British Royal Warrant Holders of Every Day Goods and Services

A British Royal Warrant is granted by Elizabeth II, the Ducked of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales to companies or trades people who supply goods or services to the Royal Family. This warrant gives the business or services the right to advertise that they are the preferred provider to British Royalty to the general public.   This list is long and covers providers and vendors from every walk of life and even the most banal offerings.

 

Examples of famous royal warrant holders include –

A  Nash – a company that sells brooms

Atco – a company that sells lawnmowers

Bluebird Buses  – buses and coaches

Bowden Hostas – sells plants that thrive in the shade

Coventry Scaffolding – sells scaffolding

DHL – courier services

Dodson $ Horrell Ltd – sells Horse and Dog Food

D. Bumsted & Co. Royal British Table salt

D.R. Harris – chemists

Fisher Productions – Event lighting

Flying Colors Flag Makers – Sell Flags

Frank Smython – supplies the royal staitonary

Garrard $ Co – sell silverware

Hatchards – a book seller

Heinz – sells canned beans, soups and other foods

CH Haygarth & Sons – gun and rifle makers\

Hayter – grass cutting equipment

Henry Poole and Company Livery Taylors

Holt Renfrew – a Canadian firm that supplies fur coats and clothing to the Royal family

Hoval – heating boilers

IBM  – makes computers

J & M Sewing Services – manufactures of clerical robes

Joel and Son  – Fabrics

Judges Choice Pet Food – for feeding the Queen’s corgis.

Kent & Sons – Makes hairbrushes

Kimberly Clark – toilet paper

Lakeland Computer Consultancy Services –  provider of retail management software

Leoengel –  Handmade fine Jewellery

Moss & Company – Importers of Timber

National Foaling Bank – Fosters mares for foaling

Petersfield Book Shop – not for the books but for the picture frames!

Pots and Pithoi – sells terra cotta pots for gardening

R G Hardie & Company – makes bagpipes

Samsung Electronics – supplies every electronic gizmo known to man!

Smythson – makes leather goods and stationary

Spink – Auctioneers

Steinway & Sons – makes pianos

Stanley Gibbons – manufactures and sells stamps

Stromsholm  – supplier of the finest horse shoes

Tis Software Ltd – sells computer software

Truefit & Hill – a barger

Twiford Bathrooms – markets Sanitaryware

Wehham Lake Ice Company – sells ice

Xerox London – sells copy machines

 

Whether or not this absolutely gives the company the edge when it comes to selling to the public is debatable. For one thing, having a royal warrant can escalate the price of a product or service so that it is out of reach for most citizens.  For example the wedding planner for Kate and Will’s royal wedding is probably not accessible price-wise to the ordinary betrothed couple.