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screens installed in 335 company-owned sites and offered to another 800 of BP's dealer partners. After 2 years in the role helping to set up
Amscreen as an established company McQueen revealed in July 2010 that he was giving up his post and said "Having gained a huge amount of experience in my role
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Amscreen, I felt now was the right time to start up on my own". On leaving Lord Sugar was quoted as saying McQueen had "made an important contribution to Amscreen and we wish him all the best".
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