Granville Technology Group Ltd was a British computer retailer based in Simonstone

Simonstone, Lancashire

Simonstone is a small, largely residential, village in the Ribble Valley area of East Lancashire about west of Padiham, west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill...

, near Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

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Selling computers under several brands - Time; Tiny

Tiny Computers Ltd.

Tiny Computers Ltd. was a British computer company based in Redhill Business Park in Salfords, Redhill in Surrey, England.The company used the advertising slogan 'Think big about your PC - think Tiny'...

; Colossus; MJN - it sold mainly through mail-order, though late in its life added a chain of stores in the UK that traded as The Computer Shop, which rapidly grew to over 300 stores.

The company went into receivership

Receivership

In law, receivership is the situation in which an institution or enterprise is being held by a receiver, a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights." The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in...

 at the end of July 2005, at which time it employed 1,600 people and was one of the largest retail

Retail

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

ers of computers in Britain, which were produced by the Time Factory located at the same site.

Time UK Factory

This was the main supplier for Granville Technology and was the actual manufacturer of products re-sold by Granville - Computers, Notebooks and Flat Screen TVs. The company is continuing to support consumers that purchased Time products from Granville Technology Group Ltd. The Time brand is currently licenced to Time UK

Time UK

Time UK may refer to:* Time UK, a manufacturer of PCs sold by Granville Technology Group* Time UK , a 1980s rock band* Time in the United Kingdom...

in the UK.