Winning new customers in the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors is the key to this steel stockholder’s strategy for continued growth. In January, managing director James Barrett, 59, launched a new division to specifically target the global energy markets, which – along with a facility in Houston, Texas, bought by Barrett in 2011 – helped international sales expand to reach £30.7m in 2013. The Yorkshire company stocks more than 80,000 tons of steel in 28 depots across Britain.