W3i Infrastructure plc is an investment business headquartered in Jersey. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
WAction is an, originally Dutch, international discount store-chain. Owned by different owners like 3i and eurofund V. It sells low budget, non-food and some food products with long shelf lives. Action operates stores in nine countries — Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic and Italy. As of 2012, Action is operating more than 1,000 stores and employing more than 38,000 employees. In 2013, Action had a revenue of just over a billion euros, which was a 14% rise compared to 2012 when they had a revenue of 873 million euros.
WAgent Provocateur is a British lingerie retailer founded in 1994 by Joseph Corré and Serena Rees. The company has stores in 13 countries.
WAWG plc was a British holding company which is parent to Anglian Water. It was previously listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a member of the FTSE 250 Index, but it is now owned by the Osprey Consortium. Its headquarters are in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
WBritish International Helicopter Services (BIH), owned by Rigby Group, is a British-owned helicopter operator. It operates a fleet of ten helicopters covering search and rescue, offshore, defence, charter and flying training activities from its bases at Newquay Airport, Coventry Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands.
WEnterprise plc was a support services company originally based in Farington in Lancashire, England. Its core markets were local authorities and utility sectors. It has recently been integrated into Ferrovial's UK company, Amey plc.
WEversholt Rail Group is a British rolling stock company (ROSCO) established in April 1994 as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Together with Angel Trains and Porterbrook, it is one of the three original ROSCOs.
WFairline Boats was a British manufacturer of luxury motor yachts. Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company built motor yachts in Oundle, Northamptonshire.
WGiraffe is a restaurant and cafe chain based in Birmingham, England which was founded in Hampstead as Giraffe Restaurants in 1998 by Juliette Joffe, Russel Joffe and Andrew Jacobs. Giraffe was owned by its founders, with additional financial backing from private shareholders, 3i investment group and chairman Luke Johnson.
WGRT Group was a bus operating company in the United Kingdom from 1989 until 1995. It was formed when Grampian Regional Transport (GRT) was privatised. It went on to purchase a number of bus companies in England and Scotland. In April 1994, GRT Group was listed on the stock exchange, and in June 1995 merged with Badgerline to form FirstBus.
WHome Décor Products, Inc. was a large online retailer of home improvement and furnishings, headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. It claimed to stock more than 450,000 home products from more than 800 luxury brands including TOTO, Lenox, Kohler, and Jacuzzi.
WLDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF, it was latterly a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ Group. Owing to the global recession and a lack of long term investment, production was suspended at the LDV factory in December 2008.
WTeknikmagasinet AB is a Swedish-based retail company which sells consumer electronics and gadgets. Founded in 1989, the company operates stores in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Since January 2004 the company has been controlled by venture capital group 3i Group, which holds a 45% stake, and chairman Bo Lundquist. With 68 stores in Sweden, 20 in Norway and 5 in Finland, Teknikmagasinet reported revenues of 800 million SEK in 2008. Approximately 10 new stores are opened every year. There are nearly 4000 products that are promoted via their catalogue.
WTemaHome is a furniture exporter based in Lisbon, Portugal.
WTitan Airways is a British charter airline founded in 1988 and based at London Stansted Airport. The carrier specialises in short notice ACMI and wet lease operations as well as ad-hoc passenger and cargo charter services to tour operators, corporations, governments and the sports and entertainment sectors. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats and currently operates a fleet of 14 aircraft.
WVetco was established in July 2004 and operated through its subsidiaries Vetco Gray and Vetco Aibel AS. Vetco was the result of a consortium consisting of the private equity firms Candover, 3i and JP Morgan Partners taking over ABB's oil and gas division; ABB Offshore Systems. Vetco was made out of companies that have serviced the upstream oil and gas industry since 1903. These companies are suppliers of products, systems and services for onshore and offshore drilling and production, project management, engineering, procurement and construction services, process systems and equipment, maintenance, modification and operations. Vetco was headquartered in London UK, and employed over 10000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide.
WWallace Arnold was one of the UK's largest holiday motorcoach tour operators.
WWimpy is a fast-food chain originally founded in the United States, though found its success internationally, mainly in the United Kingdom and South Africa. It has changed between being a table-service establishment and counter-service establishment throughout its history.