Collection GB 0074 ACC/2305/44 - SACCONE AND SPEED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2305/44

Title

SACCONE AND SPEED

Date(s)

  • 1959-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Saccone and Speed Limited, wine and spirits merchants, was established in 1839. H and G Simonds had acquired a large holding. The company was associated with Lawn and Alder which they set up as a limited company in 1954. By 1960 the parent company in Gibraltar had wholly owned subsidiaries in London and Morrocco with branches in Malta and South Africa. Whisky was sold in USA. In 1961 Courage, Barclay and Simonds acquired the balance of the share capital. By 1963 most of the home trade (function of Saccone and Speed London Ltd) was taken over by Charles Kinloch.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2305/44 1959-1963 Collection 0.01 linear metres Saccone and Speed Ltd , wine and spirits merchants

Saccone and Speed Limited, wine and spirits merchants, was established in 1839. H and G Simonds had acquired a large holding. The company was associated with Lawn and Alder which they set up as a limited company in 1954. By 1960 the parent company in Gibraltar had wholly owned subsidiaries in London and Morrocco with branches in Malta and South Africa. Whisky was sold in USA. In 1961 Courage, Barclay and Simonds acquired the balance of the share capital. By 1963 most of the home trade (function of Saccone and Speed London Ltd) was taken over by Charles Kinloch.

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Records of Saccone and Speed Limited, wine and spirits merchants, comprising papers and correspondence, mainly related to purchase by Courage, Barclay and Simonds and subsequent re-organisations.

Records arranged into one series: ACC/2305/44/001: Corporate Records.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For cancelled insurance policies, 1955-1962, see Courage and Barclay, ACC/2305/19/026; for file about proposal to set up Saccone and Speed (Sudan) Ltd see Blue Nile Brewery, ACC/2305/02/045; and for public relations files see Courage, Barclay and Simonds, ACC/2305/26/218 and ACC/2305/26/246.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2009 to February 2010 Business records Trade Markets Retail Management operations Business acquisitions Trade (practice) Retail trade People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Wine merchants Documents Information sources Alcoholic beverages Spirits Wine Company archives Saccone and Speed Ltd , wine and spirits merchants London England UK Western Europe Europe Beverages Food Agricultural products

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

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Scope and content

Records of Saccone and Speed Limited, wine and spirits merchants, comprising papers and correspondence, mainly related to purchase by Courage, Barclay and Simonds and subsequent re-organisations.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged into one series: ACC/2305/44/001: Corporate Records.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For cancelled insurance policies, 1955-1962, see Courage and Barclay, ACC/2305/19/026; for file about proposal to set up Saccone and Speed (Sudan) Ltd see Blue Nile Brewery, ACC/2305/02/045; and for public relations files see Courage, Barclay and Simonds, ACC/2305/26/218 and ACC/2305/26/246.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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