Lightweight Large Briefcase in Panama

Smythson

£1295

Our large Panama lightweight briefcase has been handcrafted by artisans in our signature crossgrain leather. Each briefcase is sized to hold your laptop, a notebook, pens and other business essentials. Travelling for business? Use the rear strap to safely secure it to your suitcase. Black large lightweight briefcase in crossgrain calf leather Fabric lining Trims in black smooth calf leather Removable, adjustable shoulder strap 16” Laptop Double zip fastenings in two internal compartments Interior zipped pocket in back compartment/li two slip pockets in interior of front compartment Leather str

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as FRANK SMYTHSON LIMITED, number 03594597. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Warehousing, Customer Service & Production - Swindon" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.