Innergy LPG have expanded their relationship with leading industrial gas manufacturer Air Liquide. Innergy, who were the appointed distributor for Bradford have now also been awarded the supply for Leeds and Wakefield.

John Thompson, Network Sales Manager for Air Liquide UK commented “The directors of innergy LPG have shown a great desire to provide an excellent service to the industrial gas users in the West Yorkshire area.

"Our customers tell us that the reasons they use innergy LPG are quality of service, strong relationships built upon trust and, of course, fantastic pricing. We have been asked on numerous occasions whether we could supply the full range of industrial gases including Acetylene, Argon, Nitrogen and Oxygen. These complement our existing supply of propane and butane bottled gases." explained Gez Walsh, Commercial Director, innergy LPG. "We spoke to a number of potential industrial gas partners and chose Air Liquide as a supplier who shared our beliefs, ambitions and standards. It has always been our stated intention to become Air Liquides largest distributor within three years and this takes us a step closer to fulfilling that ambition"

Air Liquide are a world leader in the manufacturer and supply of industrial and medical gases, with 37,000 employees across 72 countries, and recently significantly increased their presence in the UK with the acquisition of Linde Gas UK Ltd.

innergy LPG Ltd are an award winning leading Regional supplier of industrial gases, Bulk LPG, bottled gases and associated equipment. One of the fastest growing suppliers in the UK, our success has been based upon a simple philosophy – excellence of service, relationships built upon trust, and great value pricing.

Innovative new business, innergy LPG from Leeds were, last night, named winners at the NatWest startupsawards.

“Our winners are the business leaders of tomorrow but the driver’s of today’s economy. It is essential we recognise their efforts and that’s what the Startups Awards and today’s winners are all about.” says Matt Thomas, editor, startups.co.uk

The judging panel, including Martin Webb, presenter of Channel 4’s Risking It All; Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic, Levi Roots of Dragons Den fame, Tim Campbell, winner of the Apprentice and now running the Bright Ideas Trust and Karen Darby founder of Simplyswitch.com were impressed by innergy LPG’s innovation, concept and potential, recognising that this business is one of fifteen of the best new start-up companies in the UK. The judges commented:

“innergy are an excellent example of a business that is fully exploiting the benefits of being small. Entering an established and competitive market dominated by a small number of very large players, the founders used their extensive knowledge of the market place to launch a business that already boasts impressive turnover and profitability after just 18 months of trading…. the founders also demonstrated that they are building a strong company culture that should result in continued and sustained growth.”

innergy LPG were founded in Leeds in March 2006 by Gez Walsh and Maurice Gardiner and are the UK’s fastest growing supplier of industrial gases, Bulk LPG, bottled gas and associated equipment. They are working with the Business Enterprise Fund to fund further their ambitious development and expansion plans.

“Winning the award was the culmination of eighteen months of hard work and is fantastic recognition for all our team whose efforts have seen us achieve and exceed our challenging business plan. Hopefully, the award will see innergy LPG progress from the first stage of building a business – basic survival – to developing in to an established and ambitious organisation. Our stated mission has always been to become a market leader and this recognition of our success to date adds credibility to our ambitions. We are grateful for all the support we have been given from our key partners – Calor Gas, Air Liquide and HSBC – and are looking forward to progressing our ambitious growth plans. These are progressing with the expansion of our bulk LPG supply division. With our main competitors recently introducing significant price increases we are finding this service to be very well received.” revealed Gez Walsh, Commercial Director at innergy LPG.

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness who was a keynote speaker said of innergy LPG:

“innergy LPG was rightly praised by the judges for “fully exploiting the benefits of being small”. Small can still be powerful. I was impressed that they are so confident of the strength of what they offer that they provide on their website links to their competitors, so that customers can make a comparison for themselves. One of my priorities is that in Government we should be doing everything we can to help these start up businesses succeed and grow - to go on to become large businesses”

The startupsawards, organised by startups.co.uk, comprised 15 categories, each showcasing the best new businesses in the UK. The winners were unveiled at a prestigious awards ceremony and three-course luncheon held at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington and hosted by Sky News’ Adrienne Lawler.

