Number of employees ~6,000 (2013) Founded 1975 Type of business Private limited company | Website www.rigbygroupplc.com Revenue 2.041 billion GBP | |
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Key people Sir Peter Rigby, Founder & Chairman
Steve Rigby, Chief Operating Officer Headquarters Birmingham, United Kingdom Subsidiaries SCC, British International Helicopters, M2 Smile Ltd | ||
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The Rigby Group is the parent company of number of privately owned businesses operating across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. In 2013 the company was ranked 13th in the Sunday Times’ Top Track 100 listing of the UK’s fastest growing private enterprises.
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Company Activities
The Group comprises operating businesses in five divisions:
Technology
SCC is an information technology services firm catering for medium-sized enterprises and public sector organisations. The company employs more than 5000 staff across its operations in the UK, France, Netherlands, Spain and Romania.
SCD is a distributor for IBM and HP, operating across the Middle East from offices in Dubai and servicing North Africa from headquarters in Maroc.
SCS is a provider of fully managed and end-to-end payroll and HR services including Cloud based services.
Aviation
British International Helicopters (BIH), is the UK's largest domestically owned helicopter operator with a fleet of 25 aircraft and over 100 personnel. The business operates from bases at Redhill, Coventry, Newquay and London Heliport.
Cardiff-based Veritair functions as BIH’s utilities division, providing Police and Air Ambulance services and commercial helicopter support, and London Helicopter Centres - based at Redhill - maintains BIH’s VIP and commercial charter, flight training and helicopter engineering business. A sightseeing and tours business, The London Helicopter, flies from both Battersea and Redhill.
Regional & City Airports (RCAM) owns and operates Coventry Airport Exeter International Airport and Norwich international Airport. The company also operates management contracts for Derry and Blackpool Airport together with Cardiff Heliport.
Hotels
The Eden Hotel Collection (EHC) is a group of eight country house hotels.
Property
Rigby & Rigby is a residential developer specialising in the development of listed buildings in London.
Howes & Rigby is a joint property development venture with interior design business Taylor Howes.
The Coventry & Warwickshire Gateway is a regional development scheme on 200 acres of land surrounding Coventry Airport. The scheme proposes a technology park and a manufacturing and logistics park.
Investments
Rigby Group PLC holds numerous investments in equities and bonds and also operates a private equity fund investing in established businesses.