{"id":4228,"date":"2012-12-14T11:08:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=176"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:09:53","slug":"service-business-of-the-year-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/service-business-of-the-year-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Business of the Year 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4592 alignright\" alt=\"Maritime Assurance &amp; Consulting\" src=\"\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Maritime.gif\" width=\"178\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/Maritime.gif 178w, https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/Maritime-172x112.gif 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\">Managing Director:<\/strong> Graeme Reid <strong>Year Started:<\/strong> 2011 <strong>Website:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mac-l.com\">www.mac-l.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maritime Assurance &amp; Consulting Ltd (MAC) is an Aberdeen-based company with a global reach offering a comprehensive range of consulting support services to the marine, construction, drilling and floating production industries.<\/p>\n<p>The company provides clients with significant risk control to safeguard reputation at operational, project, management and corporate levels. Its goal is to provide a high quality service with a strong focus on meeting clients&rsquo; needs, building long-term relationships, and achieving commercial success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judges&rsquo; comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were impressed at the speed with which the company has been successful in making a good footprint on what is a tired, tough and closed industry, being the oil &amp; gas industry. In a challenging economic environment it is key for service businesses to have an expert niche offering in order to survive &ndash; and we believe Maritime is a great example of this. For such a young company they have been incredibly profitable, which again is a testament to their expertise and quality of service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing Director: Graeme Reid Year Started: 2011 Website:www.mac-l.com Maritime Assurance &amp; Consulting Ltd (MAC) is an Aberdeen-based company with a global reach offering a comprehensive range of consulting support services to the marine, construction, drilling and floating production industries. 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