Hornby, the maker of iconic British toys from Airfix to Scalextric, has seen pre-tax profits fall to £3.9m from £4.1m in 2011. Best known for its model trains, here is a look at the history of the ...

YET AGAIN I am taken back to my childhood days and how many of us boys remember waking up on Christmas morning to find a Hornby train set or a Meccano set or both under the Christmas tree? Well I ...

Model railway maker Hornby has seen its sales surge by 33% in the six months to the end of September, as more people took up hobbies in lockdown. The firm, which also makes Corgi cars and Scalextric ...

Model train maker Hornby has warned that sales for the current financial year will be below expectations because of supply chain issues. The company also said, external that sales would be below last ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Punctuality, it seems, is just as important for toy-train companies as real ones. Hornby, maker of model rail ...

The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today. Born in ...

Train set maker Hornby has hit the buffers – sparking fears over its future. Shares in the famous firm, which also owns Scalextric, Airfix and Corgi, today plunged more than 60% after it warned it ...

This trainset was produced in the 1950s, at the Hornby factory in Liverpool. The Hornby company made some iconic toys - Hornby trainsets, Meccano and Dinky toys, and the company was founded by Frank ...

Hornby, the model train manufacturer, has reported that its sales have been impacted by shipping delays in the Red Sea. The Margate-based company, which specialises in toys and collectibles and has ...

Hornby, the maker of iconic British toys from model trains to Airfix to Scalextric, has suffered a blow from dissappointing sales of London 2012 Olympic merchandise. Here is a look at the history of ...