Peel Group
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1920 As Peel Mills 1981 renamed Peel Holdings plc 2004 renamed Peel Holdings Ltd |
| Headquarters | Peel Dome, The Trafford Centre, Greater Manchester, M17 8PL |
| Key people | John Whittaker |
| Industry | Land and Property, Ports, Infrastructure, Transport |
| Total assets | £4.5bn |
| Divisions | Peel Land and Property Peel Ports Peel Airports Peel Wind Power The Trafford Centre MediaCity:uk |
| Website | Peel Group Website |
The Peel Group is a collection of property and transport companies based in Manchester, England. Also known as Peel Holdings, its assets are worth more than £4.5bn and include major developments mainly across northern England and Scotland. The group is split into five divisions:
- The Trafford Centre, a large shopping centre in the United Kingdom and located off the M60 motorway in Greater Manchester.
- Peel Ports, owners of three major port facilities: Clyde Port Authority, Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the Manchester Ship Canal.
- Peel Airports, full owner of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, City Airport Manchester, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and joint owners of Durham Tees Valley Airport (75%)
- Peel Land and Property, owners of a wide portfolio of property in the UK and abroad and provider of infrastructure services. Current planned major developments include Wirral Waters & Liverpool Waters
- Peel Wind Power Ltd, responsible for the management and development of Peel's wind energy assets, for example, Scout Moor Wind Farm.
- mediacity:uk, a new development at Salford Quays to house some BBC Departments and other media organisations.
The company traces its origins to 1920, when Peel Mills was incorporated as a textile spinning company in Bury, Lancashire. The Whittaker family acquired a controlling stake in 1973, which it has retained. The principal business of the company changed from textiles to property in 1977, when the company's redundant textile mills were redeveloped (the British textile industry was in rapid decline in the late 20th century). Since then the company has made regular acquisitions of property and infrastructure assets.
[edit] Labour dispute
Peel Ports (part of the Peel Group) is currently in an Industrial Dispute in its' Dublin, Ireland port, Marine Terminals Limited. The dispute is over the company trying to enforce compulsory redundancies on 13 of its' crane drivers without negotiating the redundancy package with the union SIPTU. A further 9 crane drivers have since been issued with redundancy notice bringing the total to 22. Peel Ports have now issued redundancies to virtually all of the staff on strike and have said they want to reduce the number of crane operators from over 40 to just 15. The union is also fighting for better terms and conditions the company offered its' workers. Please see media reports from Ireland and also the SIPTU website to verify all of the information posted here.
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[edit] External links
- MTL Dockers website
- Company website
- Wirral Waters official site
- Liverpool Waters official site
- Scout Moor Wind Farm
- The Trafford Centre website
