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{{short description|English media company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = Really Useful Group Ltd. | logo = Really Useful Group.png | logo_size = 200px | type = Private company | genre = {{plainlist| * Theatre * Film * Television * Video * Concert productions * [[Merchandising]] * Magazine publishing * [[Gramophone record|Records]] * Music publishing }} | foundation = 1977 | founder = Andrew Lloyd Webber | location_city = London, England<br/>Sydney, Australia | key_people = [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] (Chairman) | industry = Media | divisions = [[#Divisions|See below]] | owner = Andrew Lloyd Webber | homepage = {{URL|reallyuseful.com}} }} The '''Really Useful Group Ltd.''' ('''RUG''') is an international [[company (law)|company]] set up in 1977 by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]. It is involved in theatre, film, television, video and concert productions, [[merchandising]], magazine publishing, [[Gramophone record|records]] and music publishing. The name is inspired by a phrase from the children's book series ''[[The Railway Series]]'' (which also inspired Webber to create ''[[Starlight Express]]'') in which [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] and the other locomotives are referred to as "Really Useful Engines".
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