The company, which was founded by Frank Hornby in 1901, plans to hold a general meeting on April 1 to seek approval for the cancellation. If cleared, it expects cancellation to become effective ...

having originally been started by the Liverpudlian toy inventor Frank Hornby. The company’s departure from the stock market comes amid a flight of top British companies from London’s troubled ...

However, its market capitalisation has since fallen back down. Hornby can trace its roots back to 1901 in Liverpool when ...

The Hornby company made some iconic toys - Hornby trainsets, Meccano and Dinky toys, and the company was founded by Frank Hornby, who was a visionary producer of toys as well as a businessman and ...

Hornby can trace its roots back to 1901 in Liverpool when founder Frank Hornby received a patent for his Meccano construction toy.

Track the history of Hornby’s iconic model trains from Frank Hornby’s early home-made toys in sheet metal, through the development of Hornby ‘O’ gauge and Hornby-Dublo. Trace the ...