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Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, 24 miles to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 . Developed after World War II as a new town, it has existed as a settlement since the 8th century and was... granted its town charter by King Henry VIII in 1539. It is part of the district of Dacorum and the Hemel Hempstead constituency. The settlement was called by the name Henamsted or Hean-Hempsted, i.e. High Hempstead, in Anglo-Saxon times and in William the Conqueror's time by the name of Hemel-Amstede. The name is referred to in the Domesday Book as "Hamelamesede", but in later centuries it became Hamelhamsted. In Old English, "-stead" or "-stede" simply meant a place, such as the site of a building or pasture, as in clearing in the woods, and this suffix is used in the names of other English places such as Hamstead and Berkhamsted.
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Dixons Retail plc , based in the UK, is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. The company operates Dixons.co.uk as well as Dixons Travel, Currys, Currys.digital, PC World, Equanet and Electro World stores along with many other brands across Europe including: Pixmania and Advent Computers. The company, formerly known as Dixons plc and later DSG International plc, specialises in selling low end technology consumer... electronics products, audio-video equipment, PCs, small and large domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related financial and after sales services . They also sell other products and services, electrical products, spares, repairs, mobile services, online digital photo processing, pre-recorded media and childcare equipment. Dixons' main competitors are pan-European electrical retailer MediaMarkt and Kesa Electricals plc, which owns Comet and Darty. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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