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Vestey Group
The Vestey Group (Vestey Group Ltd) (formerly Vestey Brothers) is a privately owned UK group of companies, comprising an international food product business (that includes meats, dairy products, frozen vegetables, bakery products, food services and trading) and significant cattle ranching and sugar cane farming interests in Brazil and Venezuela. read more
Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd
Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd is a British operator of amusement parks and other attractions. It is the largest such company in Europe, and globally the second largest after Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Headquartered in Poole, United Kingdom, Merlin Entertainments operates over sixty attractions in ten European countries, as well as the USA, China and Hong Kong. Its success has been underpinned by strong partnership arrangements with both public and private sectors, with organisations as diverse as Disney and the Worldwide Fund for Nature. The Financial Times reported that Merlin Entertainments owned by Blackstone Group would file an IPO in the second quarter of 2010. Merlin would be listed on the London Stock Exchange. If true this would be the second of Blackstone's 8 currently planned IPOs, the first being Team Health Holdings, Inc. However, the flotation plans were reported to have been abandoned in February 2010. In 2009, the company's properties hosted an estimated 38.5 million guests, making it the second-most visited theme park operator in the world, behind only Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. read more
Lister Cars
Lister Cars is a British sports car manufacturer. read more
Arup
Arup is a Global professional services firm providing engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and now has over 10,000 staff based in 92 offices in 37 countries. Projects have been undertaken in more than 160 countries. read more
JCT600
JCT600 is a car dealership founded in Bradford, England in 1946 by Edward Tordoff - the company is now run by his grandson, John Tordoff. It has 22 franchises operating from 48 retail outlets across the North of England with an annual turnover in excess of £450 million. JCT600 takes its name from Jack Tordoff's Mercedes-Benz 600 personalised number plate and it was in a Porsche 911 bearing that very registration that Jack won the International Circuit of Ireland in 1973. read more
DFS
DFS, formerly Direct Furnishing Supplies, is a national furniture retailer in the United Kingdom which specialises in sofas and soft furnishings. It serves the lower end of the furniture market and offers credit terms on its goods. read more
Trailfinders
Trailfinders is the UK's largest independent travel company with 28 travel centres in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. The company specialises in tailormade travel worldwide. Trailfinders was founded in 1970 by former SAS officer Mike Gooley with a staff of four. The company remains privately owned but today has a staff of over 950 and has made travel arrangements for over 11 million clients. Trailfinders was Voted Best Specialist Travel Organiser by readers of the The Daily Telegraph in 2007 and has previously been awarded Best Specialist Independent Travel Company every year since the inception of The Telegraph travel awards. Also in 2007 they were awarded Best Tour Operator in The Guardian, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited Travel Awards and have previously won the Best Travel Agent category on seven separate occasions. read more
Southern Water
Southern Water is the utility responsible for wastewater collection and treatment in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent, and for water supply and distribution in the approximately half of this area. Some areas within the Southern Water region are supplied by a number of smaller water supply companies. It is regulated under the Water Industry Act 1991. read more
Welcome Break
Welcome Break is a company which operates twenty-six motorway service stations in the UK. It is the second largest motorway service area operator behind Moto. read more
Countrywide Ltd
Countrywide Ltd are the United Kingdom's largest estate agency group. It employs 10,000 personnel nationwide, working across 1,300 estate agency or lettings offices operating under 46 local high street brands, supplemented by 650 mortgage consultants and over 350 surveyors. Countrywide is listed in the Top Track 100. read more
