Vichais Thai-based King Power International led the consortium which took sole ownership of the club in 2011, buying out Cronus Sports Managements minority share. Computacenter plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom. . Tom Joule lives on a smallholding near Market Harborough, close to farm buildings where the company established its first office before moving to grander premises. The business had a slow start but was ultimately successful and now handles more than 10,000 palletised consignments through its hub each day. MSV owns a portfolio of racing circuits around the country including Snetterton, Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Cadwell Park. He is an honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics and was knighted for his charitable work in the 2005 New Year Honours. He also has a three per cent stake in Marks & Spencer and a stake in retailer French Connection through investment firm WA Capital. He was president of the Ham Polo Club in London until 2012 and has lifetime membership. The company was founded by Roberts great-grandfather. Mr Gregory is no longer a director of Cromwell Group and not currently active in any UK or overseas company. Jimmy is a Conservative party donor and he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London just before his 80th birthday. After spending around 2 million of his own money fighting legal battles to open Donington for racing again, he finally fulfilled his ambitions. He became the groups chief operating officer and later deputy chairman. I believe that education guarantees a fairer society.. Sir David, who stepped down as chairman in 2005 but remains as life president, was recognised for his generosity and work for charity and education. Sir Peter J. Ogden is the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. They established Murphy Bros, a car and commercial vehicle business where Freddie used to be secretary and tea girl. Freddie Linnett and Hugh Murphy run Leicester development company Charles Street Buildings Group, one of the property companies which is changing the face of the city centre with a 650,000 sq ft regeneration of the Waterside area. Romulus focuses on acquiring, developing and investing in property, managing a portfolio of retained assets which combine strong investment returns with development opportunities. Knighthood for hero of poor but bright kids, Charity Commission: Registered Charity No. Tom, who was shortlisted as CEO of the Year in 2015, had spent many years touring equestrian events and country shows around the UK selling clothing, so he wasnt short on experience. The 58 year-old Duke became the 11th Duke of Rutland. In the meantime, MSV resurfaced the tracks paddock. This is David Wilsons second house-building company. The brothers have gone their separate ways since Saga was sold. The company is redeveloping Leicesters former Great Central railway station, along with a nearby 19th century railway viaduct, transforming it with a 250-room boutique hotel, shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. Partners Sanjay Foods organise Asian events at the polo club, which is already a swish wedding venue. The company was set up to specialise in seamless knitwear ranging from traditional Aran sweaters to cotton jerseys, V-necks, T-shirts and knitted dresses, and established its own online presence. The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust gives support to a wide range of community and charitable organisations. In 1988 he was recruited by private equity specialist Jon Moulton to join Schroders Ventures Europe. His property company has assets of 16 million. It backs up its huge stock with a calibration laboratory, power tool repair workshops, a national delivery fleet and trackside delivery. William Davis is an award-winning construction company which has been in operation for more than 80 years. Jelson Holdings also includes Meynell Plant Hire, Acresford Sand and Gravel, Eastern Counties Properties and EGP Building Services. Director at Computacenter Plc. Alfie Best senior is a keen amateur boxer. Saga Ltd started life as a hotel run by their father Sidney, but the wealth began to roll in when they started selling travel insurance to the elderly. It has developments in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The Jatania family arrived in Leicester from Gujurat in India, via Uganda in 1969, and have since become one of the biggest Asian business dynasties in the UK. Meanwhile, Peter set up Opus Trust, a marketing, print and mailing business based on the Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate, in Leicester. Thurmaston-based Charles Street Buildings has assets approaching 620 million and turns over around 40 million a year. The brand that carries Tom Joules name has grown to be one of the best known names in country clothing, with more than 700 staff, 1,000 wholesale accounts including John Lewis, NEXT and House of Fraser and 102 outlets across the UK including Harrods, St Pancras Station and Gatwick Airport. From that modest but enterprising beginning, he opened his first shop in 1970. It is an active supporter of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. The portfolio includes offices, retail premises, warehouses and industrial units totalling five million sq ft, some of it let to the Government on long leases. Within three months, an internet poker group took a stake valuing it at 100 million. It also provides workplace solutions comprising client computing, virtual desktop, enterprise mobility, and print; office and online, video and voice communication, messaging, and collaboration solutions; global and next generation service desk solutions; smart supply, supply chain, lifecycle management, and e-business services; change and consulting services; and managed, and support and maintenance services. Kevin Wheatcrofts main company Wheatcroft & Son has assets of more than 30 million. In 2003, Peter,. Profits and turnover are