Argus placed higher in prestigious UK exporter league table

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Jul 08, 2013, 12:58 ET

LONDON, July 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting organisation Argus has risen in the rankings in the second annual "Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200" league table of UK companies. This ranks private-sector firms with the fastest growth in export sales.

Argus reached 146th place in the 2013 table. To obtain a place in the table, companies need to average international sales growth of more than 25pc/yr over the previous two financial years. Argus' non-UK sales growth has averaged 35.78pc/yr in this period. Argus is in the top 30 of private-sector companies for sales outside the UK, accounting for £62.3mn export revenue in the last financial year.

The league table was published on 7 July in the Sunday Times.

"We are pleased to be recognised as one of the fastest-growing UK export companies for the second year in a row and to have improved our rating over last year," Argus chief executive and chairman Adrian Binks said. "Argus' business is truly international, with more than 80pc of our sales being to companies outside the UK. We have a diverse and broad customer base and are glad that our contribution to shedding light on opaque and complex markets is valued."

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About Argus Media
Argus is an independent media organization with nearly 500 full time staff. It is headquartered in London and has offices in each of the world's principal commodity market centres. Its main activities comprise publishing market reports containing price assessments, market commentary and news, and business intelligence reports that analyze market and industry trends.

More than half of Argus' staff are commodity journalists who specialize in reporting news and price information relating to physical energy and related commodity markets. They operate according to a rigorous Editorial Code of Conduct and an Ethics Policy that align with best journalistic practice, including the avoidance of conflicts of interest.

Argus is a leading provider of data on prices and fundamentals, news, analysis, consultancy services and conferences for the global crude, oil products, natural gas, electricity, coal, emissions, bioenergy, fertilizer, petrochemical, metals and transportation industries. Data provided by Argus are widely used for indexation of physical trade. Companies, governments and international agencies use Argus information for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus has 19 offices globally, including London, Houston, Washington, New York, Calgary, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Dubai, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, Astana and other key centres of the energy industry. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. Visit: www.argusmedia.com