In 1990, the business was turning over about 12,000,000 pounds.
And now in 2010, we have just achieved 210,000,000 pounds...
...so that growth is really quite staggering.
Our profit was running at just below two million pretax in 1990...
...and we have got to just over twenty million.
I think the main reason for the growth was the establishment of this site here.
The company used to operate from a relatively small site in Fordham,...
...and one of the founders had the vision to progress this site.
A big investment, probably investing two and a half times his annual profits in this site.
It was the biggest step ever made, and that was a big step...
...to establishing Turners as a real player in the industry.
Then, there was a concentrated effort to progress the tanker side of the business.
The other landmark was trying to start a fuel distribution business.
We didn't have any presence in the sector,...
...but one of the managers wanted to try to develop the fuel distribution business,...
...and in 2004 we gave him a few vehicles to try and set up the business.
And there were quite big losses in the first couple of years,...
...but he managed to win a contract in 2007...
...and then a few months later won another contract.
So, suddenly we were taken as quite serious players in the fuel distribution sector.
