EnServe
Limited company | |
Industry | Support services |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
Key people | David Cruddace (CEO) |
Revenue | £312.2 million (2008) |
£24.6 million (2008) | |
£13.7 million (2008) | |
Parent | Cinven |
Subsidiaries |
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Website |
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EnServe Group Limited (formerly Spice Limited) is a support services company headquartered in Macclesfield, United Kingdom which provides infrastructure services to the utility sector. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, it has been wholly owned by the private equity company Cinven since 2010.
History
The Company was founded by Simon Rigby in 1996 as a management buy out from Yorkshire Electricity initially trading as Freedom Maintenance.[1] It was first listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2004.[1] In 2006 it bought Inenco[2] and ParGas[3] and Apollo Heating,[4] in 2007 it purchased Gas Heating UK[5] and in 2008 it acquired Saturn Energy,[2] Energy 2000,[2] British Power International[6] and the National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service.[7] The Company transferred to the main list of the London Stock Exchange in 2008.[1] Acquisition of British Power International also took place in 2008.[8] Spice plc was unlisted in December 2010 after a buyout by European investment group Cinven and renamed as Spice ltd. In September 2011 Spice Limited was renamed EnServe Group Limited.[9]
Operations
The Company has the following divisions:
- Electricity
- Water
- Analytics
References
- 1 2 3 Spice plc: Background
- 1 2 3 Energy firm aims to be world leader
- ↑ Has Spice paid a high price?
- ↑ Putting the spice into Spice plc?
- ↑ Spice plc buys Gas Heating UK
- ↑ Price is right as Leeds utility firm snaps up BPI
- ↑ Spice buys energy efficiency consultant
- ↑ Acquisition of British Power International Limited (July 2008)
- ↑ Spice Ltd Rebrands
External links
- Official site
- British Power International Official site
- Freedom Group Official site
- H2O Water Services Official site
- Meter-U Official site
- Metro Rod Official site
- Evolve Analytics Official site