Brands replace Tobacco at Imperial

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC has from today become Imperial Brands PLC.

The change of name was agreed at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on February 3 and takes effect today.

Imperial’s plans to change its name were announced towards the end of last year, at which time it was quoted in the news media as saying that the new name ‘better reflects the dynamic, brand-focused business that we are now’.

Imperial Brands can be found at: http://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/; though a message on that site advises that it is still under construction and those who cannot find what they are looking for should go to www.imperial-tobacco.com.