[2] Peel's direct and indirect investments extend to 9 million square feet of investment property and over 13,000 hectares of land. [20], In October 2016 the group sold its remaining stake in Pinewood to the PW Real Estate Fund, run by French property investor Leon Bressler. The Liverpool 2 container terminal forms the core project in the Mersey Ports Master Plan launched by Construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications network, began the same year. There are concerns that the owner of the Peel Ports Group faces losing a share of his fortune as Intu Properties is placed into administration. [11] In June 2019, The Sunday Times reported that Peel was liquidating stakes in Peel Ports and Liverpool airport to cover losses at Intu Properties where Peel Group owned 27.3%. Port owner, Peel Ports, says the Port of Sheerness offers excellent connectivity to road and rail routes into and around the UK and has invested heavily in enhancing its facilities and services, making it the perfect port to accommodate this new service. The Peel Group (commonly known by its former name Peel Holdings) is an infrastructure, transport and real estate investment group. In 2008 Peel Holdings was behind a group of a business force that lobbied against the Manchester's proposed congestion charge. Peel Ports were expected to release their statement shortly. This significant investment demonstrates the commitment of Peel Ports to provide a safe and reliable passage for vessels coming in and out of our ports. In 2007 Peel was granted planning permission to develop MediaCityUK, a 37-acre mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford which would be the new home of the BBC. its Trafford centre shopping mall. Principal developers Urban Waterside began redevelopment work the following year,[10] by which time traffic on the canal's upper reaches had declined to such an extent that MSC proposed closing it above Runcorn. Peel feared that congestion charge would be bad for its business, i.e. A 76% shareholding in Liverpool Airport was acquired, with Peel taking complete control in 2001 and renaming the airport Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The focus is on the regeneration of land and assets fronting the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. Peel Energy has also successfully consented a number of single turbine projects which are now owned and operated by other parties. [9] He has five children. “DWS just wants to get a good, sensible price,” one source said. Throughout the 1970s, Peel Mills focused on the renovation and letting of industrial units, so that by 1977 the annual company statement and accounts reflected the fact that the majority of the group's commercial activity was within property development. [38], Having been restricted by the lock gate infrastructure in the port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal, Peel Ports made a strategic decision to invest and extend capacity in the container sector through the development of a £400 million deep water container port. Excess cash was then invested into purchasing a series of residual cotton businesses, which owned their own property assets. [4] In 2010 when Simon Property Group attempted to purchase the Trafford Centre, insiders saw Whittaker as "formidable opposition" and a "very astute, very clever and a very good businessman". Port to port. [12] The MSC land assets have consequently become a key hub for the Peel Group, with numerous developments on the banks of the canal.[8]. The group also bought MediaCityUK, a development in the northern English city of Salford, Greater Manchester, that will serve as the BBC's new headquarters. A sale of the port operator comes as Mr Whittaker tries to slim down the Peel Holdings empire, which manages assets of more than £5bn across the … [14] The final addition to the Peel Airports portfolio was Teesside International Airport, with a 75% stake being bought in 2003 – ownership of the remaining 25% of DTVA was retained by several local councils. Email JavaScript is required to reveal this message. The Peel Group remains a majority shareholder. Peel Ports Limited owns and operates ports and shipping lines. There are hundreds of subsidiary Peel companies registered in the UK, all ultimately owned by a private family trust, the Billown Trust, registered in the Isle of Man. Greenock Ocean Terminal. He accompanied the Prime Minister on his trade mission to Beijing in 2010. Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool, has pressed the button on the second phase of its expansion programme at Liverpool2, already one of the world’s most modern shipping terminals. Peel Ports is the UK’s second-largest ports group after Associated British Ports, handling 65 million metric ton of cargo per year, around 13 percent of total UK seaborne traffic. [4], In the 1980s he fought a bitter battle to take over the Manchester Ship Canal Company, out of which the Trafford Centre emerged. In 2002, Barton Aerodrome was purchased by the Manchester Ship Canal Development Company (a joint venture between Peel and Manchester City Council) and was subsequently renamed City Airport Manchester. Between 1971 and 1987, Whittaker acquired Peel Mills, Bridgewater Estates and John Bright's. It has gone on to successfully develop the 50.35 MW Frodsham Wind Farm in Cheshire, the 8.2 MW Port of Sheerness Wind Farm on the Isle of Sheppey both of which became operational in late 2016. Born in Bury, Lancashire in 1942, John Whittaker was born into an independently wealthy Roman Catholic family, with interests in the historical Northwest cotton industry and property. In 1984 Salford City Council used a derelict land grant to purchase the eastern/northern part of the MSC-owned Manchester docks within the borough of Salford from MSC,[9] rebranding the area as Salford Quays. Owner Peel Ports Group Address. In the year to 31 March 2013, Liverpool Airport reported a pre-tax loss of £7.1m on turnover of £31.6m, and auditor KPMG said the airport faced "material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern". [3], According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Whittaker is worth £1.95 billion, a decrease of £300 million from 2018. [6], Having rejected joining the priesthood, in the mid-1960s Whittaker began reviving the family's exhausted quarry assets, removing residual aggregates for the locally growing construction industry along the M62 corridor. The development is on land bordering the Manchester Ship Canal in the north, Grade I listed All Saints' Friary in the north-east and the intu Trafford Centre to the south. With a limited number of bridges crossing the waterway outside the town centre and Peel Group controlling the only non-motorway link in the area which is a tolled road, traffic problems are considerable daily and especially when closure of the M6 Thelwall bridge takes place. By the 1960s, John's branch of the family owned property and quarries, which in the Government-created boom infrastructure investment period of the 1960s supplied aggregates to the motorway building programme, such as the M62 from Liverpool to Leeds. It owns holdings in land and property, transport, logistics, retail, energy and media. [21], In September 2016 plans for a £1bn expansion to MediaCityUK were approved. [14], Whittaker donated £1m to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, partly attributed to personal feelings for the cause. Owners DWS, Deutsche Bank’s asset mangement arm, and Peel Group, the infrastructure investment company founded by British businessman John Whittaker, are … Each of the 26 Nordex N80 turbines have the capacity to generate 2.5MW of electricity for the maximum of 65MW. He is the chairman of the Peel Group, a property company that mainly invests in North West England. The group moved in to the renewable and low carbon energy sector with the opening of its 65 MW Scout Moor Wind Farm on the West Pennine Moors in Greater Manchester between Edenfield and Rochdale in 2008. [clarification needed]. Its ultimate parent company is the Isle of Man-based Tokenhouse Ltd. [11], After a bitter and public investor battle, and after selling its cotton business for £22million in cash, in 1987 Peel Mills acquired the required 80%+ majority of the shares in MSC to allow MSC to be resultantly privatised,[8] and gained 100% holding in 1993. [7], In 2010, his wealth doubled from £1.01 billion to £2.07 billion,[8] mainly thanks to the £1.65 billion sale of the Trafford Centre. Campaigners in 2014 disputed the legality of Peel Group's ownership rights. Soon after, Peel cut its stake in film studio operator Pinewood Shepperton from 58% to 39%. By the 1980s the group had progressed to the development of new-build industrial units and out-of-town retail superstores. [29] In August 2012 Peel expanded its lifestyle outlet concept and purchased the Lowry Outlet Mall close to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays, with plans to improve the retail centre. [19] Peel sold the Trafford Centre in January 2011 to Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) for £1.6bn. In 1997, the Peel Group became involved in airport ownership for the first time. [22], In December 2015 the advertising arm of the Peel Group announced a re-brand to Perfect Fit Media.