The Rank Group and Rank España in Spain (10 bingo clubs). Rank is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company was formed to acquire the business interests of the Rank Organisation, which itself was formed out of the business interests of its founder, J. Arthur Rank. Until the start of the 21st century, the group still had a tremendous amount of leisure holdings; however, as the decade progressed it divested these interests, beginning with Pinewood Studios and the Odeon cinema chain. It also shed its engineering interests, such as its share in Rank
Somerville Open Studios artists. An executive committee is formed each year to organize the event, usually under the direction of one or more coordinators. This committee is assisted by approximately fifty dedicated volunteers and over one hundred on-site helpers during the event itself. Somerville Open Studios Somerville Open Studios (informally: "SOS") is an annual event where the artists of Somerville, Massachusetts open their workspaces to the public. It is also the name of the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which oversees the event. Somerville Open Studios is the largest Open Studio event in New England, and the third largest in America. Somerville Open Studios was