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Evans Cycles

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Ceo Andy King
HeadquartersCrawley
United Kingdom
FoundedLondon
United Kingdom
Number of employeesapprox. 1,100 in 2012
Type of business Privately held company
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID950000
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About Evans Cycles


Evans Cycles is a British cycle retailer. It was opened in central London by a London cyclist, Frederick Evans, who won an award from Britain's largest cycling club for the best cycling invention of 1925. He left his shop to be run by his manager and joined the Royal Air Force when war broke out in 1939.

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Sports Direct owner Frasers Group is reported to be close to securing The Purchase of Gieves & Hawkes, the historic Savile Row tailor.

Frasers Group is said to be in advanced talks to buy the 251-year-old firm, which first reported The News .

The retail giant, which was founded by Mike Ashley , emerged as a potential buyer of Gieves & Hawkes in September.

Frasers Group would not officially comment on The Report .

Gieves & Hawkes, which has its HQ at Number 1 Savile Row in London - One of The World 's most famous fashion addresses - is One of the oldest bespoke tailoring companies.

But it has faced uncertainty ever since its Hong Kong-based owner collapsed into liquidation Last Year .

Sky News said the value of any deal was not known at this stage.

Retail billionaire Mike Ashley has been One of The High Street's most prominent and colourful figures since founding his business 40 Years ago.

Mr Ashley recently stepped down from the board of Frasers Group but remains The Group 's controlling shareholder.

He had already handed over the running of The Group to his son-in-law Michael Murray earlier this year.

Frasers Group has snapped up A Number of troubled brands in recent years, including the collapsed fashion retailer Missguided in June.

It also taken over Game, Evans Cycles , Jack Wills and Sofa. com in similar deals.



Source of news: bbc.com

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