List of companies based in Leeds City Region
Leeds is home to the UK headquarters of:
- Arla Foods - UK subsidiary of this Danish company[1]
- Asda Walmart - supermarket chain[2]
- aql - telecoms company and data centre operator[3]
- Buckley London - designer costume jewellery[4]
- Capita - FTSE 100 listed company concerned with business process outsourcing[5]
- Crisp Thinking - AI-based technology company focused on detecting social media risk for global brands and protecting children online[6]
- CYBG plc - Major UK banking group[7]
- First Direct - a subsidiary of HSBC[8]
- GHD - global HQ for hair fashion company[9]
- Jet2.com - low cost airline[10]
- Leeds Brewery[11]
- Leeds Building Society - formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society[12]
- Northern Gas Networks Limited - natural gas distributor and network[13]
- Northern Foods - ready meals and food brands[14]
- Rockstar Leeds[15]
- Sky Limited - customer care and digital development
- Sky Betting & Gaming - betting and gaming company has headquarters in Leeds[16]
- Yorkshire Post Newspapers - a subsidiary of Johnston Press plc[17]
- Yorkshire Television - a subsidiary of ITV plc[18]
Companies formerly headquartered in Leeds
- Burton - a tailor currently owned by the Arcadia Group, which is headquartered in London[19]
- J Hepworth & Son - formerly a tailor; renamed Next in the 1980s; now based in Enderby, Leicestershire[20]
- J&H McLaren & Co. - steam traction and diesel engine manufacturers; taken over by Hawker Siddeley; shut down in 1959[21]
- John Fowler & Co. - steam traction and ploughing engine manufacturers; taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co.[22]
- Kitson & Co. - former locomotive builders; failed in the 1930s; remains sold to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns[23]
- Leeds Permanent Building Society - also known as The Leeds; in 1995 it was bought by the Halifax, which in turn merged with Bank of Scotland; however, there continues to be a significant HBOS office presence in the city of Leeds
- Marks & Spencer - founded in Leeds Kirkgate Market as a penny bazaar, it has long since been headquartered in London[24]
- Planet Online - latterly known as Energis Squared; business ISP bought by Energis and now part of Cable & Wireless
- Premier Farnell - electronic component distributor worldwide (HQ now in London)
- Republic - clothing store
- Schofields - a department store on The Headrow in Leeds; bought by House of Fraser in 1988 and latterly closed in 1996[25]
- Systime Computers Ltd – computer manufacturer founded in 1973,[26] became second-largest such firm in Britain; acquired and broken up during the mid-late 1980s[27]
- Tetley - taken over by Carlsberg UK, based in Northampton[28]
- Thurstons - a bakers and sandwich retailer; taken over by Greggs in the 1990s and subsequently rebranded as Greggs[29]
- Visionware – software company split out from Systime Computers in 1989 that made client-server connectivity products; bought by the Santa Cruz Operation in 1994[30]
- Waddingtons - a maker of board games; taken over by the American toy company Hasbro; has since had production of board games moved out of the city[31]
See also
References
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- ^ "Hundreds of jobs axed at Asda offices". BBC News. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Wright, Greg (17 May 2017). "Big corporate names support city's bid to become European Capital of Culture". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Buckley Jewellery Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Wright, Greg (19 July 2011). "Jobs hope as Capita acquires Ventura for £65m". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ https://leeds-list.com/discussion/8-businesses-that-make-leeds-tech-the-scene-one-to-watch/
- ^ Casci, Mark (31 October 2017). "Yorkshire Bank confirms 70 jobs to be cut from its Leeds HQ". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Matthew Colebrook named new chief executive of Leeds-based First Direct bank". Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Hair fashion brand ghd opens new Leeds city cente HQ". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Leeds based Jet2.com scoop award". Yorkshire Evening Post. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "BREWERIES IN LEEDS". www.leeds-camra.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Casci, Mark (12 January 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: Leeds Building Society to relocate HQ to new city centre premises". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Ltd, Insider Media (24 May 2012). "Restructuring dents Northern Gas Networks profits". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "YEN Top 10 - Manufacturers In Yorkshire | Yorkshire Enterprise Network". yorkshireenterprisenetowrk.co.uk. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Rockstar makes a grand return to profit". The Yorkshire Post. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Sky sells majority stake in Sky Bet". BBC News. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Yorkshire newspapers leaving HQ". BBC News. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Behrens, David (18 November 2017). "50 years of hits from a TV station that really caught fire". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "BBC - Leeds - Civic Life-The full monty - Montague Burton". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Our history". www.nextplc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Ginley, Joanne (14 June 2007). "Plaque to mark factory heritage". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Grady, Kevin (1980). "VI: Industrial Development 1780-1914". In Fraser, Derek (ed.). A history of modern Leeds. Manchester: Univ. Pr. p. 163. ISBN 0-7190-0747-X.
- ^ Archives, The National. "Leeds Industrial Museum". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "The history of Marks and Spencer: In pictures". The Guardian. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Schofields: Fond memories of department store ... where shopping was 'a real treat'". Yorkshire Evening Post. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Burnham, Nigel (14 February 1984). "John Gow comes back with an eye on the third world". The Times. London. p. 25 – via Gale.com.
- ^ Fagan, Mary (24 September 1987). "Who will tear the Silicon Curtain?". New Scientist. pp. 28–29.
- ^ "Last orders in Leeds for Tetley's". BBC News. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Gregg, Ian (2013). "6: Leeds - Bread Cakes". Bread : the story of Greggs. London: Corgi. p. 122. ISBN 978-0552169493.
- ^ Perez, Steve (13 December 1994). "SCO acquires Visionware". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. B-4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (22 May 2017). "Leeds nostalgia: Memories of Waddingtons". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.