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Leeds is home to the UK headquarters of: *Arla Foods - UK subsidiary of this Danish company *Asda Walmart - supermarket chain *Buckley Jewellery - UK's largest costume and high-street jewellery designer *Capita - FTSE 100 listed company concerned with business process outsourcing *First Direct - a subsidiary of HSBC *GHD - global HQ for hair fashion company *Goldenfry Foods - food product manufacturer based in Wetherby *Jet2.com - low cost airline *Leeds Brewery *Leeds Building Society - formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society *Northern Gas Networks Limited - natural gas distributor and network *Northern Foods - ready meals and food brands *Optare - a bus manufacturer *Premier Hazard – manufacturer of emergency vehicle warning equipment *Rockstar Leeds *Sky plc - customer care, betting and gaming companies have headquarters in Leeds *Wharfedale - manufacturer of audio/visual consumer items *Yorkshire Bank - a subsidiary of National Australia Bank *Yorkshire Post Newspapers - a subsidiary of Johnston Press plc *Yorkshire Television - a subsidiary of ITV plc ==Companies formerly headquartered in Leeds== *Burton - a tailor currently owned by the Arcadia Group, which is headquartered in London *J Hepworth & Son - formerly a tailor; renamed Next in the 1980s; now based in Enderby, Leicestershire *J&H McLaren & Co. - steam traction and diesel engine manufacturers; taken over by Hawker Siddeley; shut down in 1959 *John Fowler & Co. - steam traction and ploughing engine manufacturers; taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co. *Kitson & Co. - former locomotive builders; failed in the 1930s; remains sold to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns *Leeds Permanent Building Society - also known as The Leeds; in 1995 it was bought by the Halifax, which in turn merged with Bank of Scotland; however, there continues to be a significant HBOS office presence in the city of Leeds *Marks & Spencer - founded in Leeds Kirkgate Market as a penny bazaar, it has long since been headquartered in London *Planet Online - latterly known as ''Energis Squared''; business ISP bought by Energis and now part of Cable & Wireless *Premier Farnell - electronic component distributor worldwide (HQ now in London) *Republic - clothing store *Schofields - a department store on The Headrow in Leeds; bought by House of Fraser in 1988 and latterly closed in 1996 *Tetley - taken over by Carlsberg UK, based in Northampton *Thurstons - a bakers and sandwich retailer; taken over by Greggs in the 1990s and subsequently rebranded as Greggs *Waddingtons - a maker of board games; taken over by the American toy company Hasbro; has since had production of board games moved out of the city 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of companies based in Leeds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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