[23]. In June 2013, Margaret Hodge, Committee Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, accused the Peel Group of tax dodging, and stated that some parts of the group pay on average 10% Corporation Tax, and that some of the more profitable parts of the Peel Group pay 0% Tax. Peel Energy, a subsidiary company of Peel was formed at this time to manage the portfolio of assets and to advance further opportunities on the Peel Groups estate for similar renewable energy projects. As at 31 March 2020, the shareholders of Peel Ports were Peel Group and DWS Investments (formerly known as Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management). [citation needed], Whittaker was born to John and May Whittaker in Bury, Lancashire in 1942. [17], Liverpool John Lennon Airport was therefore left as the sole remaining facility in the co-ownership of Peel and Vantage, a situation which continued for a further 16 months. In 2008 Peel launched Ocean Gateway which is Peel's contribution to the wider Atlantic Gateway public-private partnership and also dovetails with the Northern Powerhouse economic agenda. 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[5], Whittaker has been regarded as a publicity-shy businessman who rarely gives interviews. [citation needed], According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Whittaker is worth £1.95 billion, a decrease of £300 million from 2018. Once a quarry was fully exhausted, Whittaker then turned it into an approved landfill waste site. GYPC (Peel Ports) acts as agent for GYPA in the discharge of its duty as Statutory Harbour Authority and some elements of its responsibilities as Competent Harbour Authority. With roots dating back as far as 1795, Peel Ports Group embodies more than 300 years of proven industry experience, within the ports and terminals industries. Peel Ports Group is a unique network of strategically situated ports, hubs, terminals, shipping lines and state of the art services. This week Liverpool will start handling a second weekly call from Indeed, as the owner and operator of six UK ports and terminals, the business is today renowned as one of the largest port groups in the country. [25] The Barton Combined Heat and Power Plant successfully defended a High Court Challenge against the grant of planning permission in February 2014 and continues to be brought forward for development. As well as promoting onshore wind, it has also gained planning consent for two, 20 MW biomass fueled renewable energy plants capable of supplying both heat and power to local industry and communities; one at Protos Park, North West of Chester, and the other in Barton, East Greater Manchester. Protos is part of the Cheshire Science Corridor Enterprise Zone and formed part of the Cheshire and Warrington delegation at MIPIM 2017. [46] The action group accused Peel of allowing the condition of Plymouth to worsen in order to make any attempt to move/preserve her appear unfeasible. Peel Ports is the owner of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, which operates the docks at the Port of Liverpool. Other successful onshore wind planning consents have been obtained by Peel Energy at the former Bilsthorpe Colliery (10 MW – now owned by John Laing Investments), Maidens Hall Wind Farm (18.45 MW – now owned by Infinis). [28] Peel Energy's neighbouring 19-turbine, 50 MW Frodsham wind farm will also form part of the wider Protos vision. Ferry impounded in Liverpool. John Whittaker (born 14 March 1942) is a British billionaire businessman. The acquisition of Clydeport plc and its west coast Scottish ports in 2003 was followed in 2005 by the acquisition of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company which resulted in the Peel Ports division becoming the second largest ports group in the UK. 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[15] Sale of the loss-making DTVA resulted in a one-off impairment charge of £8.8m, causing Peel Airports' losses to rise from £3.2m to £11.4m. [11] . The development will double the size of MediaCityUK and include more TV studio and production space as well as shops, offices, a 330-bed hotel and over 1,400 new homes. As the owner and operator of six UK ports and terminals, the Peel Ports Group today is renowned as one of the largest port groups in the country. In March 2016 Peel Land and Property, which lies at the heart of the Peel Group, announced plans to deliver over 30,000 residential units across its Strategic Waters sites which could bring a total investment value of £4.5 billion over the next 30 years. First to go was Teesside International Airport in February 2012. The mixed use schemes will also feature commercial, retail, educational and leisure opportunities: In October 2016 planning officials approved Peel Land and Property plans to create its £1bn development Trafford Waters scheme, in Greater Manchester. Background: Peel Ports Group is the UK’s second largest port group. However, the waterway had fallen into disrepair, its constructed width and rarely-dredged depth being resultantly too small for many of the larger seafaring vessels of the time. [13] In 2002, Liverpool John Lennon Airport opened its new terminal following an investment of £32.5 million by Peel. From 1971 onwards, Whittaker began acquiring shares in the Manchester Ship Canal Company. DWS, which declined to comment, is open-minded as to whether it manages or not the stake it sells. A spokesman for P&O said: "We have been in … [8] Unlike most other British canals, the Manchester Ship Canal was never nationalised post-World War II by Clement Attlee's Labour government. The company is to invest in equipment and port infrastructure works to expand the terminal and introduce further leading-edge port technology solutions. In 2004, the Peel Group was the largest company on the AIM Market, went private in a £1.3 billion deal, and became the Peel Group. The new management team at Peel Airports quickly began disposing of assets, selling them back to the Peel Group. A spokesman for P&O said: "We have been in … His home town of Bury, where his father’s textile business was founded, mourns him and erects Peel Tower in his memory 1882 Businessman Daniel Adamson becomes champion promoter of the Manchester Ship Canal although he does not live to see its completion in 1894 It also owns the BG Freight shipping line and operates a container terminal in Dublin. Peel Ports Group, which is partially owned by John Whittaker, the billionaire property tycoon behind Manchester’s Trafford Centre, and Deutsche Bank investment arm … He was educated at Prior Park College, a Catholic boarding school in Bath, Somerset, and considered becoming a priest before deciding to join the family business, Peel Mills. Dutch pension fund APG, Australian fund Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and British-based Equitix Investment Management were also interested in the offer, according to financial reports. [33], Peel published its support for the Northern Powerhouse in October 2015 identifying 150 projects from Wirral to Newcastle. The cumulative weight of the record shipment of cargo is equivalent to more than … In 2015 Peel revealed its vision for a £700 million flagship energy destination on a 134-acre strategic development site near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, formerly known as Ince Resource Recovery Park. The presence of the BBC would then act as a magnet to attract indie production companies to Salford and the Peel Group would make money from the rent and lease agreements on the development. Peel Ports chief executive Mark Whitworth confirmed to Lloyd’s List that the Liverpool-based group was considering whether to approach Hutchison, which owns both Felixstowe and Thamesport. In 2009 Peel launched Gloucester Quays which is one of the largest mixed use waterside regeneration developments in the UK. Between 1980 and 1989 Peel developed circa 5 million square feet of retail parks of which circa 2.5 million square feet continue to be owned and operated by Peel. The centre was sold in 2011 to Capital Shopping Centres (now Intu) for £1.6 billion, making it the largest property acquisition in British history and the biggest European property deal of 2011. After increasing the bid to £96.1 million ($160 million), it appeared the bid would be successful. [citation needed], Peel Group controls some of the older railway bridges which were in disuse and could potentially be put back into service but seek to control development along the canal route, including taking significant payments from local government for crossings over the canal, in effect dictating the regional plan whilst claiming to support a northern power house on their terms. MediaCityUK tenants include extensive studio capability provided by Peel owned dock10, BBC North, ITV's northern studios including Coronation Street, the University of Salford with more than 200 small to medium-sized businesses across the digital media, marketing, technology and creative sectors. Whittaker owns 50.1% of Peel Ports and DWS, the consolidated brand name for Deutsche Bank Asset Management (including RREEF), 41.5%. [45], There was controversy in the Peel Group's acquiring of and scrapping of historic warship HMS Plymouth following the liquidating of the warship trust, following it being forced out of its berth owned by Peel Group. Peel Ports operates BG Freight Shipping Line. Craig Collins Terminal Manager Greenock Ocean Terminal Patrick Street Greenock PA16 8UU. Peel Ports is the owner of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, which operates the docks at the Port of Liverpool. Ocean Gateway – more than 50 projects over 50 years with £50 billion of investment – is the Peel Group's pioneering investment in the renaissance of the strategic corridor encompassing Manchester, Liverpool and adjacent areas within Cheshire and Warrington. Phone 01475 726171. The project will also replace the tracks at the bottom of the lock and replace the 1950s hauling gear with state of the art machinery. Although publicity-shy, he