Model railway maker Hornby has seen its sales surge by 33% in the six months to the end of September, as more people took up hobbies in lockdown. The firm, which also makes Corgi cars and ...

Track the history of Hornby’s iconic model trains from Frank Hornby’s early home-made toys in sheet metal, through the development of Hornby ‘O’ gauge and Hornby-Dublo. Trace the ...

Hornby is enjoying growing sales of its smaller-scale model railway sets after offloading its toy car business. The model train maker, which is backed by Frasers Group and counts Mike Ashley as a ...

To mark the start of Railway 200, a whistle-up’ will be held on New Year’s Day with participants in both the UK and on ...

Hornby is best known for its model trains, but also owns Airfix and Scalextric. The new management reduced losses to £5.2m last year from a £10m loss in the previous year. "I would say it was ...

The investment giant which owns the vast majority of shares in Hornby, the model firm currently ... has significantly upped its stake in the train-maker. Phoenix Asset Management Partners has ...