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Anchor Taverns Ltd , caterers
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History
Anchor Taverns Limited was set up by Barclay Perkins in the 1920s as a catering arm, in part to improve management of less salubrious public houses. It was incorporated in 1938 as a subsidiary of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd, and integrated with H and G Simonds' Hotel and Catering Department to form Anchor Hotels and Taverns Ltd, 1961.