Pennon Group
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History
The company was founded in 1989 as South West Water plc at the time of the privatisation of the Water Industry in England.[2] In 1993 it acquired Haul Waste and in 1995 it bought Blue Circle Waste Management.[2] It changed its name to Pennon Group plc in 1998.[2]
The company successfully saw off a takeover bid from Terra Firma in 2004.[3]
It acquired Thames Waste Management in 2004,[4] Wyvern Waste in 2006,[5] Grosvenor Waste Management[6] and Skipaway Holdings in 2007[7] and Shore Recycling in 2008.[8]
Operations
The company's main asset is South West Water, which supplies water and sewerage services in Cornwall, Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset.[9] It also owns Viridor, a waste management business.[10]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pennon Group: History
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- ↑ Pennon's Viridor Waste Management buys Wyvern Waste Services for 25 mln stg Finanznachrichten, 15 May 2006
- ↑ Viridor buys Grosvenor Waste Management for £81m Let's recycle, 5 December 2007
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- ↑ Pennon Group: South West Water
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