Granville Technology Group
| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Simonstone, Lancashire (1994–2005) |
Key people | Tahir Mohsan (founder) (Director, 1994–2005) |
| Products | Computers |
Number of employees | 1,600 |
| Subsidiaries | Time Computer Systems, Tiny Computers, Colossus, Omega, MJN |
Granville Technology Group Ltd was a British computer retailer and manufacturer based in Simonstone, near Burnley, Lancashire, marketing its products under the brand names Time, Tiny, Colossus, Omega and MJN.
It sold mainly through mail order, though late in its life, the firm added a chain of shops in the United Kingdom that traded as The Computer Shop, and rapidly grew to over 300 stores. The main competitors were PC World, Comet, and Maplin.
Granville Technology Group had 3 manufacturing companies but operated in the same place. The companies were called VMT, GTG and OMT all operated under Granville Technology Group Limited as subsidiaries. VMT was the manufacturing department and GTG was the office part of Granville Technology Group.