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A report, that informs on a medium-size or large business - Somerfield.
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business at work Somerfield Introduction As part of my AVCE business course, I have been asked by Mr Bains, to do a report, that informs him on a medium-size or large business. My report is on Somerfield, which is a medium-sized business, and completing the 8 tasks given to find out about the business will help me to finish this report. Somerfield was opened by a small family in Bristol as a small grocery store. J H Mills opened this grocery store, and by the year 1900, the company had become a limited company with 12 stores. In 1950, J H Mills Ltd was turned into Gateway, when a Bristol finance house, Tyndall, became the major shareholder. The 14 J H Mills shops were then converted to become self-service type supermarkets. The name 'Gateway' was chosen because Bristol is the 'gateway to the West Country'. Once the company was taken over by different companies,...
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