FleetCor, the global fleet card company, has announced the acquisition of Retail Decisions’ (ReD) operations in the UK and Ireland.

The acquisition includes all of ReD’s fuel card operations in the UK and Ireland, including its network of UK fuel bunkering outlets. It will add 15,000 new business fleet customers to FleetCor's database.

FleetCor Europe CEO Andrew Blazye said: “We are delighted to announce this significant acquisition for FleetCor Europe. It demonstrates FleetCor’s continued commitment to the UK and Ireland, and will provide significant benefits to our existing and new customers and partners via a larger acceptance network.”

Since its inception in 1984, ReD has grown to become a leading fuel card reseller, enjoying partnerships with major oil companies.

ReD will sit alongside FleetCor’s UK operations The Fuelcard Company,  one of the UK’s largest commercial fuel card resellers, and Keyfuels, the largest fuel bunkering network of its kind in the UK.

The acquisition marks the ninth European purchase that FleetCor has made since 2006. FleetCor operates in eleven European markets, including the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, and the Ukraine.