Full text: Report on profit-sharing and labour co-partnership in the United Kingdom

Appendix B.—I.—Cases in which Profit-sharing has been abandoned—(contd.). 
Duration of 
Profit- 
sharing. 
Name and Address of Firm. 
• (Certain firms ■who wished to remain anonymous 
are indicated by letters, chosen at random.) 
Nature of Business and Number of 
Employees at date of 
abandonment of Profit-sharing. 
How Bonus 
was paid. 
(See note 
at head of 
Table.) 
Cause of Cessation ol Profit-sharing. 
1892-? 
“J.K.” 
Manufacture (70) 
c. 
Diminution of profits. 
1892-1904 
Y. Trotter & Son, Ltd., Chirnside Paper 
Mills, Berwickshire. 
Paper manufacturers (302) 
c. 
Apathy of employees. 
1892-93 
Tobacco Corporation, Ltd., London 
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 49, 
Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C. 
Tobacco manufacture (25) 
c. 
Liquidation. 
1893-1902 
Electrical engineering (1315) ... 
C.P. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1893-1912 
Jacob Pickwell, Grimsby ... 
Master Stevedore (4-400) 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employees with 
system. 
1893-99 
William Parnall & Co., Ltd., 108, Victoria 
Street, Bristol. 
Shop fitters, &c. (45) ... 
c. 
Liquidation. 
1893-95 
The Ideal Club and Restaurant, 185, 
Tottenham Court Road, London, "YV.C. 
Restaurant and sale of provisions (20) 
c. 
Failure to earn profits. 
1893-? 
Jesse Mundell, Middlesbrough 
House painter (9-12) 
c. 
Not known. 
1894-98 
William Cussons, Ltd., 18, Beverley Road, 
Hull. 
Grocers, provision merchants, &e. 
(190-200). 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1894-1900 
Clark's Bread Co., Ltd., 12, Ponthill Road, 
Hove, Brighton. 
Bakers and confectioners (94) 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1894-1909 
Richard Briggs & Sons, Ltd., Bankfield 
Lime Works, Clitheroe. 
Lime manufacturers and quarry pro 
prietors (80). 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results and grant of higher wages. 
1895-98 
E. Broad, Redruth, St. Austell 
Draper (150-180) ... 
c. 
Information not available for publica 
tion. 
Transfer of business. 
1895-97 
R. Binns & Son, Cross, near Axbridge ... 
Fruit-growers and nurserymen (5) ... 
C.P. 
1895-98 
Smith & Forrest, Manchester 
Oil, tar, and resin distillers and mer 
chants (30-40). 
Not 
known. 
New responsibilities of employers 
under Workmen’s Compensation 
Act, 1897. 
1895-9G 
Wm. Hancock & Co., Ltd., Cardiff 
Brewers (158) 
C. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1895-97 
White Stile Laundry, Brentford 
Laundry (17) ... 
Not 
known. 
Transfer of business. 
1895-96 
N. J. Powell & Co., Ltd., 101, Whitechapel 
High Street, London, E. 
Vellum binders and pocket - book 
makers (80-100). 
C. 
Changes in business. 
1895-99 
John A. Hunter & Co. (formerly Butter- 
with & Hunter), Liverpool. 
Provision (bacon &c.) merchants (70) 
C. 
Changes in constitution of firm. 
1896-98 
Kensington Co - operative Stores, Ltd., 
(Dressmaking Department), 64-74, Ham 
mersmith Road, London, W. 
A. Morton & Co., Darvel, Ayrshire 
Dressmaking, &c. (10-18) 
P. 
Liquidation. 
1896-1901 
Curtain andcarpet manufacturers (681) 
P. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1896-1909 
Nottingham Brewery, Ltd., 52-58, Mans 
field Road, Nottingham. 
Brewers (200) 
C. 
Diminution of profits. 
1896-1907 
“ R.F.” 
Provision merchants (10) 
C. 
Substitution of increased wages. 
1897-1901 
Herbert Hutchinson, Haslemere, Surrey ... 
Architect and builder (140) ... 
C.P. 
Conversion of business into co-opera 
tive society. 
1897-1903 
Richmond Gas Stove & Meter Co., Ltd. 
(formerley Richmond & Co., Ltd.), 
Warrington, Stratford, &c. 
“K.N.” 
Gas engineers (manufacturers) (820- 
870). 
c.s. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1897-1905 
Builders (8) 
c. 
Bad trade and insufficient profits. 
1898-1902 
Meath Home Industries Association, Ran- 
dlestown, Navan. 
Needlework, embroidery, weaving and 
knitting (150). 
c. 
Conversion of business into co-opera 
tive society. 
1898-1907 
“ T.K.” 
Pencil case makers, silversmiths, &c. 
(about 150). 
p. 
Depression of trade. 
1898-1904 
Ilford, Ltd. (formerly Britannia Works 
Co., Ltd.), Ilford, London, E. 
J. E. Nelson, Sunderland. 
Manufacturers of photographic plates 
and papers (250-270). 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1899-1901 
Slater and slate merchant (27) 
c. 
Apathy of employees. 
1900-04 
Teasdale & Co., Ltd., South Vale Works, 
Carlisle. 
Manufacturing confectioners (320) ... 
C.P. 
Diminution of profits owing to Sugar 
Tax. 
1900-03 
Young & Marten, Ltd., Stratford, London. 
Builders’ merchants, &c., manufac 
turers, ironfounders, &c. (347). 
c. 
Profits did not reach reserved limit. 
1900 
Madame Veigele, London 
Vegetarian depot and general agency 
(6). 
Timber importers and saw-mill pro 
prietors (122). 
c. 
Business given up. 
1900-10 
“A.D.“ 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1900-07 
S. Gallery & Sons (formerly Samuel 
Gallery, Ltd.), Glasgow. 
Slipper manufacturers (116) ... 
c. 
Reconstruction of company. 
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