Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Geo H Penney and Company Limited
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
c. 1948 - 1963
History
Geo H Penney & Co Ltd floated in London in 1948 when New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Ltd took up the majority shareholding. New Zealand Loan's export department was transferred to it in 1951. The company operated as exporters and traders in India, South Africa, USA, Australia and New Zealand. It was sold to Dalgety's in 1963.
Places
London, India, South Africa, United States, Australia, New Zealand
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
agricultural wholesaling