Manganese Bronze Holdings the early 1960s Manganese Bronze Bearings Ltd (as it was then known) was taken over by a Dennis Poore investment vehicle, Villiers Engineering Ltd, a motorcycle company chiefly known for its range of engines, creating Manganese Bronze Holdings Ltd. This company subsequently bought Associated Motor Cycles Ltd, owners of the Norton AJS and Matchless motorcycle brands in 1964. Manganese absorbed part of the Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1973 - which included Carbodies, the Coventry-based London taxicab maker, under chairman Dennis Poore, as part of a rescue plan initiated by the British government. BSA Motorcycles interests trading as Triumph were
Eleven (Television Production Company) Callum Turner, Charlotte Spencer, and Jordan Stephens, "The Secret Life of the Pub", a cutting-edge documentary for Channel 4, and "Rotters", a comedy for Sky Arts. In November 2017 Netflix announced "Sex Education""," an eight part comedy drama series created by Laurie Nunn to be made by Eleven. The show will be directed by Ben Taylor and will air globally in 2019. The Channel 4 Growth Fund took a minority stake in Eleven in 2014, making it the first drama production company to benefit from their £20m fund. Eleven has projects in development for all of the major UK broadcasters.