Inchcape plc
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1847 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Ken Hanna (Non-executive Chairman) Stefan Bomhard (Group CEO) |
| Revenue | £6,836.3 million (2015) |
| £324.7 million (2015) | |
| £182.9 million (2015) | |
| Website | www.inchcape.com |
Inchcape plc (: ) is a multinational automotive retail and services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in 26 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and South America.
Inchcape is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
In 1847, William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie formed the Mackinnon Mackenzie Company (MMC), a general merchanting partnership based in Calcutta. In 1856 Mackinnon formed the Calcutta and Burma Steam Navigation Company to carry post to the region: the Company appointed MMC as their agents, secured contracts to transport British troops from Ceylon to India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and in 1862 floated on the under the name British India Steam Navigation Company.
In 1874, James Lyle MacKay joined Mackinnon and Mackenzie in Calcutta and by 1914 was the sole surviving senior partner in MMC. Largely responsible for solving India’s currency problems and for the adoption of the Gold Standard, he was given a peerage by King George V for his services to industry in 1911. He chose the title “Baron Inchcape of Strathnaver” to commemorate the Inchcape Rock, which lies off Arbroath, and Strathnaver in Scotland.
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