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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hornby, the model trains and slot car racing company, on Friday reported an 8 per cent rise in full-year ...

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 ...

Hornby PLC (HRN.LN) on Tuesday warned that current sales are lower than expected and posted a widened pretax loss for fiscal 2018 on the back of falling revenue. The international hobby products group ...

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 ...