The judges looked at a wide range of criteria; in particular, business success either by increase in sales and unit volume, market research and identification of customer focus, organisational and team building effectiveness, strategic planning, overcoming obstacles and barriers to success, visionary leadership and social and community responsibility. Endorsed by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) and headline sponsored by NatWest, the fourth annual startupsawards was an overwhelming success and continues to underline its commitment to identifying and rewarding the UK’s best new businesses.

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One of the lpg industry’s fastest growing new businesses, innergy LPG Ltd, has been revealed as one of four finalists of the Startups Awards 2007, offering the company a chance to win a £5,000 prize. innergy LPG, which is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is a distributor of Calor Gas (propane and butane) and Air Liquide industrial gases including oxygen, acetylene and argon. They have also recently expanded into the supply of Bulk LPG.

The short-listing judges for the awards were impressed by innergy LPG’s concept, potential and achievements to date, placing the business among a handful of finalists plucked from hundreds of entries. The Startups Awards comprise 16 categories, each showcasing the top new businesses in the UK. Endorsed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the fourth annual Startups Awards are organised in conjunction with NatWest.

Award winners will be unveiled at a ceremony at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington on October 31.

Gez Walsh, innergy LPG’s commercial director, said: “We are thrilled to be a finalist and very much look forward to the event in October. It’s great that all our dedication and hard work has been recognised by Startups.co.uk, and we are delighted to be in with a chance of winning the much-coveted NatWest Startups Business of the Year prize. This is not only an endorsement of our achievements, but also recognition that the lpg industry has room for innovative and progressive companies. We are grateful for all the support we have been given from our key partners – Calor Gas, Air Liquide and HSBC – and are looking forward to progressing our ambitious development plans.”

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innergy LPG Ltd, the Leeds based supplier of Calor Gas, have been appointed as an Industrial Gases Agent by Air Liquide. innergy LPG, who are just eighteen months old and already one of the largest and fastest growing LPG resellers in the UK, are reacting to customer requests.

"Our customers tell us that the reasons they use innergy LPG are quality of service, strong relationships built upon trust and, of course, fantastic pricing. We have been asked on numerous occasions whether we could supply the full range of industrial gases including Acetylene, Argon, Nitrogen and Oxygen. These complement our existing supply of propane and butane bottled gases." explained Gez Walsh, Commercial Director, innergy LPG. "We spoke to a number of potential industrial gas partners and chose Air Liquide as a supplier who shared our beliefs, ambitions and standards."

Air Liquide are a world leader in the manufacturer and supply of industrial and medical gases, with 37,000 employees across 72 countries, and recently significantly increased their presence in the UK with the acquisition of Linde Gas UK Ltd.



John Thompson, Network Sales Manager for Air Liquide UK commented, "Air Liquide are delighted to appoint innergy LPG as an Agent for our range of industrial gases and ancillary equipment. The directors of innergy LPG have shown a great desire to provide an excellent service to the industrial gas users in the West Yorkshire area. Their appointment further confirms Air Liquide's intentions to strengthen our position and presence in the UK. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with innergy LPG"

innergy LPG have been supported in their growth by Business Link and The Business Enterprise Fund."

Propane and Butane supplier, innergy LPG Ltd, has recently joined Calor Gas’s nationwide network of distributors and has assumed management of the former Calor Direct site at Whitehall Road Industrial Estate in Leeds. innergy LPG, which has just celebrated its first year in business, now operates two sites in West Yorkshire, servicing over 600 commercial and domestic customers.

“We are an ambitious company with plans to continue our rapid growth through expansion into other areas of the country, introducing industrial gases and developing a bulk lpg supply business. It was important that we chose the right lpg supply partner,” said Gez Walsh, innergy LPG’s commercial director. “We considered a number of supply options, but Calor offered us a fantastic support package and we are pleased with the ongoing assistance they provide.”

Contact innergy LPG Ltd on 08458 382388