Powwow Water
| Product type | Spring water |
|---|---|
| Owner | Powwow Water Company |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1990[1] |
| Markets | UK/Europe |
| Website | Powwow.com |
Powwow Water Company Ltd was a British producer of bottled spring water, producing exclusively for water coolers. The spring water originated and was bottled in Fillongley, Warwickshire. There was also a production site in Chesham.
Powwow Water was one of the most popular spring water brands for water coolers in Europe, used in all industries from commercial to residential.
The brand was originally created in 1990 by Hutchison Whampoa, and was sold to Nestlé in 2003. It was then bought by Powwow Water Company Ltd (formerly Lomond Hills Water Company), which went into administration in March 2010.
Powwow went into administration in March 2010[2] and Wild About Water UK Ltd (part of 2468 Group) subsequently negotiated a deal to buy the assets of the business. They retained the POU watercooler customer base and sold the bottled watercooler customer base to Eden Springs UK
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Fraud
Over several years there have been reports[3][4] of companies chasing supposed unpaid invoices relating to "Powwow Water Company Ltd". Most recently between December 2014 and continuing in January 2015 demands and threats of winding-up proceedings are still being sent.
The agents acting on behalf of the Insolvency Service state "Nobody has authority to collect [this] debt and it has been this way since April 2013."[5]
In January 2015 the Economic Crime Unit also re-iterated that demands should not be paid[6] and that those who have paid demands should provide their evidence to the Economic Crime Unit, Glasgow.
See also
References
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- ↑ https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=he-internal-audit;6c62f180.1204
- ↑ http://www.devonaudit.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/01/DAP-Fraud-Bulletin-January-2014.pdf
- ↑ https://thecomputerperson.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/the-powwow-water-enigma/
- ↑ Private e-mail communication between a DC and a victim
External links
- "BWCA News"
- "Nestlé is proposing to buy the Powwow water cooler company from Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary AS Watson" - Brand Strategy
- "Eden Springs take over PowWow Water"
- "Jobs will go at 'mothballed' Cowley water cooler firm" - This is Oxfordshire
- "Company News; Nestlé buys bottled water unit of Hutchison Whampoa" - New York Times
- "Nestlé expands HOD business" - Food&Drink europe.com
- "Nestlé Waters Powwow UK sells to Lomond Hills" - FoodBev.com
- "Powwow – brand of the brave?" - FoodBev.com
