Hargreaves Hamilton & Company was set up in 1923 to manage the many properties that had been acquired through the purchase of textile machinery. These machine purchases had necessitated buying the mill buildings as well as all the contents.

The role of the company has grown and now it takes care of the administrative needs of the Group and has since been able to develop an efficient strategy that envelopes all the financial and administration services required by the various companies.

Using the latest information technology, the company has built up an integrated computer system enabling all the companies within the Group to have access to and benefit from monthly management figures, up to date stock records and customer databases.

Having such systems in house allows the Group to benefit in two main ways. Firstly, overheads are shared and kept to a minimum and, secondly, all data is kept current enabling management to react quickly to any changes.