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Euro Auctions
Euro Auctions is a Northern Ireland auction house that buys and sells industrial plant, construction equipment and agricultural machinery worldwide. Euro Auctions was founded in 1998 in Dromore, County Tyrone, by Derek Keys and his brothers. In August 2021, its sale to Canada's Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), or simply Ritchie Bros., is a public company. Its common shares are traded on the Toronto and New York exchanges under the ticker symbol RBA. History The Ritchie Brothers Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers was ... for £775 million was announced. The sale was called off in April 2022 due to no realistic prospect of approval by the UK competition watchdog, the Competition and Market Authority (CMA). Currently, the company continues as a Leading Independent Global Auctioneer of Heavy Equipment. References {{Reflist British companies established in 1998 British auction houses ...
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Dromore, County Tyrone
Dromore () is a village, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is nine miles (15 km) south west of Omagh on the A32 and sixteen miles (26 km) from Enniskillen. The population of Dromore was 1,198 at the 2011 Census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. History The town was originally built in 1757 when the then Lord of the manor, William Hamilton, of Aughlish House gave a grant of the townland of Mullinacross, now called Dromore, to two families - Stewart and Humphreys. The town at that time consisted of only four houses. The original name of the townland is derived from an ancient stone cross which formerly stood on the top of the hill overlooking the town, and near to where the Cistercian Abbey was located. This abbey which was destroyed by a fire in 1690 is said to have been built on the site of a nunnery founded by Saint Patrick for Saint Cett ...
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Ritchie Bros
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), or simply Ritchie Bros., is a public company. Its common shares are traded on the Toronto and New York exchanges under the ticker symbol RBA. History The Ritchie Brothers Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers was established in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.A Canadian company which the three Ritchie brothers – Ken, John and Dave Ritchie – took over the OK Used Furniture Store from their father in 1955. They entered the auction business in 1958 when they needed CA$2,000 to pay a bank debt on short notice. A friend suggested they conduct an auction to get rid of some surplus inventory from the furniture store. They conducted their first auction at the Scout Hall in Kelowna in 1958 and discovered a new way of doing business. Starting with that first auction at the Scout Hall, Ritchie Bros. maintained a strict policy of conducting unreserved auctions – meaning there were no minimum bids and no reserve prices. The brothers also established a ...
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British Companies Established In 1998
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