Yesterday, he cleaned up £49m by selling the Dyno-rod business he created as a result to Centrica in a £57m deal. It's a dirty job, unblocking drains, but someone's got to do it.

Jim Zockoll, the transatlantic pilot who founded the drain clearing business Dyno-Rod 40 years ago, is to pocket £50m from its sale and flotation next month.

Dyno Group, which will comprise Dyno-Rod and subsidiaries such as the pest control arm Dyno-Kil, will be capitalised at £50m. It is expected to join Aim by the end of August and transfer to the ...

BRITISH Gas owner Centrica has snapped up the Dyno-Rod draincleaning empire in a £57.6m deal that hands its American founder Jim Zockoll a near-£50m retirement windfall.

After spending more than 40 years unblocking customers' drains, Dyno-Rod is seeking an August listing on Aim. The drainage and pest-control brand is being acquired by Dyno Group, a new company led by ...

INVESTORS planning to buy drain clearance-to-pest control firm Dyno-Rod have postponed a stock market flotation of the business. The investors, who are buying Dyno-Rod from founder Jim Zockoll ...

The company employs 180 staff across Dyno-Rod, Dyno Locks, Dyno Plumbing, Dyno Kil and its 24-hour emergency call centre. MORE ABOUT. British Gas Plc. Franchises. Investment. Pest Control.

Jim Zockoll, the former Pan Am pilot who founded Dyno-Rod in his spare time 41 years ago, finally sold the drain cleaning business to British Gas yesterday, little over a month after pulling the ...

Dyno-Rod, whose head offices are in Windsor, have been recognised as ‘Highly Commended’ in the Franchisor of the Year ...