Wolseley UK. Wolseley plc. Wolseley plc is a multinational building materials distribution company headquartered near Reading, United Kingdom.
It is the world's largest heating and plumbing distributor to the professional market and has approximately 47,000 employees across 25 countries.[3] Its brands include Brossette, Ferguson, Pipe Centre, Plumb & Parts Centre and Wolseley.[4] Serco Group plc. Serco Group. History[edit] Serco was founded in 1929 as a United Kingdom division of the Radio Corporation of America and initially provided services to the cinema industry.[4] It changed its name to Serco in 1987[4] and has been a London Stock Exchange listed company since 1988.[4] On 29 December 2008, Serco completed its acquisition of SI International.[5] Serco is one of the 55 contractors hired by United States Department of Health and Human Services to work on the HealthCare.gov web site.[6]
Intertek. Intertek. Securing Your World. G4S. G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor) is a British multinational security services company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom.[3] It is the world's largest security company measured by revenues and has operations in around 125 countries.[2][4] With over 620,000 employees, it is the world's third-largest private sector employer (after Wal-Mart Stores[2][5] and Foxconn).
G4S was founded in 2004 by the merger of the UK-based Securicor plc with the Denmark-based Group 4 Falck. G4S has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[6] It has a secondary listing on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. History[edit] Origins[edit] 2004 to 2010[edit] In 2006, 2007 and 2008 G4S was the subject of a global campaign by union workers alleging that its subsidiaries undermine labour and human rights standards. In March 2008, it was announced that G4S were taking over Scottish Rock Steady Group – who steward at major sporting and music events mostly in the UK.
Experian plc – Financial Investor and Shareholder Resources. Experian. Experian plc is a global information services group with operations in 40 countries.
The company now employs 17,000 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, United Kingdom; Costa Mesa, California, US; São Paulo, Brazil; and Heredia, Costa Rica. Capita plc. Capita Group. Capita plc (LSE: CPI), commonly known as Capita, is an international business process outsourcing and professional services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
It is the largest business process outsourcing and professional services company in the UK, with an overall market share of 27% in 2009, and has clients in central government, local government and the private sector.[3] It also has a property and infrastructure consultancy division which is the fourth largest multidisciplinary consultancy in the UK.[4] Roughly half of its turnover comes from the private sector and half from the public sector.[3] Whilst UK focussed, Capita also have operations across Europe, Africa and Asia. Bunzl plc, specialist distribution group - Home. Bunzl. Bunzl plc is a multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
The company is primarily a distributor of a diverse range of non-food consumable products including food packaging, cleaning and hygiene supplies, personal protective equipment and carrier bags. Its customers include contract cleaners, retailers, catering firms and food processors. Bunzl has operations in 23 countries: almost half of its business is conducted in North America, with major operations in Europe as well as a smaller presence in Australasia and Brazil. The activities of the company have changed a number of times during its existence, frequently incorporating the disparate business interests of the founding Bunzl family, which trace their history back to a haberdashery opened in Pozsony in 1854.
Bunzl has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1957 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Babcock International Group PLC. Babcock International. Babcock is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History[edit] 1867 to 2014[edit] Babcock International traces its history back to 1891 when the American Babcock & Wilcox Company formed a separately financed (capitalised at £250,000 initially) British company called Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. The initial board members of the British company included the renowned Scottish structural engineer Sir William Arrol and Andrew Stewart, of the Lanarkshire based steel tubemakers A & J Stewart & Menzies, subsequently Stewarts & Lloyds.[4] The UK Company's sphere of operation was defined as 'the world except for North America and Cuba' which was the reserve of the US Babcock & Wilcox.[4] For a few years B&W boilers were built in the Singer Manufacturing Company's Kilbowie Works at Clydebank near Glasgow, Scotland.[4] Isaac Singer was a significant shareholder in Babcock & Wilcox.
In 1979 Babcock & Wilcox Ltd was renamed Babcock International Ltd. 2000 to 2010[edit] Generator Rental. Aggreko. Aggreko plc is the world's largest temporary power generation company,[2] and a major supplier of temperature control equipment.
It is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.