William Haughey
William Haughey is Chief Executive of City Refrigeration, the UK's largest specialist refrigeration and facilities management company. 'Haughey set up City Refrigeration in 1985, starting with four employees, to provide refrigerators and technical services to pubs. In 2004, it was named by Business Week magazine as Europe’s hottest high-growth company. City Refrigeration is worth about £35m, while other assets and a property company take the family to £40m'.[1] He gave more than £10,000 to the Labour Party in March 1999[2] and 'has donated an estimated £1m to the Labour party since 2003, including more than £150,000 to the party in Scotland.'[3] He was one of the ten Scottish businessmen who wrote a letter to the Scotland on Sunday newspaper in January 1999 to express support for the Labour Party (including John Boyle,Tom Hunter and Dr John Parker of Babcock International).[4]
City Refrigeration supplies and manages the refrigeration equipment for bars, restaurants and retailers, including all of Asda's supermarkets (in a £200 million 5-year contract). They bought the Scottish Milk Marketing Board's equipment rental division in 1997 and in 1998 they opened a Call Centre in Rutherglen. Lord Gus MacDonald, Labour Transport Minister, said at the time that he was 'delighted by City Refrigeration's progress.'[5]
Notes
- ↑ The Rich List William Haughey and family, RESULTS FOR 2008 From The Sunday Times April 27, 2008
- ↑ Daily Telegraph ISSUE 1563, Sunday 5 September 1999 Revealed: Labour's paymasters By David Cracknell, Political Correspondent
- ↑ The Rich List William Haughey and family, RESULTS FOR 2008 From The Sunday Times April 27, 2008
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