Queensway may refer to:
Queensway is the name of a number of roads in central Birmingham, especially those that form the A4400 Inner Ring Road. The name most often refers to the Great Charles Street Queensway tunnel, part of the A38.
The Queensways were built as dual carriageway major roads in the 1960s and 1970s. However, in recent years many have been rebuilt and downgraded and now far more resemble city streets. These redevelopments were championed by the city council as breaking the 'concrete collar' around the city centre (especially in the Masshouse area), with the aim of making the city more friendly to pedestrian navigation, and improving the aesthetic appearance of the city. Some motorists, however, bemoan the reduction of road capacity and point to the regular congestion on the remodelled sections.
Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°54′09″W / 52.4830°N 1.9026°W / 52.4830; -1.9026
Queensway was a retailer in the United Kingdom that specialised in the sale of carpets and furniture. It was a pioneer of out of town shopping and one of the first retailers in the U.K. to sell directly to customers from a warehouse.
It was founded in 1967 by Anthony Parish in Norwich with £50. Within a few months Queensway moved to a nearby disused warehouse. Parish's strategy was to sell carpets in the same way supermarkets sell food. The success of this approach enabled the company to rapidly expand to 26 branches in 1970 and by 1975, it had 38 branches across the country.
In the mid-1970s it was due to float with an expected market capitalisation of around £7 million but due to a serious downturn in the economy the float was withdrawn. Management consultants were hired and the company's shares continued to fall. Managing director Anthony Parish by now was suffering from ill health and after a boardroom coup the company was sold to Phillip Harris in 1977 and it became Harris Queensway plc.
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