holding steady at Poundstretcher, which became part of the Kirby Muxloe-based Crown Crest family seven years ago. As the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. It includes new office facilities, warehouse, distribution centre, blast-freeze facilities and a restaurant. The 155,000 sq ft centre in Scudamore Lane is more than twice the size of the previous facility. Their roots are in Gujurat but they moved to Uganda, and then came to Leicester. He is still expanding the business, with plans to set up sites in Portugal. He is married to Emily and has two children. The track is also home to what was Tom Wheatcrofts pride and joy the worlds largest collection of Formula 1 racing cars which he has assembled over many years. Director at Computacenter Plc. There are black clouds on the horizon though, with Thailands military junta set to end King Powers airport monopoly in 2020, and showing signs of wanting to reduce cut-price tourism from China. There are 2 older and 7 younger executives at Computacenter Plc. Because of their multiple circuit ownership, MSVs deal came under the scrutiny of the Competition and Markets Authority but was cleared. The names 019 and Zero One Nine came from a family motor racing number. Overseas sales are more than 190 per cent up underpinned by investments in the groups infrastructure. His hobby of collecting military memorabilia began when he had a German helmet for his fifth birthday. He plays golf, tennis and football and supports Arsenal. The company mails out close to two million electronic documents a month on behalf of its clients who range from utilities to travel companies and retailers. As the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. Wallmine is a radically better financial terminal. We joke. The transport company was sold off to the British Electric Traction Company in 1968 and the proceeds used to build up the commercial property business. Described by Simon Jenkins in 1,000 Best Houses as the most perfect house to survive from the Middle Ages, the strikingly designed house is surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens set among the rolling countryside of the Peak District National Park. He featured in Channel 4s My Big Fat Gypsy Fortune. David has shares in the business worth more than 350 million. He also owns the spectacular Haddon Hall, near Bakewell, the setting for the film Pride and Prejudice. When Hilary Devey isnt at her desk at Pall-Ex, she may well be on daytime television. For several years the research has been compiled annually and the details published. Brief history. That other wealthy British installed his house, much smaller than the Barclay brothers, west side. The outfit runs Leicestershire's Donington Park circuit and Ogden's stake in the company is worth 12.5 million.[7]. Leicester-born Jimmy, 83, has been generous with his fortune. The building will be the firms new head office after refurbishment. In 2016, the festival won the Best Festival accolade in the Leicestershire Tourism Awards. The firm picks up regular awards and in 2015 was awarded the Team of the Year accolade at the Motor Transport Awards. Former chairman David who together with his family owned 33 per cent of the business said the deal was the best way forward for the business. It employs 3,200 people and makes more than 700,000 tons of tissue a year. His branches are now spread in market and coastal towns around the UK, but they represent only one of his main channels. It was built in 2003 and has a draft of 3.10m and beam of 9.6m. [6], Ogden co-owns MotorSport Vision with former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer. The company offers endpoint, infrastructure, cyber security, information security management, and identity and access management solutions; network solutions, including local area and datacentre network, smart infrastructure, and audio-visual solutions; and datacentre solutions, such as enterprise computing, hybrid cloud, data and storage management, and analytics and big data. Thats not how life started for Alfie, 48, who experienced life on the road, schooled by his parents. The Donington Park race track and its associated business is now run by Jonathan Palmers Kent-based operation Motor Sport Vision, who took it over, along with the Donington Park Estate, on a 21-year lease in January, leaving Kevin Wheatcroft, 58, to manage his huge collection of historic military vehicles and military memorabilia one of the biggest such private collections in the world. In addition, the company has property in St Peter Port, Guernsey, and on the famous Grafton Street, Dublin. They arrived in the UK in 1972, when they set up a convenience store before creating LPC. He went on to complete an MBA at Harvard Business School before a career in investment banking in both the UK and the US, principally with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. The 72-year-old made 20m in the last year. The airfield was first occupied in August 1942, when it was still incomplete, and was in use throughout the war. In 2012, they sold the Yardley brand one of the UKs oldest and best known toiletry brands and netted 100 million. They also own a wine and spirit import and export business. Peter founded Computacenter with Philip Hulme in 1981 and was Chairman of the Company until 1998, when he became a Non-Executive Director. The Tayub family started in business with a corner shop when they arrived in the UK from Malawi, where they traded groceries from a warehouse. She launched the award-winning Pall-Ex business in 1996, selling her house to fund it when banks refused to back her. The groups portfolio includes major property interests in the city and county of Leicestershire, but also across the UK from Dundee to Exeter. The company is hungry for development land, and is on the hunt for brownfield or greenfield sites throughout the East Midlands, with or without the benefit of planning permission. 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