TitleEmployers' liability
ReferenceYA2007.92/4/5
CreatorEyre & Spottiswoode Ltd c1875-c1970, printers and publisher, England
George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode were printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty for Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1845. Their sons subsequently ran the business. The firm was re-appointed King's Printer after the accession of King Edward VII in May 1901. They became a publisher of the same name after 1929.
Became part of Associated Book Publishers and merged with Methuen in the 1970s.
Midland Employers' Mutual Assurance Limited Insurance company based in Birmingham. Known to have been active between 1903-1961.
Scope and ContentPapers relating to the Employers' Liability Act 1880 and Employers' Liability insurance.
Extent3
LanguageEnglish
Levelsub-series
Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsGrimshaw Brothers & Company Ltd 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.
Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd c1875-c1970, printers and publisher, England
George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode were printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty for Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1845. Their sons subsequently ran the business. The firm was re-appointed King's Printer after the accession of King Edward VII in May 1901. They became a publisher of the same name after 1929.
Became part of Associated Book Publishers and merged with Methuen in the 1970s.
Midland Employers' Mutual Assurance Limited Insurance company based in Birmingham. Known to have been active between 1903-1961.
Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company The Yorkshire Insurance Company was established in 1824 as the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company. On 27 May 1908, the company changed its name to the Yorkshire Insurance Company and was registered as a limited company on 3 June 1908.
The company purchased its first fire engine in November 1824 tackled fires in York until the city corporation assumed responsibility for all fire fighting in 1876.
The company was acquired by the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd in 1968.
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