Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dr. Alfred Gooding OBE LLB is a Welsh entrepreneur born in Risca, South Wales. In the 1950s he started Modern Building Wales Limited which built 7,000 houses across Wales. His most famous venture is Catnic, the company credited with developing the steel lintel for the building industry. In 1982, the company was involved in a House of Lords case, Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd.Gooding is a former chairman of CBI Wales. He was awarded with a fellowship from the University of Wales, Newport in 2010.In 2007, Gooding organised a bid to buy the troubled bank Northern Rock.. }
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- Alfred_Gooding abstract "Dr. Alfred Gooding OBE LLB is a Welsh entrepreneur born in Risca, South Wales. In the 1950s he started Modern Building Wales Limited which built 7,000 houses across Wales. His most famous venture is Catnic, the company credited with developing the steel lintel for the building industry. In 1982, the company was involved in a House of Lords case, Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd.Gooding is a former chairman of CBI Wales. He was awarded with a fellowship from the University of Wales, Newport in 2010.In 2007, Gooding organised a bid to buy the troubled bank Northern Rock.".