1926

• Adler and Allan begin trading as coal and coke merchants in London

1934

• Company registration

1967

• Company diversifies into oil tank cleaning

1969

• Oil distribution begins

1974

• Ceased coal and coke sales

1993

• Mark Calvert (Managing Director) joined the company

1998

• Henry Simpson (Commercial Director) joined

1999

• David Whiskerd (Operations Director) and Peter Harcourt (Chairman) joined
• Started fuel distribution operation in the West Midlands

2000

• Acquired Environment Management Ltd, with oil spill response bases in Hartlebury, Stansted and Exeter; a training facility in Stockton and a pollution control manufacturing business in Birkenhead
• Manufacturing business sold to the management

2002

• Acquired the tank cleaning division of Shanks based in Rainham, Essex
• Acquired Tank Clean Group based in Manchester including Pressure Clean

2003

• Acquired Industrial Water Jetting Systems Ltd, with bases in Bury St. Edmunds, Lincoln, Grimsby and Maidstone. Acquisition includes Branchand Tank Services
• Acquired CW Tankers of Thetford
• Group restructured into two limited companies, Adler and Allan and IWJS, with all other companies changed into operating divisions.

2004

• Rainham depot granted a licence as a Special Waste Transfer Station.

2005

• A&A Yorkshire established with a base in Sheffield
• IWJS Limited (South) sold

2006

• Appointed principal contractor for the clean up of the Buncefield oil terminal following the catastrophic fire that destroyed 20 tanks
• Acquired the business of Cerva Ltd., a division of Conder Environmental plc, becoming the new Separator Services operation at Winchester
• Set up a specialist Tank Services Division providing OFTEC compliance audits, tank installations and maintenance
• Established A&A South based at Crowborough, East Sussex with particular emphasis on spill response and hazardous waste handling

2007

• Attracted the backing of Aberdeen Asset Management Private Equity
• Acquired the distribution and fuel services businesses of Meridian Petroleum and Nexus Petroleum in Watford
• A&A Rainham Waste Transfer Facility awarded ISO14001 and PPC Permit

2008

• Acquired the business of Fuel Installation Services in St Albans
• Acquired the goodwill and assets of Tramar Tankering (Stowmarket)
• A&A Manchester Waste Treatment Facility awarded ISO14001 and PPC Permit
• Established A&A Scotland based at Montrose
• IWJS awarded ISO14001 accreditation
• Acquired the goodwill and assets of the UK Response business of OSRL/EARL
• Adler and Allan win exclusive contract to supply fuel for the construction phase of the Olympic Park and build a fuel station on site
• Sold West Midlands and Watford Fuel distribution businesses

2009

• Stratford depot moved to Barking as part of the Olympic redevelopment.
• New National Operations Centre opened at Barking
• Acquired the goodwill and assets of Cleanex Ltd based in Liverpool
• E&S Environmental join the A&A Group of Companies
• Waste transfer station opened at Standlake, Oxon

2010

• Goodwill & assets of Abzorboil Ltd. acquired. New base in Doncaster opened.
• IWJS Ltd. sold to the management.
• First major overseas project in Ireland

2011

• Transfer of Briggs Environmental Services business in England & Wales to A&A including base at Droitwich
• Projects in Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Please view links below for more information on how the Adler and Allan group can help you:

• History of the Adler and Allan Group
• Memberships and Accreditations
• Group Location Map
• Policy Statements