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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 ...

One of the biggest model railway collections in Britain is being sold off via the internet. Anthony Bianco began collecting Hornby Dublo trains in the 1970s, as part of the research for a book on the ...

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 ...

Hobbyist train set maker Hornby has issued another profits warning, with the manufacturer now expecting losses for the year to March to widen to between £5.5m-£6m – up to three times worse than the ...

Simply sign up to the Retail & Consumer industry myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Delayed arrivals of trains from China held Hornby back in the first half, but the hobby specialist ...

Fans of the Liverpool-born inventor of Meccano and Hornby model railways were today marking what would have been his 150th birthday. Frank Hornby, who became MP for Everton in 1931, was honoured by ...

A year of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of Hornby trains, Meccano and Dinky toys is getting under way. Brighton Toy and Model Museum has been given a £34,000 ...