Argus Press is a British publishing company. It was acquired by British Electric Traction

British Electric Traction

British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rentokil Initial.- Early history :The company was founded as...

 (BET) in 1966, and became the publishing arm of that company.

Argus Newspapers

The newspaper division of the company, Argus Newspapers, was purchased by Trinity International Holdings (later Trinity Mirror

Trinity Mirror

Trinity Mirror plc is a large British newspaper and magazine publisher. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf in...

) in 1993. Among its titles are the South London Press

South London Press

The South London Press is a bi-weekly tabloid newspaper based in Streatham, South London, covering local news within the London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Wandsworth....

, the Reading Chronicle

Reading Chronicle

The Reading Chronicle is an English local weekly newspaper covering Reading in Berkshire and surrounding areas, starting off as the Berkshire Chronicle.-Editions:...

, and several other regional papers.

Argus Specialist Publications

The magazine division of the company is Argus Specialist Publications. Among its former titles are the computing magazines ZX Computing, Computer Gamer

Computer Gamer

Computer Gamer was a video game magazine published in the United Kingdom by Argus Specialist Publications, covering home gaming during the late 1980s...

, Computing Today

Computing Today

Computing Today was a computer magazine published by Argus Specialist Publications, it was printed in the UK from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s...

and Your Commodore

Your Commodore

Your Commodore was a magazine for the Commodore range of computers, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and Commodore PC range.-History:Although first seen as a supplement in July 1984's Personal Computer Today, Your Commodore was later published on its own. Issue 1 launched in September, cover...

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Argus Press Software

The software division, Argus Press Software, was active in the 1980s, producing games for several home computer systems of the time.

It acquired Quicksilva

Quicksilva

Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A....

 and Starcade in 1984, Bug Byte in 1985, and also published titles by the wargame company MC Lothlorien.

In 1987 Argus Press Software was purchased by its managing director, Stephen Hall, and renamed GrandSlam Entertainment

Grandslam Entertainment

Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s...

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