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==History== | ==History== | ||
Biffa was founded in 1912 by Richard Henry Biffa, growing significantly from the early 1960's through to the late 1980's before being acquired by [[Severn Trent Water]] in 1991. Biffa 'demerged' from [[Severn Trent Plc]] and joined the [[FTSE250]] index before being taken private again in 2008 by [[Waste Acquisition Co Ltd]], renaming the company [[Biffa Limited]]. Biffa was then taken public again in October 2016 and entered the [[FTSE100]] index in March 2020<ref name="ref1"/>. | Biffa was founded in 1912 by Richard Henry Biffa, growing significantly from the early 1960's through to the late 1980's before being acquired by [[Severn Trent Water]] in 1991. Biffa 'demerged' from [[Severn Trent Plc]] and joined the [[FTSE250]] index before being taken private again in 2008 by [[Waste Acquisition Co Ltd]], renaming the company [[Biffa Limited]]. Biffa was then taken public again in October 2016 and entered the [[FTSE100]] index in March 2020<ref name="ref1"/>. | ||
In 2017/18 the relative position of the top 5 waste companies<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/298437/revenues-of-leading-uk-waste-management-services/</ref>, by turnover, was as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Company !! Turnover million GBP | |||
|- | |||
| [[Veolia]] || 1,500 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Biffa]]|| 1,077 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Suez]] || 798 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Viridor]]|| 789 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FCC]] || 670 | |||
|} | |||
In the most recent financial year Biffa had a turnover/revenue of £1,102.8m, a share value of 243p, and a market cap of £793m<ref>https://www.biffa.co.uk/investors</ref> | In the most recent financial year Biffa had a turnover/revenue of £1,102.8m, a share value of 243p, and a market cap of £793m<ref>https://www.biffa.co.uk/investors</ref> | ||