Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal for business and property rights of toy with model railway maker ...

Hornby has owned Scalextric since 1968, though the brand itself dates back even further. Invented by Fred Francis, the first ...

Toymaking giant Hornby has agreed to sell the nearly 70-year-old slot car racing marque Scalextric. for £20m. Hornby has ...

Scalextric, whose first models were invented by engineer Fred Francis in Hampshire in 1956, is one of Britain’s most recognisable hobby brands. It was acquired in 1968 by Hornby, the Kent-based model ...

Hornby, which is in the middle of a major transformation with the backing of Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley, said it was ...

A UK toy firm will bag £20m after striking a deal to sell the almost 70-year-old slot car racing brand Scalextric.

Hornby, the model railway firm advised by Mike Ashley, has agreed to sell toy car racing brand Scalextric for £20m. Castelnau, Hornby’s parent company, announced on Friday it will sell the toy brand ...

Hornby Hobbies said on Friday that it has agreed to sell its Scalextric business for £20m. The business is being sold to Scalextric Motorsports, which has been established by Mark Brown, the president ...

Scalextric slot car racing has been around for ages, but like so many other toys these days it has had to adapt its business model to keep going. Gone are the days when all they needed to do to garner ...

I've said before that Scalextric, which many people will imagine to be a motor racing toy of some sort, is actually an arena of serious scientific inquiry. A great deal of stuff that was rendered ...

It may have started as a humble circuit of rubber strips, but that wouldn't stop Scalextric becoming a thing of dreams. For generations, millions of children have routinely spread themselves onto the ...

Hornby has agreed to sell iconic slot car brand Scalextric to Purbeck Capital Partners for £20m, using the proceeds to cut debt and refocus on core brands including Airfix and model railways.