Granville Technology Group

Granville Technology Group
Company typePublic company
IndustryRetail
Founded1994 (1994)
Defunct2005 (2005)
HeadquartersSimonstone, Lancashire (1994–2005)
Key people
Tahir Mohsan (founder) (Director, 1994–2005)
ProductsComputers
Number of employees
1,600
SubsidiariesTime 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.