has been named as one of the most influential business leaders for Greater Manchester and the North West by the Manchester Evening News (2007),[2] and was named the most influential northerner by The Big Issue magazine in 2010. Peel Ports, the owner of Hunterston, on the Clyde coast in the west of Scotland, launched a plan late last year to develop the 320-acre Hunterston site, as a hub for a number of sectors, including aquaculture. [48], Through their ownership of the Manchester Ship Canal they have sought to stranglehold development of transport links across the waterway leading to severe traffic problems in the areas around Warrington. Ocean Gateway projects embrace ports; logistics; retail and leisure; residential; commercial development; media infrastructure and renewable energy. Fri Apr 17 11:55:26 CEST 2020 Timsen. DWS owns around 41.5% in Peel Ports, an undisclosed investor in a DWS infrastructure fund around 8%, and Peel Group 50.1%. [citation needed]. Changing its name to fully reflect its property business focus to Peel Holdings, the largest asset of the group was formerly the Trafford Centre. 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[47], There is further controversy about how the sale was conducted by The Peel Group and some of the clauses included in the sale contract with the Turkey-based dismantlers. The Peel Group has a complex business structure, consisting of 342 registered and active companies and subsidiaries excluding Peel Ports in the UK. [16] The same year, Doncaster Sheffield Airport made an operating loss of £3.4m (down from £3.7m the previous year),[16] and in December 2012 it was announced that this airport had also been sold back to the Peel Group. The position has been created to drive commercial opportunities focussed on the company’s network of terminals and port-centric logistics facilities. Under the terms of the deal, which valued the Manchester scheme at £1.6 billion, his company, Peel, took shares in CSC worth £636m and he joined its board as deputy chairman. On 23 July 2020, AS INFRA PP PTY LTD, acting on behalf of Australian Super, acquired a 25% shareholding in Peel Ports Group Limited’s immediate parent company, Peel Ports Holdings (CI) Limited. Doncaster Sheffield Airport was the first commercial airport to open in the UK for 55 years. Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister and founder of the Metropolitan Police, dies. [5] Other projects which Peel have developed include MediaCityUK, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Gloucester Quays and Frodsham Wind Farm. [34], Peel Ports was formed in 2005 and followed the acquisition of the Manchester Ship Canal Company in 1986, Clydeport plc in 2003 and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company in 2005. The group is led by John Whittaker, who maintains a 75% majority stake in the group, with the Olayan Group owning a 25% stake. Trafford Waters is part of a collaborative joint marketing of the destination known as TRAFFORDCITY.[32]. Dock10 is the operator of the MediaCityUK studios and is a subsidiary of the Peel; In March 2015 Peel sold 50% of its stake in MediaCityUK to Legal & General committing to continued investment in the site. It followed this development soon after with the opening of the 10 MW Port of Liverpool Wind Farm in 2009 and taking over the management of the 3.6 MW Port of Seaforth Wind Farm. [36], In 2007 Peel Ports acquired a majority investment in Cammell Laird in Birkenhead[37] and in late 2015 it extended its port activities with the acquisition of the East Coast port of Great Yarmouth. By the 1960s, John's branch of the family owned property and quarries, which in the Government-created boom infrastructure investment period of the 1960s supplied aggregates to the motorway building programme, such as the M62 from Liverpool to Leeds. John Whittaker (born 14 March 1942) is a British billionaire businessman. [12] One such example of his astute business mind was convincing the BBC to reject three other sites across Manchester to move to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. [13], Whittaker lives on the Isle of Man. Having a respect for the region's industrial heritage, and inspired by the Peel Tower in his native Bury, Whittaker decided to retain the name Peel Mills Ltd for his now wholly owned property and cotton business. We understand the unique needs of the supply chain, providing tailored, end to end logistics solutions designed to help individual businesses engage … [6] Whittaker resigned as deputy chairman in July 2020 following the company going into administration. Peel sold its remaining interest in Scout Moor to MEAG in October 2012.[24]. The Trafford Centre, which opened in 1998, is widely regarded as Peel's first landmark development. 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