Hargreaves boss wins NE regional awar
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HARGREAVES Services' chief executive Gordon Banham has been named North-East Business Executive of the Year.
Haulier and coal importer Hargreaves has expanded greatly since Ban ham led a management buy out at the company live years ago. Under his direction the County Durham-based firm was floated on the Alternative Investment Market for £21.5m, its current turnover is about £200m, thanks to a series of acquisitions this year. The judges, chaired by Sir Ian Wrigglesworth, said: "Hargreaves have been immensely successful under Gordon's leadership. He has taken it to the stock market, is expanding it at a phenomenal rate and is a worihv entrant into the hall of fame:' Banham took( family coal business, aged 19. his father died.
Hargreaves is now one ( UK's biggest bulk hauliers ar largest independent impor domestic and industrial coal,