Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Ramsay MacDonald, Gulf retail director (right), present Joe Barrett with the Special Recognition Award.

We used an online voting system to enable the readers of Forecourt Trader to cast their vote for the pre-selected nominees. Bob Etchingham and Joe Barrett have built a network of company-owned petrol stations across the UK and Ireland, under the Applegreen brand. The strategy has been to focus on high-quality facilities with an equally good food-to-go and convenience offer; as well as low fuel prices.

Applegreen plcParkwest Business Park, Dublin 12

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