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.

1886, trade exhibition, Liverpool, England.

c1770-1920, textile company, Alloa, Scotland Founded by John Paton as John Paton, Son and Co. Alexander Paton later joined the firm and it became Paton and Son. The company merged with J. and J. Baldwin and Partners in 1920 to become Patons and Baldwins.

1804-1881, novelist; prime minister; earl of Beaconsfield, Jewish; British; English

1835-1992, printer, Glasgow, Scotland Stamp and print producer, acquired by J R Reid Printers of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire in 1992.

British National newspaper founded in 1900 by Cyril Arthur Pearson and bought by Lord Beaverbrook in 1916. It was printed in Manchester between 1927 and 1989 and also in Glasgow between 1936 and 1974. It was bought by United News Media in 1985.

Founded by Edward George Warris Hulton in 1937, Hulton Press produced several notable publications including Picture Post. Picture Post was discontinued in 1957 and Hulton Press was sold to Odhams in 1959.

Formed in 1924 as the Allied Newspapers consortium, owning The Sunday Times, The Daily Sketch and The Sunday Graphic amongst its titles. It was renamed Kemsley Newspapers in 1943 and bought by Roy Thompson in 1959.