McCooey, Christopher (27 August 2005). "A family business for 400 years". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. "The builder, based in Brasted, Kent, is the third oldest company in the UK still in operation, according to Dun & Bradstreet, the business information provider. Only Oxford University Press, founded in 1478, and Cambridge University Press, founded in 1534, are older. Number four is the Old Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim (1608) while the Post Office is fifth (1635)".
McCooey, Christopher (27 August 2005). "A family business for 400 years". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. "The builder, based in Brasted, Kent, is the third oldest company in the UK still in operation, according to Dun & Bradstreet, the business information provider. Only Oxford University Press, founded in 1478, and Cambridge University Press, founded in 1534, are older. Number four is the Old Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim (1608) while the Post Office is fifth (1635)".