Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal for business and property rights of toy with model railway maker ...

Toymaking giant Hornby has agreed to sell the nearly 70-year-old slot car racing marque Scalextric. for £20m. Hornby has ...

A UK toy firm will bag £20m after striking a deal to sell the almost 70-year-old slot car racing brand Scalextric.

Hornby has owned Scalextric since 1968, though the brand itself dates back even further. Invented by Fred Francis, the first ...

Scalextric, whose first models were invented by engineer Fred Francis in Hampshire in 1956, is one of Britain’s most ...

Castelnau Group Ltd (“Castelnau” or the “Company”), an investment company established to invest in public and private companies, is pleased to announce that Hornby Hobbies Limited (“Hornby”), a ...

Hornby, the model railway firm advised by Mike Ashley, has agreed to sell toy car racing brand Scalextric for £20m. Castelnau ...

Hornby Hobbies said on Friday that it has agreed to sell its Scalextric business for £20m. The business is being sold to ...

At its peak about 2,000 people were working at Hornby's model factory in Margate.

New stamps to celebrate Hornby model railways ...