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

Enthusiasts around the world still collect Hornby train sets, Dinky Toys and Meccano models. The modern business also make Scalextric cars and Airfix kits.

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's founder, Sir Frank Hornby, set up the Meccano company in 1901. It was only in 1920 that Hornby developed its first train set. Meccano is now in French hands, while other brands that could ...

Hornby has released Harry Potter train sets, Wacky Races and Looney Tunes Scalextric, and is to release a Scalextric set that can be controlled by mobile phone. It hasn't all been fun and games.

(Sharecast News) - Model train set maker Hornby said on Thursday that it was planning to leave the AIM stock market and go private, citing regulatory hurdles and a desire to cut costs. Hornby said ...

The maker of Thomas the Tank Engine train ... sets has come under strain as it slid deeper into the red after disruption from the installation of new computer systems and supply issues in Europe ...