations but was commonly known as Board of trade and it was formalised in 1861. Has had long periods of inactivity. Known as the Department of Trade and Industry since 1970.

1886-1985, publishers, Bath, England Publishing company established in Bath in 1886 as Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. Reincorporated as Pitman Ltd in 1975, becoming a public limited company in 1982. Purchased by Pearson Plc in 1985.