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Lloyds Banking Group — is a financial services company (banking, life assurance, and pensions). Established in 1995, its headquarters are in Edinburgh, Scotland, and London. It was formed by the merger of Lloyds Bank with TSB. In 2019 its revenue was £42.3 billion, with net income of £2.9 billion.
Planet Organic was founded by the American entrepreneur Renée Elliott. She opened the first store in 1995 in Westbourne Grove, West London. [2][3] It is reported to have been the UK's first organic supermarket. [4] Planet Organic is now the UK’s largest fully certified organic supermarket and sells over 8,000 product lines in eight stores ...
Stevie Congdon. Website. Official website. Biscuiteers, also known as Biscuiteer Baking Company, is a British gifting retailer, specialising in hand-iced biscuits, chocolates and cakes. The business was started online in 2007 by husband and wife team Harriet Hastings and Stevie Congdon, delivering to both the UK and internationally.
The UK is the best site in Europe for wind energy, and wind power production is its fastest-growing supply. In 2021, the UK was the world's 14th-largest consumer of energy and the 22nd-largest producer. [326] The UK is home to many large energy companies, including two of the six major oil and gas companies – BP and Shell. [327]
There are 35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. [2] The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers of the Roman Empire) plus eighteen exclusively in England, six in Scotland, four in Wales, two in Northern Ireland, and one in each of the overseas territories of Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn ...
The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose. Colour key in tables below.
Dorneywood. Coordinates: 51.554434°N 0.648129°W. Dorneywood is an 18th-century house near Burnham in southern Buckinghamshire. [1] Originally a Georgian farmhouse, it has Victorian and later additions, and following a fire in 1910, was remodelled in 1919 by Sir Robert Lorimer. [2]
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