Peter Cox and Partners
Peter Cox Ltd. of Wates Way, Mitcham, Surrey (1971)
Peter Cox plc of Compass House, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex (2022)
1967 Peter Cox and Partners (Scotland) were in liquidation
1969 Scaffolding (Great Britain) acquired Peter Cox and Partners and Peter Cox (Northern), a company which specialized in the restoration of historic buildings and monuments, stone cleaning and damp-proofing[1], and subsequently acquired Peter Cox Preservation Co[2]
1985 SGB acquired Stonewest, a specialist masonry and building restoration company based in Bristol
1986 John Mowlem and Co acquired SGB
1989 Peter Cox Company was formed as management buyout from John Mowlem and Co plc
1990 Operating divisions[3]:
- Peter Cox Preservation
- Stonewest Cox
- Peter Cox Environment Services
1997 Renamed Terminix Peter Co Ltd., a subsidiary of The ServiceMaster Company of USA
1999 renamed Terminix
2003 The pest prevention division was sold to fellow company, Ecolab Ltd. Ecolab Services, provider of timber preservation services, was renamed Peter Cox Ltd