General Post Office
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The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver ; it was overseen by a Government minister, the Postmaster General. Over time its remit was extended to Scotland and Ireland, and across parts of the British Empire.
'The Post Horse' (from The Life of a Racehorse, or The High-Mettled Racer) by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington by James Pollard (1821).
Telegraph sent in 1907
Telegraphic Operating Room in the Central Telegraph Office (GPO West), St Martin's Le Grand, London.
BT Group
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BT Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.
The Adastral Park campus at Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, the principal site of BT Research
The BT Centre was completed in 1985.
Former CEO Gavin Patterson at the 2016 Chatham House Corporate Leaders Series