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Hornby

January 2025

  • A Hornby model train at a station in the snow, with a model Santa

    Sales at toymaker Hornby up 7% after bumper Black Friday and Christmas

    Profits increased 10% in December at Kent-based company, which had struggled after end of Covid hobby boom

December 2020

  • Hornby model railway in a Christmassy snow scene

    Hornby pauses non-UK toy orders because of Brexit

    Port delays and tariff uncertainty prompt toymaker to ask international customers to be patient

October 2020

  • Train set

    Lockdown sales boom puts model railway-maker Hornby back on track

  • Ben Martin and son Phoenix playing Scalextric

    We are railing: Britain embraces the joys of the humble train set

April 2018

  • Hornby model train

    Toymaker Hornby to seek new finance deal after sales slump

    Model railway and Scalextric maker says it has breached terms of loan agreement with Barclays

June 2017

  • Eaton Square in Belgravia, London

    Observer business agenda
    Did you hear the one about the inequality and the thinktank?

    Simon Goodley
    The Resolution Foundation’s forthcoming research into the socioeconomics of Britain is likely to be no laughing matter

December 2016

  • A gloriously lurid tribute to the heyday of Hammer horror … Jonathan Creek.

    TV tonight
    Wednesday’s best TV: Jonathan Creek; James May: the Christmas Reassembler

    Alan Davies’s mooching sleuth breaks out the duffle coat, while May lovingly rebuilds a Hornby Flying Scotsman toy from 138 component parts

June 2016

  • Hornby train at a toy fair in London

    Hornby urges investors to back £8m fundraising plan

    Executive chairman says there are serious concerns over the toymaker’s future without the support of shareholders

February 2016

  • A Hornby train set at a toy fair in London

    Hornby boss quits after third profit warning in five months

  • James May

    James May urges nation to 'save Hornby' as shares plunge 62%

December 2015

  • A Hornby Class 29 model train

    Hornby losses widen amid supplier problems and IT upgrade

    Revamp of computer and stock systems, as well as trouble with Chinese suppliers, dented sales in the summer

November 2015

  • A Hornby Class 29 model locomotive

    Hornby expecting £2m loss after second profit warning in two months

    Toymaker downgrades profit forecast due to sales fall in Europe caused by changes to deliveries and computer system issues

September 2015

  • Hornby says its new computer system and suplly issue have affected revenues.

    Hornby revenues hit by computer problems

    Model toymaker says installing new IT system disrupted UK and European trading as it struggled to get products into shops

July 2015

  • A Virgin Pendolino model train at the Hornby visitor centre

    Hornby enthusiasts to pick up orders at real-life train stations

    Model railway maker signs deal to let customers collect online purchases at outlets on stations

June 2015

  • US shares climb after Fed rate hints.

    Market Forces blog
    FTSE 100 breaks losing streak as miners benefit from weaker dollar

    Hopes of a Greek deal before deadline help support shares

May 2015

  • Scalextric

    Hornby on track to make £1.5m profit

    Maker of model train sets says significantly improved sales growth in its fourth quarter follows change in Chinese suppliers

February 2015

  • James Bond, played by Sean Connery, with the character’s Aston Martin DB5 on the set of Goldfinger

    Hornby hopes limited-edition James Bond car will rev up sales

    50th-anniversary model of Aston Martin DB5, driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger, contains passenger ejector seat and toy firearms

November 2014

  • Hornby

    Hornby to move out of 60-year old Margate site

    Maker of model trains, Airfix kits and Corgi cars has moved its warehouse to an industrial estate near Canterbury - and may move its visitor centre

August 2014

  • Hornby Model Trains To Rescue Airfix Planes

    Hornby's second world war aircraft model a silver lining for struggling toymaker

    Company has sold 8,000 models of the Hawker Typhoon, a boost after supplier and London Olympics problems led to £4.5m loss

June 2014

  • A Hornby model railway kit.

    Hornby to close warehouse in Kent

    Model manufacturer may move entire operation from historic site in Margate after reporting losses of £4.5m

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