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| x Hoshi Ryokan |
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717 C.E. | Komatsu | Employer |
Hōshi (法師) is a ryokan (Japanese traditional inn) in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 718, it is the world's oldest hotel still in operation according to the Guinness World Records and the world's oldest...
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| x Schloss Johannisberg |
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1100 | Structure |
Schloss Johannisberg is a winery in the Rheingau wine-growing region in Germany, that has been making wine for over 900 years. The winery is most noted for its claim to have "discovered" late harvest wine.
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| x Grimbergen |
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1128 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Grimbergen is a group of Belgian abbey beers first brewed in 1128 at the abbey that Saint Norbert of Xanten built for the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) canons regular in Grimbergen. They became famous for providing hospitality and their home-brewed...
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| x Schloss Vollrads |
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1218 | Structure |
Schloss Vollrads is a wine estate in the Rheingau wine-growing region in Germany, that has been making wine for over 800 years.
After the donation of Verona in 983 the archbishopric of Mainz, the new owner, invested in vine growing, although vines...
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| x Augustiner Bräu |
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1328 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Augustiner Bräu is a brewery located in Munich, Germany. Established in 1328, it is Munich's oldest still independent brewery and produces some of Munich's most popular brands of beer.
The origins of the Augustiner brewery date back to the year 1294...
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| x Tignanello |
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1385 | Structure |
Marchesi Antinori Srl is an Italian wine company that can trace its history back to 1385. They are one of the biggest wine companies in Italy, and their innovations played a large part in the "Super-Tuscan" revolution of the 1970s.
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| x Medici bank |
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1397 | Employer |
The Medici Bank (1397–1494) was the largest and most respected bank in Europe during the 15th century. There are some estimates that the Medici family was for a period of time the wealthiest family in Europe. Estimating their wealth in today's money...
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| x Hacker-Pschorr Brewery |
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1417 | Employer |
Hacker-Pschorr Brewery traces its ancestry back to 1417 when the Hacker brewery was founded in Munich, Germany, 99 years before the enactment of the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516.
In the late 18th century, Joseph Pschorr bought the Hacker...
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| x Monte dei Paschi di Siena |
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1472 | Employer |
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (MPS) is the oldest surviving bank in the world. Founded in 1472 by the Magistrate of the city state of Siena, Italy as a mount of piety, it has been operating ever since. Today it consists of approximately 3...
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| x Rathbornes Candles | 1488 | Employer |
Rathbornes Candles is the oldest candle manufacturer in the world. It was founded in 1488 in Dublin. In 1616 the Candlelight Law decreed that every fifth home should display a light for passers-by. Later in the seventeenth century, Rathbornes...
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| x Aldine Press |
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1494 | Venice | Defunct Company |
Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics of the time. The Aldine Press is famous in the history of typography, among other things, for the...
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| x Krušovice |
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1517 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
The Royal Brewery of Kruￅﾡovice (cs: Krￃﾡlovskￃﾽ pivovar Kruￅﾡovice, shortform Kruￅﾡovice) is a Czech beer brewer, established in 1517 when Jiￅﾙￃﾭ Birka from Nￃﾡsile inherited a farm that had a brewery in the village of Kruￅﾡovice.
As of 2005, the...
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| x Beretta |
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1526 | Employer |
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta is a major Italian firearm manufacturing company. Its firearms are used worldwide by civilians, police, and armies. It is also known for manufacturing shooting clothes and accessories.
Beretta is one of the world's...
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| x Köstritzer |
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1543 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
The Köstritzer brewery has been owned by the Bitburger Brauerei since 1991. It is located in Bad Köstritz, which is close to Gera in Thuringia. The brewery was founded in 1543 and it is one of the oldest producers of Schwarzbier (black beer) in...
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| x Muscovy Company |
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1551 | Employer |
The Muscovy Company (also called Russian Company or Muscovy Trading Company, Russian: Московская компания), was a trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major English joint-stock trading company, the precursor of the type of business...
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| x Lucas Bols |
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1575 | Employer |
Lucas Bols B.V. is a privately held Dutch company in the business of production, distribution, sales and marketing of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest Dutch company still active and the oldest distillery brand in the world. Its brand portfolio...
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| x Eastland Company | 1579 | Employer |
The Eastland Company, or North Sea Company, was an English crown-chartered company, founded in 1579 to foster trade with Scandinavia and Baltic Sea states. Like the better-known Russia Company, this was an attempt by the English to challenge the...
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| x Levant Company |
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1581 | Employer |
In English trading history, the Levant Company, or Turkey Company, was a chartered company formed in 1581, after London merchants petitioned Queen Elizabeth I in 1580 for a charter to begin trading in the Levant, a trade that had fallen away to near...
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| x Thorbräu | 1582 | Employer |
Thorbräu is one of the oldest breweries in Germany, founded in 1582 in Augsburg, Bavaria.
