Rentokil Group Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Rentokil Ltd
- Maxwell-Lefroy, Professor Harold
- British Ratin Co Ltd
- BET Plc
- British Electric Traction Co Ltd
- Rentokil Initial Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Business services
Building cleaning & maintenance services
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Business services
Extermination services
Notes:
Traces origins to 1925 when established as Rentokil Ltd by Professor Harold Maxwell-Lefroy to exploit a woodworm treatment he had developed. 1944 started a woodworm/dry rot services business. 1957 acquired by British Ratin Co Ltd, a pest control business dating to 1902 and incorporated in c1928. Business renamed Rentokil Group Ltd in 1960. 1969 floated. From 1970s developed as a broadly based business services group with interests also in security, hygiene, washroom, office machinery maintenance, etc. 1996 acquired BET Plc (sometime British Electric Traction Co Ltd) which was by then a leading business services group with interests in catering, transport, security, laundry/hygiene, conferencing, etc. Renamed Rentokil Initial Plc. Continues in 2008 as a leading business services group
Publications:
- Fifty Years of Rentokil by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Rentokil Ltd
- Maxwell-Lefroy, Professor Harold
- British Ratin Co Ltd
- BET Plc
- British Electric Traction Co Ltd
- Rentokil Initial Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Business services Building cleaning & maintenance services
- Business services Extermination services
Notes:
Traces origins to 1925 when established as Rentokil Ltd by Professor Harold Maxwell-Lefroy to exploit a woodworm treatment he had developed. 1944 started a woodworm/dry rot services business. 1957 acquired by British Ratin Co Ltd, a pest control business dating to 1902 and incorporated in c1928. Business renamed Rentokil Group Ltd in 1960. 1969 floated. From 1970s developed as a broadly based business services group with interests also in security, hygiene, washroom, office machinery maintenance, etc. 1996 acquired BET Plc (sometime British Electric Traction Co Ltd) which was by then a leading business services group with interests in catering, transport, security, laundry/hygiene, conferencing, etc. Renamed Rentokil Initial Plc. Continues in 2008 as a leading business services groupPublications:
- Fifty Years of Rentokil by Unknown