Murco Petroleum has announced that The Premier Group has been awarded a pump maintenance contract for its 231 company-owned stations throughout the UK.

The awarding of the contract follows the development of a successful relationship built up through an extensive and on-going re-pump programme. So far this year 35 sites have been re-pumped by Premier, on time and on budget.

Martin Coutts, Murco’s manager, marketing services, said: “We are pleased to be able to extend our excellent working relationship with The Premier Group to include pump maintenance.”

In order to prepare for the increase in workload, The Premier Group has expanded its service team, increasing the number of both field service engineers and service centre staff.

Gareth Owen, service director at Premier, said: “This is a great complement to the group. The way in which our construction division has delivered their contract has led to this important opportunity for our service business.”