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The Photograph Archive of the Falkland Society. The Lomonds Commonty Allocation of 1818; Buildings. Assorted; Falkland Palace; House of Falkland. Falkland Estate Features; Churches; Falkland Primary School; Shops & Pubs; Balmblae; Panoramas; Streets. High Street; West High Street & West Port; Pleasance; South Street; Cross & Back Wynd.

Traditional Buildings. Standing out in the landscape, the timber framed house clad in iron sheets or wooden weather boarding, with its white walls, coloured roof and painted woodwork shining in the sun, characterises the Falkland Islands. The distinctive charm of old island buildings comes from traditions forged by pioneering settlers. There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A. The council areaof Fife covers 1,325 square kilometres (512 sq mi), and has a population of around 361,900. There are 200 Category A listed buildings in the area, as of February 2017. Port Howard, West Falkland Opened in 1996, the Port Howard Museum is part of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust. Situated alongside Port Howard Lodge in the centre of the settlement, the distinctive semi-circular Nissan Hut houses a collection of 1982 war. The Falkland Society arose out of the realisation that the village was one of the few historic villages and small towns that had kept much of its architectural and historic integrity. This project seeks to help create a larger audience for the Society’s photograph archive.

The Falkland Islands covers a total area of 12,173 sq.km (4,700 sq mi), and are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in South Atlantic Ocean. As observed on the physical map above, The Falkland Islands are an archipelago comprised of two large islands (East Falkland and West Falkland) and several hundred smaller ones, that are ringed by a rugged coastline, and for the most part are hilly, rocky and covered with low shrubs and coarse grass. The two large islands are separated by Falkland Sound.

Hills and low mountains cover the central areas of both large islands, including the Wickham Heights and Hornsby ranges. The archipelago's highest point, as marked on the map by an upright yellow triangle on the map is Mount Usborne at 2,312ft (705m) housed on East Falkland. The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean. Shallow streams, ponds and tiny lakes cover a very small percentage of the land, while the drowned river valleys form protected natural harbors along the islands coast.

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Covering a total land area of 12,000 sq. km, the Falkland Islands are an isolated and sparsely populated overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Falkland Islands are an archipelago comprising of two large islands - East Falkland and West Falkland, as well as 776 smaller islands and islets. Falkland Islands have no administrative divisions.

Located on the island of East Falkland is Stanley (also, Port Stanley) is the capital of Falkland Islands. It is the main cultural and shopping center of the island country. It is also the island's chief port.

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Where is Falkland Islands?

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Falkland Islands are an archipelago and an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located to the southwest Atlantic Ocean at the southern-most point of South America. The islands are positioned both in the southern and western hemispheres of the Earth. Falkland Islands are situated about 300 miles (483km) to the east of the Argentina coastline.

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Key Facts

This page was last updated on November 10, 2020

The Falkland Islands Company Ltd. (FIC) was founded in 1851 and was granted a Royal Charter to Trade in 1852 by Queen Victoria. Locally known as FIC, it is a diversified goods and services company owned by FIH group plc.

Businesses[edit]

Retail & Distribution

• The West Store Shopping Complex:
  • The West Store Foodhall, featuring supplies from Waitrose, Tesco and Iceland.
  • The West Store Café Stanley.
  • FIC Clothing.
  • FIC Electrical Store.
  • The Capstan Gift Shop.
• Crozier Place:
  • Home Builder, DIY and builders' merchant.
  • Home Living, home improvements store.
  • Crozier Place Café.
• The West Store at RAF Mount Pleasant:
  • The West Store MPC.
  • The West Store Café MPC.
• FIC Warehouse, wholesale sales with chilled & frozen storage.

Automotive

• Falklands 4x4 is a Land Rover dealership, a JCB agency, Castrol Oil's agency and boat maintenance service.
• Hire and lease fleet on the islands.

Property

• SAtCO (South Atlantic Construction company) is a joint venture company with Trant Engineering, established in June 2012 and provides construction solutions for large scale building, civil and engineering projects across the Falklands.
• The FIC owns 70 residential and commercial properties for let, as well as 400 acres of prime land, much with planning permission.

Insurance

• Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company agent, provides a range of insurance services, including motor, buildings, public liability and contract risk for buildings under construction.
• Lloyd's Agents for the Falkland Islands dealing with cargo surveys and other reporting.

Building and Electrical

• Falklands Building Services and Falklands Electrical Services, providing new home builds and maintenance services.

Penguin Travel

• Coach and mini bus provider for local airport transfers, connections and tours.

• Driving school for cars, minibuses, heavy good vehicles (HGV) and public services vehicles (PSV).

Haulage & Groundworks

• Fleet of HGV tippers and tractor units available to hire and for contract work.

Fishing Agency: Acting as agent for over 100 fishing vessels and for cruise ships belonging to Holland America, Seabourn, Celebrity and Princess Lines, supported by its own fleet of launches and a work boat.

Flights: Agent for the MoD Airbridge service for AirTanker flights between RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and RAF Mount Pleasant.

Falklands Removal Services: Agent for both Whites and Crown Removals with worldwide connections available.

Falklands Shipping: Shipping commercial and private containers between the UK and the Falklands on the MoD FIRS vessels southwards and wool shipments northwards.

Security: Contracted by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) for the provision of security services at Mount Pleasant Complex for the second commercial flight from South America.

History[edit]

19th century

The Falkland Islands Company (FIC) was incorporated in 1851 and received its Royal Charter on 10 January 1852. Established with an authorised capital of £100,000 its purpose was to engage in agricultural and general trading activities including establishing a shipping link with the UK. In 1888,FIC purchased J M Dean & Sons for shares. J M Dean acted as agent for farmers, and operated the West Store in the capital Stanley. The company was also a Lloyds Agent and owned a hotel and other property assets in the Islands.

20th century

1913 brought a regular shipping service to Montevideo. In the 1930s the company was regularly transporting wool to Montevideo using the ships Fitzroy and Lafonia.^[2][3] By 1945 the Falkland island company acquired farm property in the Falklands, amounting to total agricultural land holdings reaching 1.2m acres and 300,000 sheep. In 1962 FIC shares listed on the London Stock Exchange. making it a public company. In 1971 The company's last regular ship – the Darwin, stopped traveling between the Falklands and Montevideo.^[2]

In 1972 FIC was acquired by The Dundee Perth and London Shipping Company Limited which was then purchased by Coalite Group plc.

1989 FIC's owners, Coalite acquired by Anglo United plc in a leveraged buy out.

1991 FIC's agricultural land holdings, 4 farms consisting of 25% of the land of the Falkland Islands sold to the Falkland Islands Government following the Shackleton report.^[4]

1997 Anglo United which has an unsustainable amount of debt undergoes a capital reconstruction and distributes shares in Falkland Islands Holdings plc to its shareholders. For every 300 Anglo United shares shareholders receive 1 share in Falkland Islands Holdings. At this point the Falkland Islands Company became a full subsidiary of Falkland Islands Holdings, name changed to FIH Group plc in September 2016.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Final Results for the year ended 31 March 2020'(PDF). FIH Group plc. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
2. ^ ^abhttp://www.falklands.gov.fk/assets/OurIslandsOurHistory.pdf
3. ^http://www.leithshipyards.com/ships-built-in-leith/1918-to-1939/103-lafonia-yard-no-189-passengercargo-vessel-falkland-islands-co-ltd-built-1931.html
4. ^https://www.falklands.gov.fk/self-sufficiency/commercial-sectors/agriculture/

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