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By the 1860s, Liverpool Victoria was operating across England from Newcastle to Plymouth with collectors also in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. An increasing amount of business was being transacted in London and in 1884 the Chief Office was moved there – an early example of a commercial head office moving out of Liverpool. A wider range of ...
In 1907, the Royal Liver Group had over 6,000 employees. Given the need for larger premises, the company approved the construction of a new head office. The building was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas; the foundation stone was laid on 11 May 1908 and just 3 years later, on 19 July 1911, the building was officially opened by Lord Sheffield. [5]
The Liverpool Lyver Burial Society was founded by a group of working men from Liverpool in the Lyver Inn on 24 July 1850 to "provide for the decent interment of deceased members". By 1857 the Society had moved to its fourth head office and had expanded throughout the United Kingdom .
Liverpool was the only British city ever to have its own Whitehall office. [45] During this century, at least 40% of the world's entire trade passed through Liverpool. [46] In the early 19th century, Liverpool played a major role in the Antarctic sealing industry, in recognition of which Liverpool Beach in the South Shetland Islands is named ...
The Company was initially based at a head office on Queen Avenue in Liverpool [16] but then moved to a new head office on New John Street in 1903. [17] Following the acquisition of London and Lancashire Insurance, the enlarged company established its new head office at Liverpool & London's former head office at 1 Cornhill in London at that time ...
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His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is a United Kingdom government agency. As a division of the Home Office (HO), it provides passports for British nationals worldwide. It was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service ( IPS ), but was renamed HM Passport Office on 13 May 2013.
The builders were Brown and Backhouse and the brickwork was contracted to Joshua Henshaw and Sons. Victoria Building was officially opened in December 1892 by Lord Spencer, the Chancellor of the Victoria University. [3] [4] The building housed lecture rooms, staff offices, common rooms and, on the top floor, the Tate Library.