A British retailer with its headquarters in Swindon, England, W. H. Smith & Son (also known as WHS or colloquially as Smith’s, and formerly W. H. Smith & Son) operates a chain of high-street stores as well as shops in railway stations, airports, ports, hospitals and motorway service stations that sell a variety of items including books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products, and confectionery.

In 1792, Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna established a news vendor business in London, which they continued until the present day. It remained in the hands of the Smith family for many years and experienced significant growth during the 1970s, as the company began to diversify into new markets and expand its product line significantly. Following the rejection of a private equity takeover bid in 2004, the company refocused its efforts on its core retail operations. It was the world’s first retail chain, and it was also responsible for the invention of the ISBN book identifier, which is still used today.

WHSmith UK is a British retailer that is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a component of the FTSE 250 Index. In 2017, the company celebrated its 225th anniversary.

In 1792, Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna started a news vendor business in London’s Little Grosvenor Street, which they continued until the early 1900s.

Following their deaths, their youngest son, William Henry Smith, took over the family business, which was valued in 1812 at £1,280 (equivalent to £87,161 in 2020). In 1846, the firm changed its name to W. H. Smith & Son when his only son, also named William Henry, joined as a partner in the firm. The company took advantage of the railroad boom by setting up newsstands at railway stations, starting with Euston in 1848 and spreading throughout the country. In 1850, the company opened depots in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, among other locations. It also operated a circulating library service from 1860 to 1961, as well as a publishing business based at the Steam Press in Cirencester, which were both discontinued in 1961. Smith’s younger brother used the firm’s success as a springboard into politics, becoming a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1868 and serving as a minister in a number of conservative administrations.

The younger Smith died in 1891, and his widow was elevated to the position of Viscountess Hambleden in her own right; their son inherited the family business from his father and the viscountcy from his mother. Following the death of the second Viscount in 1928, the business was reorganised as a limited company, in which his son, the third Viscount, owned all of the ordinary shares and was the sole shareholder. When the third Viscount died in 1948, the death duties were so large that it was necessary to form a public holding company and sell shares to WH Smith employees and the general public in order to pay the debts. The third Viscount’s younger brother served as chairman until 1972, but the Smith family’s hold on the company began to wane, and the last Smith family member stepped down from the board in 1996.

In 1986, a WH Smith store in Huntington, England, displayed the previous logo.
Standard Book Numbering, or SBN, was developed by WH Smith in 1966 as a nine-digit code for referencing books that could only be found at WH Smith. After becoming international standard ISO 2108 in 1970, it was used until 1974, when it was replaced by the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) scheme.

Sony PS4 Gold Wireless Headset Black

If your ears are small enough to fit, this is an extremely comfortable headset that is also light enough that you won’t even notice you’re wearing one. Incorporating surround sound, and doing so without the need for any additional software, results in a very capable pair of wireless gaming headphones.

This gold wireless headset for PS4 and PS VR features an ultra-comfortable design as well as dual built-in microphones, allowing you to discover just how good your games can sound while fine-tuning your audio setup while you play with built-in volume and mic mute controls.

Connectivity. Instead of connecting directly to the PlayStation 4 through Bluetooth, the Gold makes use of a USB dongle to provide a more reliable wireless connection. In terms of appearance, the dongle is a straightforward black USB stick that plugs into the front of the PS4 or PS4 Pro, with a blue light on its front to indicate when the headset is connected.

Headsets connected to the PS5 via the USB port of the audio jack will function properly (however, the headset companion app is not compatible with PS5)

Even though you can use any pair of headphones to connect to your PlayStation 4 controller and play in private, Bluetooth is the preferred method. Because of native Bluetooth support, you can connect most headphones to your PS4 without the need for an obnoxious cord.

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Sony PS4 LEGO Worlds

In addition to PC, PlayStation 4 (PS4), and XBox One (XBOX), the game was also released for the Nintendo Switch a few months after the other platforms.

Lego Worlds is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 4, developed by TT Games and published by WB Games. It is the first LEGO game. Lego Worlds (PS4) is backwards compatible with the PlayStation 5, and it features a single graphics display mode that runs at 1080p resolution at a fixed 30 frames per second on the PlayStation 5.

It appears, however, that the end of LEGO Worlds is finally in sight after three years and a failed Survivor DLC update…. It has been announced on the official YouTube channel of the game that the final collection of free LEGO Worlds downloadable content will be released shortly.

Gameplay. Lego Worlds is a sandbox video game that allows players to construct a world out of Lego bricks. It is available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The player is rewarded with “studs,” an in-game currency, for collecting objects that are scattered throughout the map. The items that the player has encountered can be used to construct structures.

That is, at least, what I have observed. This is particularly disappointing because I purchased this game specifically so that I could play it during Hurricane Irma, when my electricity is most likely to be disrupted.

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Sony PS4 Paw Patrol On A Roll

Developed by Australian studio Torus Games and published by English studio Outright Games, PAW Patrol: On a Roll is a video game about the adventures of the PAW Patrol. Developed in conjunction with Nickelodeon’s children’s television series PAW Patrol, the game was released on October 23, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Neither a job nor a canine companion is too small. Despite the fact that the PAW Patrol is ready to save the day in Adventure Bay on 16 exciting rescue missions, they can only do so with your assistance. Assist each pup in using his or her individual abilities to rescue friends and keep their community protected. Immerse yourself in eight fantastic Adventure Bay settings, including Farmer Yumi’s Farm, Jake’s Mountain, a desert canyon, under the waves, and more! Prepare yourself for hours of entertaining puzzle-platforming action that is PAWfect for kids of all ages, courtesy of the PAW Patrol pups!

• Ryder and all eight of the PAW Patrol pups, including Everest and Tracker, are featured!
• Eight different Adventure Bay locations host sixteen different daring adventures!
• Each rescue requires the use of special pup abilities that must be utilised!
• Taking on the role of two different pups per mission!

This game may require you to update your system software in order to play it on the PlayStation 5 system. Despite the fact that this game is playable on the PlayStation 5, some features that are available on the PlayStation 4 may be missing. For more information, visit PlayStation.com/bc.

Use of this product is subject to the PlayStation Network Terms of Service, our Software Usage Terms, as well as any additional conditions that may be applicable to this particular product at the time of download. If you do not agree to these terms, do not download or use this product in any way. More important information can be found in the Terms of Service.

A one-time licence fee is required to download content to multiple PlayStation 4 systems. The use of this on your primary PS4 does not necessitate the use of a PlayStation Network account, but it is required for use on other PS4 systems.

Before using this product, please read the Health Warnings for important health information.

Games and library programmes developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. and licenced exclusively to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Software Usage Terms apply; for a complete list of rights, visit eu.playstation.com

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