and the company was founded by Frank Hornby, who was a visionary producer of toys as well as a businessman and politician. This toy dates from a time when train driver was an aspirational career ...

Hornby has become the latest firm to quit the London stock market after nearly four decades as a public company. The model train maker will cancel its listing on the junior Alternative Investment ...

Hornby is enjoying growing sales of its smaller-scale model railway sets after offloading its toy car business. The model ...

Model train company Hornby is to re-register as a private company to help with its ongoing overhaul - Danny Lawson/PA Model train maker Hornby is to quit the ailing London stock market after ...

Mike Ashley-backed Scalextric and model train firm Hornby has revealed plans to go private, blaming regulatory hurdles and costs involved with a stock market listing. The Aim-listed group ...

AJ Bell's Russ Mould says Hornby's decision is more about its own unique circumstances than AIM's woes. The toy train specialist is 91 per cent owned by Phoenix Asset Management and Mike Ashley ...

The company--which houses its namesake Hornby train and Scalextric car racing sets--said Thursday that it believes re-registering as a private company will better allow it to continue its ...