Primary Recommendation

Hargreaves Services - Energy support services firm growing very fast

May 2006

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Hargreaves Services, which provides transportation and support services to the energy and waste sectors, is a company very much on a roll. With the help of well chosen acquisitions, chief executive Gordon Banham has transformed a sleepy family run firm into a company with a portfolio of higher margin, multi-skilled businesses in sectors which are enjoying strong underlying growth. The beauty of this business is that it has become so successful that most of its rivals simply cannot compete and many have already walked away. One illustration of its strong trading momentum is that turnover is forecast to increase from £66m in the financial year ended 31 May 2004 to £150m in the current year, while pretax profit is on cou ...

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