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Biffa

September 2023

  • Polly Smythe

    How British refuse collectors won their strikes and became a model for successful trade unionism

    Polly Smythe
    As mountains of rubbish built up in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere, authorities were forced to listen, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

June 2022

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Just do it: time for JD Sports to return furlough money

    Nils Pratley
    The ‘king of trainers’ wants to signal a new era and its bumper results present a perfect opportunity

January 2021

  • A pre-action letter sent to Biffa by Leigh Day solicitors on behalf of the three victims states that the company has a responsibility to prevent forced labour.

    Three victims of trafficking and modern slavery to sue Biffa

    The claimants were moved from Poland to the UK and placed in work with waste firm

July 2020

  • a biffa bin

    UK waste firm Biffa loses appeal after exporting dirty waste to China

    Company convicted of trying to export used nappies and other contaminated materials illegally

February 2020

  • Biffa’s Glynn Corker examines a bin in Rotherham

    Deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins prompt calls for action

    Exclusive: homelessness surge blamed for rising number of crushing deaths and injuries

September 2019

  • Biffa waste

    Biffa fined for trying to ship household waste to China

    UK firm attempted to send rubbish including condoms, nappies and Deee-lite record

June 2019

  • An official inspects waste shipments in Malaysia

    UK waste firm exported 'offensive' materials including used nappies

    Biffa Waste Services found guilty of exporting unsorted waste to China it said was paper

October 2016

  • Bins line a street

    Waste disposal firm Biffa cuts flotation price amid Brexit jitters

    Britain’s second biggest recyler of waste relaunches IPO at reduced price after failing to drum up sufficient investor interest

September 2016

  • Household waste

    Biffa to raise £270m in UK's biggest IPO since Brexit vote

    Waste management firm expected to be valued at £1bn when it floats on London Stock Exchange

March 2016

  • A bin lorry collecting rubbish in Edinburgh

    Rising number of people are sleeping in bins, refuse collectors warn

    Waste firm Biffa says problem is ‘massive’ with bin lorry drivers given safety guidance to avoid crushing rough sleepers

October 2012

  • Biffa bin

    Don't let Biffa go to waste

    Lindsay Mackie
    Lindsay Mackie: The treatment by private equity firms of the struggling waste disposal group is an object lesson. It should have been protected

September 2012

  • Biffa rubbish skip

    Unions fear job losses at private equity-owned Biffa as creditors close in

    The UK's largest waste management company is struggling with heavy debts and planning to restructure

August 2012

  • BIFFA RECYCLING WASTE TREATMENT, BRAINE LE CHATEAU, BELGIUM - 10 JUN 2004

    Consortium plans £520m bid for Biffa

    Waste management group Biffa is target of a £520m cash offer from a consortium including Chinook Urban Mining and JP Morgan

August 2008

  • Where there's muck, there's brass. And, even better, plastic

    Businesses and investors are finally starting to realise the value of what we throw away

February 2008

  • Suez and Hands look at joint bid for Biffa

  • Private equity bid prompts hopes of battle for Biffa

  • A challenging and increasingly expensive business

  • A householder puts rubbish in a bin

    Biffa brings home the bacon

January 2008

  • Biffa shares rise amid tumbling markets as bid battle looms

    The prospect of a battle for control of Biffa, one of the biggest waste management companies in Britain, sent its shares climbing yesterday despite tumbling equity markets

December 2007

  • Share price spike puts Biffa in FSA spotlight

    The Financial Services Authority is thought to be investigating a big jump in the share price of Biffa ahead of news that the waste services group had received a £1bn bid approach from two private equity firms

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