John Brown

The Group's principal activity is developing and manufacturing portable fuel cell systems for use as mobile generators and battery chargers. Products include automatic battery charger, remote battery charger and battery box. The Group operates predominantly in the United Kingdom.

Lookers Plc engages in the motor distribution. It offers choice of new and used cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, and leasing services as well as aftersales services. The firm operates through the following divisions: Automotive, Agricultural, and Leasing. The Automotive division offers a range of quality of new and used cars as well as aftersales, and movability services. The Agricultural division is managed by Platts Harris, experts in the sales, service, and parts, supply of agricultural ground care, and construction. The Leasing division is actively serviced by Vehicle Rental Service (VRS), Charles Hurst Business Solutions, Charles Hurst Rent a Car and Lookers Leasing. The company was founded by John Looker in 1908 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Novera Energy Ltd. generates renewable power. Novera Energy generates electricity from renewable sources of power using wind, waste & water and landfill gas. The company generates renewable power at 58 sites across the UK, with a total capacity of 143MW. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1968 and for several years' part of the Hanson Group, Rollalong Hire was acquired by the Newman Family in 1999 and the Newship group ran the business until June of 2006. Rollalong Hire was acquired in June 2006 as a MBO, in an £11 million investment backed by Barclays Ventures. The deal was entirely funded by Barclays Ventures and the management of Rollalong Hire. In October of 2007 Bill Kellie took over as MD, working closely with John Brown the non exec chairman, ex-CEO and founder of Speedy Hire to continue the development of the business to deliver its agreed plans. The relationship with BV gives its the opportunity to expand and even in these challenging times it is seeing growth and still plan more depot openings. Rollalong Hire currently operates on a national basis across England from eight regional hire centers. Ringwood Wolverhampton Glasgow Cardiff Newcastle Dartford Mansfield Chertsey The business hires out a range of portable accommodation units to both the traditional construction market such as offices, secure stores, welfare units, toilets and classrooms to education, local authority and public utilities. The event division looks after national events such as Farnbrough Airshow to individual events with Offices, Hospitality units, Toilets. Whilst having national coverage Rollalong Hire prides itself on offering a very local service with local people working to the same objective at all times - customer solutions. Presently Rollalong Hire has a fleet of over 4,500 units and a customer base in excess of 1,800 clients. Broadly speaking the customer base centers around construction but has growing numbers of clients in the events and leisure industry, Government agencies and the corporate sector as it continues to invest in new equipment. The broad range of products offered by each location enables it's to offer a complete solution - a 'one stop shop' for all its clients accommodation needs.