BURY-based Crown Group has bought the key assets of Samuel Cooke, the family-owned independent distributor of fuels and lubricants that went into administration last week.

Samuel Cooke & Co and sister company Company Fuel Cards Limited entered administration last week, with the loss of 86 jobs.

The two businesses employed 98 people in total at their base in Burnley, but 86 staff were made redundant as a result of the administration. Twelve staff were retained to assist administrators Paul Flint and Brian Green fr......for the full story register now for free or login below...