The United Tobacco Companies (South) Ltd was located in Moffat Street, Salisbury.
In 1902 the British Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company agreed to form a joint venture, the British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. In 1904 the company bought out a number of South African tobacco companies including Holt & Holt Ltd, Acme Cigarette Company, and the British Tobacco Company (South Africa) Ltd.
The new company, whose operations covered South Africa, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, was named the United Tobacco Companies (South) Ltd.
