I'd have to check my notes from a 40 year old interview with a former Bletchley Park code breaker .. as I recall ...
The official legit name of GC&CS was Government Code and Cypher School .. but IIRC at the time (1919 post WWI) the official name was coined it was putting out letterheads and contracts as G<something> Copper & Cable Services.
That's a dim recollection of what may have been one of many inside jokes | chuckles from WWII Bletchley as retold to an Australia some 30 odd years later so YMMV.
It's in keeping with keeping secrets from the general public & foreign agents via a Boring Name.
The British | Commonwealth WWII company front for their pre Manhatten Project nuclear programme was Tube Alloys .. so they did like a dull metals related cover name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys