“ It's incredibly helpful to win a prize like this with your first book,” Nick Hornby told us backstage at the Nero Book Awards last night (Wednesday 4 March 2026). “I won a prize for my first book,” ...

Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal with model railway maker for toy racing car business and IP rights For almost six decades Hornby has watched Scalextric drive revenues for its hobby business but on ...

American drinks tycoon snaps up toy car racing brand for £20m James Warrington Media and Telecoms Editor James Warrington is The Telegraph’s Media and Telecoms Editor. He writes about the fast-moving ...

British toy company Hornby has sold the toy car company Scalextric for £20m after owning the brand for 58-years. The model train maker, which is in the middle of a major transformation with the ...

Scalextric is one of Britain’s most recognisable hobby brands - Yui Mok/PA Wire Hornby, the model train maker, has sold off its slot car racing brand Scalextric to a US drinks tycoon for £20m. The ...

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Hornby went private last year and delisted from the London Stock Exchange to focus entirely on a massive restructuring programme THE maker of Britain’s most beloved toys is facing a financial ...

If any vehicle has ever deserved to be called a “fuel-sipper,” it’s the Lynk & Co 08 plug-in hybrid. This new crossover from the hot-selling Chinese-European cousin of Volvo and Polestar has a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Morris covers the rapidly growing world of electric vehicles. There’s a new automotive trend coming out of China. Although ...

A legend of both fiction and non-fiction literature and an award-winning screenwriter, Nick Hornby became a household name after the release of his second book, 1992 autobiographical story Fever Pitch ...

Iconic collectables firm Hornby has announced it plans to return to private ownership and remove its shares from the stock market. Shares in the Margate-based company have long been traded on London’s ...