19-553: NWG or nwg may refer to: Northumbrian Water Group , a British water company NWG, the LSE and NYSE stock symbol for NatWest Group , England NWG, the station code for Nunawading railway station , Victoria, Australia nwg, the ISO 639-3 code for Ngayawung language , South Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
38-617: A cost of £823m. The following year, it merged NEW into NWL—which thus became responsible for all water supply in the region, except for the Hartlepool area—and in 2000 it merged Essex & Suffolk Water into NWL. In May 2003 Suez , who had acquired Lyonnaise by merger in 1997, sold 75% of NWG to a consortium of private investors, and the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2003. In 2011 it
57-511: A separate publicly traded company, Suez Environnement . Suez was (and remains, through GDF Suez) one of the oldest continuously existing multinational corporations in the world, with one line of corporate history dating back to the 1822 founding of the Algemeene Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter begunstiging van de volksvlijt (literally: General Dutch Company for the favouring of industry) by King William I of
76-593: Is by far the largest of NWG's subsidiaries. In 2010 it accounted for £657.8m out of the Group's total revenue of £704.7m (93%), and for £268.9m out of total operating profit of £275.8m (97%), and employed 2,930 of the Group's 3,105 employees (94%). NWL holds an Appointment under the Water Act 1989 as a water and sewerage undertaker. The Appointment covers two areas: Although the Instrument of Appointment covers both
95-526: Is the holding company for several companies in the water supply, sewerage and waste water industries. Its largest subsidiary is Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL), which is one of ten companies in England and Wales that are regulated water supply and sewerage utilities. NWL is the principal water supplier in the north-east of England, where it trades as Northumbrian Water, and also supplies water to part of eastern England, as Essex and Suffolk Water . In 2011 it
114-536: Is the major partner in a joint venture with the Government of Gibraltar (AquaGib) that operates the territory's dual drinking water and sea water distribution systems. Other minor activities include consultancy (SA Agrer NV) and vehicle leasing services. NWG's present chairman is Andrew Hunter. The Group's chief executive is Heidi Mottram OBE, who was appointed in April 2010. She previously held senior positions in
133-672: The Netherlands (see Société Générale de Belgique ). Its form prior to the GDF merger was the result of nearly two centuries of reorganisation and corporate mergers. Its most recent name comes from the involvement of one of its several founding entities – the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez – in building the Suez Canal in the mid-19th century. On February 25, 2006, French Prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced
152-546: The absorption of Suez by Gaz de France. The French state holds more than 35% of shares of the merged company, GDF Suez. As a consequence of the conditions posed by the European Commission with regards to allowing the merger, on 29 May 2008 Suez sold its Belgian gas supplier Distrigas to the Italian company Eni for €2.7 billion. On 22 July 2008 the group GDF Suez , a company of €74 billion of annual turnover,
171-457: The merger of Suez and Gaz de France , which would make the world's largest liquefied natural gas company. The revenue of GDF was around 22.4 billion euros in 2005, compared to 41.5 billion for Suez. The CGT trade-union called the merger a "disguised privatization." On 3 September 2007, Gaz de France and Suez announced agreed terms of merger. The deal was conducted on the basis of an exchange of 21 Gaz de France shares for 22 Suez shares via
190-629: The northern and southern areas, for operational purposes NWL treats them as separate trading divisions, Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water. NWG is involved in two projects to build and operate waste water treatment plants in Scotland, one at Levenmouth (Caledonian Environmental) and three in Ayrshire (Ayr Environmental). It also operates a waste water treatment plant for Cork City Council, in Ireland (Northumbrian Water Projects), and
209-624: The opening of the market in April 2017 (except for customers who pre-registered to switch retailer upon the market opening). This chart shows the structure of the Northumbrian Water group (the Group) up to its ultimate parent, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The chart shows the principal intermediate holding companies, which are wholly owned unless otherwise shown. NWL
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#1732780701178228-437: The rail industry and was appointed an OBE in the 2010 New Year honours list, for services to the rail industry. Suez (company, 1997%E2%80%932008) Suez S.A. , known from 1997 to 2001 as Suez-Lyonnaise des eaux , was a leading French multinational corporation headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris , with operations primarily in water , electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management . Suez
247-488: The title NWG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWG&oldid=1150263644 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northumbrian Water Group Northumbrian Water Group plc ( NWG )
266-409: The water and sewerage activities were vested in a subsidiary company, Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL), while three much smaller subsidiaries were set up to handle other activities, such as solid and liquid waste treatment and environmental consultancy. In November 1989, NWG was privatised, along with the other regional water companies established under the 1989 Act. In 1995, Lyonnaise acquired NWG at
285-477: Was acquired by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings . Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbrian Water Group Limited (NWGL). NWGL has two other direct subsidiaries, NWG Commercial Solutions Limited, which acts as a holding company for other non-regulated trading companies, and NWG Business Limited, which carries out non-household retail activities in England and in Scotland and to which NWL’s non-household customer base transferred at
304-541: Was acquired by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings . In 1974, the Northumbrian Water Authority (NWA), one of ten public sector regional water authorities created under the Water Act 1973 , was formed and became responsible for sewerage and some water supply functions that had previously been split among over 80 local authorities and water undertakings. Water supply to more than half the region
323-582: Was left in the hands of three existing statutory water companies (SWC): In 1988, the Newcastle & Gateshead and Sunderland & South Shields companies were acquired in two separate operations by Lyonnaise des Eaux et de l'Eclairage (Lyonnaise), a company listed on the Paris Bourse , for £39.1m and £35.9m respectively. In 1992, the Newcastle company was merged into the Sunderland company, which
342-499: Was renamed North East Water (NEW). In 1988, Lyonnaise acquired two further SWCs, Essex Water Company and Suffolk Water Company (formerly East Anglian Water Company) and, in 1994, merged them to form Essex & Suffolk Water . Under the Water Act 1989 , as part of the UK Government's privatisation programme for the water industry , NWA's operations were transferred to a holding company , Northumbrian Water Group (NWG);
361-635: Was the result of a 1997 merger between the Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux [ fr ] , a leading French water company. In the early 2000s Suez also owned some media and telecommunications assets, but later divested them. According to the Masons Water Yearbook 2004/5, Suez served 117.4 million people around the world. The company conducted a merger of equals with fellow utility company Gaz de France on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez (called Engie since 2015). The water and waste assets of Suez were spun off into
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