De La Rue 1968, but this was rejected by the Monopolies commission as being against the public interest. In 1991 the company's name was changed again – this time to "De La Rue plc". In 1965 De La Rue established a joint venture with the Italian printer and inventor Gualtiero Giori called De La Rue Giori. Based in Switzerland, the company specialized in building banknote printing equipment. The company printed banknotes for the Central Bank of Iran during the 1960s. In 1995, the company acquired Portals Limited which had been listed on the London stock market since 1904. For almost 300 years Portals
Rue de la Huchette no less than four pubs and several bars. The rue de la Huchette existed as early as 1200 as the "rue de Laas", a road running adjacent to a walled vineyard property known then as the "clos du Laas". The property was sold and divided for urban development in the early 13th century, grew many noble properties in the centuries following, but from the 17th century the "rue de la Huchette" was known mostly for its taverns and "rotisseries" ("meat-roasters"). The inhabitants of the "rue de la Huchette" in the period leading up to the Second World War are portrayed