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| x Cambridge University Press |
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1584 | Cambridge | Periodical Publisher |
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted a Royal Letters Patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest continually operating book publisher. Cambridge is both an academic and educational...
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| x Rochefort Brewery |
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1595 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Rochefort Brewery (Brasserie de Rochefort) is a Belgian trappist brewery. It produces three trappist beers :
The brewery is located inside the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy, near the town of Rochefort, and has been brewing beer since 1595. There...
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| x Ed Meier |
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1596 | Employer |
Ed Meier respectively the Eduard Meier GmbH was founded in Munich in 1596 and is the oldest existing shoemaking company of Germany.
The company founded by Hans Mayr is mentioned for the first time in 1596. Mayr was delivering his shoes particularly...
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| x Palm Breweries |
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1597 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Palm Breweries is a brewery company. It owns several different Belgian breweries.
As early as 1597, records can be found in Steenhuffel's archives detailing a manor named Den Hoorn.
The first signs of brewing activity at Steenhuffel come in 1747. A...
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| x British East India Company |
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1600 | Defunct Company |
The East India Company (also the East India Trading Company, English East India Company, and then the British East India Company) was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that...
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| x Dutch East India Company |
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1602 | Defunct Company |
The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indian Company") was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry...
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| x Old Bushmills Distillery |
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1608 | Employer |
The Old Bushmills Distillery was founded in 1601 and is now owned by the major drinks company Diageo. Bushmills whiskey is produced, matured, and bottled on-site at the Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The...
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| x Amsterdamsche Wisselbank |
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1609 | Employer |
The Bank of Amsterdam (Amsterdamsche Wisselbank in Dutch) was an early commercial bank, vouched for by the city of Amsterdam, established in 1609, the precursor to, if not the first true central bank.
In Renaissance Europe, the currency of small...
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| x Grolsch Brewery |
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1615 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Grolsch Brewery (Koninklijke Grolsch N.V. - "Royal Grolsch"), known simply as Grolsch, is a Dutch brewery founded in 1615 by Willem Neerfeldt in Groenlo. In 1895 the Family de Groen bought the brewery. It held a significant stake until November 2007...
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| x Danish East India Company |
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1616 | Employer |
The Danish East India Company (Danish: Dansk Østindisk Kompagni) was a Danish chartered company.
It was founded in 1616, following a privilege of Danish King Christian IV. It was focused on trade with India and had its base in Trankebar, in the fort...
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| x Post Danmark |
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1624 | Employer |
Post Danmark A/S is the company responsible for the Danish postal service. Established in 1995 following political liberalization efforts, it has taken over the mail delivery duties of the governmental department Postvæsenet (established in 1624);...
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| x Providence Island Company | 1629 | Employer |
The Providence Company or Providence Island Company was an English chartered company founded in 1629 by a group of Puritans including Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick in order to settle Providence Island, off the Spanish Mosquito Coast of what...
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| x Latvijas Pasts |
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1632 | Employer |
VAS Latvijas Pasts is the company in charge of the Latvian postal service. Established in 1992 following newly regained Latvian independence, it took over the mail delivery duties of its predecessors that began in the year 1632. Following political...
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| x Paulaner |
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1634 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Paulaner is a German brewery, established in the early 1600s in Munich by the Minim friars of the Neudeck ob der Au cloister. The mendicant order and the brewery are named after Francis of Paola, the founder of the order.
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| x Posten |
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1636 | Employer |
Posten AB is the name of the Swedish postal service. The word "posten" means "the post" or "the mail" in Swedish.
Posten was established in 1636 by Axel Oxenstierna under the name Kungliga Postverket (Royal Postal Agency), although its origins can...
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| x Posti |
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1638 | Employer |
Itella (formerly Suomen Posti) is a national mail enterprise owned by the Finnish state. This limited company operates in 13 countries (Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia...
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| x Posten |
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1647 | Employer |
Posten Norge or Norway Post is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The word posten means the post or the mail in Norwegian. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications holds a monopoly on distribution of mail...
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| x Fiskars |
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1649 | Employer |
The Fiskars Corporation (Fiskars Oyj Abp; OMX: FIS1V) is a metal and consumer brands company founded in 1649 at Fiskars Bruk (Finnish: Fiskarsin Ruukki), a locality now in the town of Raseborg, Finland, about 100 km west of Helsinki on the old main...
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| x Orkla Group |
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1654 | Newspaper Owner |
Orkla Group (OSE: ORK) is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. The company's main divisions are branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions, materials, associates and financial...
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| x Royal Mail |
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1660 | Employer |
Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail (UK letters), Parcelforce Worldwide (UK parcels) and General Logistics Systems. Post...
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| x French East India Company |
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1664 | Employer |
The French East India Company (French: La Compagnie française des Indes orientales or Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies....
