Non-nationalised Tilling Group
Following nationalisation of Thomas Tilling Ltd's bus interests, a number of subsidiaries continued under separate ownership as the Tilling Group. Tilling Group was taken over by BTR plc in 1983.
Companies comprising Tilling Group post 1948 included
- Tilcon (formerly Tilling Construction Services Ltd), producer of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete - formed in 1970 by the merger of three existing subsidiaries, sold by BTR to Minorco, now part of Anglo American plc, in November 1995
- Selwood, Plant and pump manufacture, sales and hire - acquired 1972
- PASCON created by merging Palmers, Selwood & Croker within Tilling Group, 1982, sold by BTR in 1994 and now renamed Selwood Pumps
- Heinemann, a publisher acquired in 1961.
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