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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. The ward encompasses the Benwell and Scotswood housing areas, as well as the Newcastle Business Park, which is located on the banks of the River Tyne and houses offices of companies such as British Airways and the Automobile Association .
BAE Systems (Vickers Armstrong works, Scotswood Road) British Airways (offices in Benwell and Scotswood) CloudARM (IT Consultancy) Convergys (main UK site in Quorum Business Park, circa 800 employees) Department for Work and Pensions; Eutechnyx; Inland Revenue (National Insurance Contributions Office) EE (offices/call centre in Wallsend)
It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [7] Kingfisher is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. [8]
Scotswood Tunnel. To the west side of the station is Scotswood Tunnel, this was where the railway line went to follow the North side of the river Tyne until it merged with the Newcastle - Carlisle Railway at Hagg Bank Bridge near Wylam. Other tunnels are in the area, which provided pedestrian access to the industry which once existed in the area.
The bridge was originally built for the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway, [3] to connect the North Wylam Loop with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. [4]A number of bodies were involved in the bridge's construction: W G Laws engineered the bridge, W E Jackson & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne built the bridge's foundations and masonry, while Hawks, Crawshay and Sons of Gateshead [1 ...
Paradise is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.It is centred on the area at the bottom of Atkinson Road, where it used to meet Scotswood Road. In the Old Ordnance Survey map of Elswick for 1913 [1] [full citation needed] Paradise is just a small part of South Benwell, comprising the north shore of the River Tyne just west of the Armstrong Elswick Works, running up to ...
The railway passing the cottage in which George Stephenson was born. The Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway and Dock received permission in the Scotswood, Newburn, and Wylam Railway and Dock Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. xlviii) on 16 June 1871 for a 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10.1 km) loop line on the north side of the Tyne between Scotswood and Wylam N&CR stations and a dock at Scotswood. [7]