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| x Saint-Gobain |
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1665 | France | Employer |
Saint-Gobain SA (Euronext: SGO) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris at La Défense. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it now also produces a variety of construction and high...
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| x Merck KGaA |
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1668 | Employer |
Merck KGaA (EMD Chemicals in the United States and Canada, FWB: MRK) is a German-based chemical and pharmaceutical company. Merck (also referred to as “German Merck” or “Merck Darmstadt”) was founded in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1668 and is one of the...
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| x Tong Ren Tang |
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1669 | Employer |
Tongrentang, or Tong Ren Tang (Chinese: 同仁堂) is a Chinese pharmaceutical company founded in 1669, which is now the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The company is headquartered in Beijing, and is engaged in both manufacture...
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| x Hudson's Bay Company |
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May 2, 1670 | London | Employer |
The Hudson's Bay Company (French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson), abbreviated HBC, is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. The company was incorporated by British royal charter in 1670 as The...
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| x C. Hoare & Co |
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1672 | Employer |
C. Hoare & Co is England's oldest privately owned banking house with approximately £2 billion of assets. Founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare, C. Hoare & Co. remains family owned and is currently managed by the 11th generation of Hoare's direct...
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| x Mitsukoshi |
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1673 | Edo | Employer |
Mitsukoshi, Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki-gaisha Mitsukoshi) (TYO: 2779 unlisted on March 26, 2008) is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1673 with the yagō (shop name) "Echigoya.". Ten years later...
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| x Eichbaum |
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1679 | Employer |
The Eichbaum beer brewing company is located in Mannheim/Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It was founded in 1679 by Mannheim's Councillor Jean du Chêne (which means "Eichbaum" in German).
Today the Eichbaum brewing company is owned by Actris AG....
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| x Brill Publishers | 1683 | Periodical Publisher |
Brill (Euronext: BRILL) (known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill Academic Publishers) is an international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands. With offices in Leiden and Boston, Brill today publishes more than 100...
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| x Mississippi Company |
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1684 | Employer |
The Mississippi Company (of 1684) became the Company of the West (1717) and expanded as the Company of the Indies (1719). The French names for the company were: in 1684, Compagnie du Mississippi; in 1717 Compagnie d'Occident; and in 1719, Compagnie...
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| x Toye Kenning and Spencer | 1685 | Employer |
Toye, Kenning & Spencer plc (LSE: TOYE) is a British jewellery and clothing manufacturer base in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Covent Garden, London and Bedworth England. Founded in 1685, the company remains family run by members of the Toye...
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| x Husqvarna |
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1689 | Employer |
Husqvarna was a military arsenal founded in 1689 to produce muskets for the Swedish Army. The companies have since grown and split and the brand is used by several companies. Husqvarna may refer to:
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| x Husqvarna AB |
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1689 | Employer |
Husqvarna AB (OMX: HUSQ B) is a Swedish manufacturer, the world's largest producer of chainsaws, lawn and garden equipment, and cutting equipment for the stone and construction industries. The company was spun off by Electrolux in 2006.
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| x Barclays plc |
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1690 | Employer |
Barclays plc is a global British financial services firm operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa. It is a holding company that is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges, and was...
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| x Towle Silversmiths | 1690 | Employer |
Towle Silversmiths is one of the most prestigious silver manufacturers in the United States.
Although Towle Silversmiths was not founded until 1857 (as Towle & Jones) and then 1873 (as A.F. Towle & Son); its progenitors included several members of...
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| x Coutts |
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1692 | Employer |
Coutts (more fully, Coutts & Co.) is one of the UK's private banking houses, now owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). RBS acquired Coutts and all of its overseas subsidiaries when it bought NatWest. On 1 January 2008, Coutts' international...
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| x Bank of Scotland |
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1695 | Employer |
The Bank of Scotland plc (Gaidhlig Banca na h- Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank (the Bank of England having been established two...
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| x Shepherd Neame |
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1698 | Brewery / Brand of beer |
Shepherd Neame is an English regional brewery founded in 1698 by Richard Marsh in Faversham, Kent. It is a family owned brewery that produces a range of cask ales and filtered beers. Production is around 203,000 barrels a year. It owns around 370...
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| x Berry Brothers and Rudd | 1698 | Employer |
Berry Brothers and Rudd is Britain's oldest wine and spirit merchant, which began operations in the 17th century. Its flagship store has been located on 3 St. James's Street, London, United Kingdom since 1698 when it was founded by the Widow Bourne...
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| x Caja Madrid |
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Dec 3, 1702 | Sponsor |
Caja Madrid, formally the Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid is the oldest of the Spanish savings banks. It was founded on December 3, 1702 as Monte de Piedad de Madrid by Francisco Piquer, an Aragonese priest.
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