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Paul Lester (businessman)
Paul John Lester (born 20 September 1949) is a British businessman who is chairman of the FTSE 250 companies McCarthy & Stone, and Essentra. Lester is also chairman of Readypower, Marley, Signia, FirstPort and Appello. Biography Lester graduated from Trent Polytechnic with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a Diploma in Management Studies."Lester, Paul John, (born 20 Sept. 1949), non-executive chairman: Greenergy, since 2010; Essentra, since 2016." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO He was CEO of Graseby from 1990 to 1997 and CEO of VT Group from 2002 to 2010. He has held chairmanships at A&P Group, Marine Current Turbines, Survitec Group, John Laing Infrastructure Fund, Forterra and Greenergy Greenergy International Ltd is a British distributor of petrol and diesel for motor vehicles and has over a quarter of the UK market. It blends fuels at terminals on the Thames estuary in the south and on Teesside Teesside () is a built-up .... He was president of EEF from 2000 to 2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCarthy & Stone
McCarthy Stone is a developer and manager of retirement communities in the United Kingdom. It was acquired by Lone Star Funds in 2021. History John McCarthy and Bill Stone became partners in 1961, and in 1977 they built their first retirement housing development in Hampshire. Subsequently they ceased other building work to concentrate on developing specialist housing for elderly people.Wellings, Fred: ''Dictionary of British Housebuilders'' (2006) Troubador. By 1982, when the company was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market, the company had completed 15 retirement housing developments and was selling around 200 units a year. Growth was rapid after the flotation, and by 1984 the company operated on a national basis with annual sales approaching 1,000 units. The business was exceptionally profitable due to a rapidly ageing population. Annual sales reached 2,601 units in 1988. The company was de-listed from the London Stock Exchange in 2006 following a successful takeover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forterra Plc
Forterra is a manufacturer of building products for the UK’s construction industry. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. History The business was formed as the building products division of Hanson plc, which itself was founded by James Hanson, later James Hanson, Baron Hanson, Lord Hanson, and Gordon White, later Gordon White, Baron White of Hull, Baron White of Hull in 1964. Acquisitions included The Butterley Company Ltd in 1968, London Brick PLC in 1984, Red Bank Manufacturing Company and Marshalls Flooring in 2002, Marshalls Clay Products Ltd and Thermalite Ltd in 2005, and Formpave Holdings Ltd in 2006. In September 2007, Hanson was acquired by HeidelbergCement, who in March 2015 sold the Company and Hanson’s North American building products business to Lone Star Funds. In October 2015, the Company re-branded under the name Forterra plc. The company gained admission to the London Stock Exchange as an independent listed company in April 2016. Operations Forterr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of Nottingham Trent University
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Services Association
The Business Services Association (BSA) is the leading UK trade organisation for business and outsourced service providers across the private and public sectors. It has a focus on policy and research work related to facilities management, construction and infrastructure services, business process outsourcing, information and communications technology (ICT) and digital services and managed public services. It has 74 members who have a combined UK turnover of £30 billion and employ 500,000 employees in the UK. Its chief executive is Mark Fox. Work The BSA has commented publicly on a range of topics including transparency in business, VAT levels for public service providers, and the role of outsourcing in delivering public services. It publishes an Annual Review of the business services sector which outlines the economic and social contribution of the sector to the UK. The BSA submits statements to government ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Reviews and responds to cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EEF (manufacturers' Association)
Make UK, formerly the Engineering Employers' Federation, represents manufacturers in the United Kingdom. Purpose Make UK provides businesses with advice, guidance and support in employment law, employee relations, health, safety, climate and environment, information and research and occupational health. Through offices in London and Brussels, Make UK provides political representation on behalf of UK business in the engineering, manufacturing and technology-based sectors: lobbying government, MPs, regional development agencies, MEPs and European institutions. History EEF was formed in 1896 as the Engineering Employers' Federation and merged in 1918 with the National Employers' Federation. EEF Archive home page A history of the EEF [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenergy
Greenergy International Ltd is a British distributor of petrol and diesel for motor vehicles and has over a quarter of the UK market. It blends fuels at terminals on the Thames estuary in the south and on Teesside Teesside () is a built-up area around the River Tees in the north of England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name was initially used as a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Historically a hub for heavy manu ... in the north. It sells more than 20 million litres of petrol and diesel a day. As of 2015 it is currently ranked at 474 in the Fortune 500 list of largest companies by revenue. History Greenergy acquired the growing nationwide dealer network Inver Energy Ltd (which is headquartered in Cork, Ireland) for an undisclosed amount in early 2017. The deal included its co-owned refinery in Foynes (through partnership with East Cork Oil and Atlantic Fuel Supply company), the largest refinery in Ireland at 82,000 m3. It acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laing Infrastructure Fund
John Laing Infrastructure Fund () was an investment fund company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Established in November 2010, the company acquired a Seed Portfolio of 19 low risk operational public–private partnership A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review, Public Administ ... (PPP) projects from John Laing plc. In August 2018 the company agreed to accept an offer from Dalmore Capital and Equitix Investment Management valuing the company at £1.45 billion. The transaction became effective on 28 September 2018. References External links * Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange {{UK-finance-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essentra
Essentra PLC is a supplier of plastic and fibre products. The company operates internationally from headquarters in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was established in Jarrow in the 1940s as the Fibres division of Bunzl. In 1955 it acquired Moss Plastics, a plastic products manufacturer, in 1994 MSI Oilfield Products, a pipe protection business, and in 1996 it bought Payne, a manufacturer of tear tapes. In 1997 the Bunzl Fibres division bought Filtrona Corporation, a US filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984. At this time the Filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged Bunzl Fibres business. The company bought Enitor, a Dutch extruder business, in 1998 and Skiffy Group, a Dutch nylon Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers composed of polyamides ( repeating units linked by amide links).The polyamides may be alipha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survitec Group
Survitec Group is a British manufacturer of personal survival equipment for usage after ejecting from aircraft or when at sea. History RFD Reginald Foster Dagnall formed RFD in 1920 in Surrey. Beaufort had been founded in 1852. RFD liferafts and dinghies were used extensively in World War II for allied aircrew. RFD Beaufort pioneered submarine escape technology in the 1950s, known as Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment (SEIE). Survitec The Survitec Group was actually formed in 2000. In 2001 it bought DSB (Deutsche Schlauchboot GmbH). In 2009, The Shark Group (founded in 1975) closed its Northumberland site and production was moved to Birkenhead. In 2004 it was bought by Montagu Private Equity for £146 million. In January 2010 Survitec was bought by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus from Montagu Private Equity for £280 million. In December 2010, it bought Revere Supply Inc of Florida, to become SSPI. In May 2011 Survitec began the process of acquiring two further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Current Turbines
Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), is a United Kingdom-based company which is developing tidal stream generators. It is owned by the German automation company, Siemens. History MCT was founded in 2000 to develop ideas of tidal power developed by Peter Fraenkel, who had previously been a founder partner of ''IT Power'', a consultancy established to further the development of sustainable energy technologies. The company is based in Bristol and employed 15 people in 2007. By 2003, MCT had installed a 300 kW experimental tidal turbine northeast of Lynmouth, Devon and by 2008 they had a 1.2 MW turbine, SeaGen, in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland which was able to feed electricity into the National Grid. They now have contracts to install a full tidal farm in the Skerries, off northwest Wales, and projects in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In February 2012, Siemens acquired a majority share in the company, raising its ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
