40 SME 100 list unveiled
One hundred of the best SMEs in the region make up our Thames Valley SME 100, unveiled in The Business Magazine this month. The SME 100 lists companies below £10 million turnover. It includes a wide diversity of businesses, reflecting the variety of small and medium-sized enterprises that exist across the region
The SME 100 is supported by Santander bank; Haines Watts chartered accountants and business advisers; VitalSix, the business experts who support business growth; and new sponsor, the renowned law firm, Field Seymour Parkes.
Ranked by sales, the SME 100 includes only private independent businesses. Public companies and foreign-owned enterprises are excluded.
David Murray, publisher of The Business Magazine, said: “This is the second year of the SME 100 and it’s interesting to see that together they account for £857 million turnover.
“The Government sees SMEs as being vital to the UK economy. Nearly 50% of all
business turnover in the UK is derived from SMEs and it’s intriguing to realise that the vast majority of SMEs are actually micro businesses employing less than 10 people.
“The companies in our list on the whole have bigger workforces, but it is still apparent that there is a great deal of business being generated by a relatively small number of employees here. It’s the SME sector where enterprise, innovation and productivity are at their best.”
At the top of the SME 100 are three companies with £10m turnover – Southern Business Technologies of Basingstoke, Williams Performance Tenders of Berinsfield, near Oxford, and RL Maynard of Gerrards Cross.
Southern Business Technologies operates from Dummer, near Basingstoke, offering communications systems, from office telephone systems to business mobiles. Trading under Southern Communications, it was established in 1965 and employs more than 70 people
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www.southern-comms.co.uk
Williams Performance Tenders was founded as Williams Marine in 1995 by brothers Mathew and John Hornsby. In 2004 business partner Roy Parker joined the team and Williams Performance Tenders was founded. The company now employs 36 staff and operates in 24 European locations, enjoying a reputation as the world’s leading jet tender specialist
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www.williamsjettenders.com Rules of engagement
• SME 100 companies must be private, independent businesses • SME companies are those with turnover below £10 million • Listed companies (either LSE or foreign stockmarkets) are excluded
• Companies must be trading in the Thames Valley region, with their main headquarters located in the region
• Companies that list their registered office in the region, but don’t trade from that address, are excluded
• Companies that are foreign-owned are excluded • Companies House records are used, provided by Experian and OneSource
• The Thames Valley region is defined as Berkshire, most of Oxfordshire, plus south Bucks, parts of Surrey and northern parts of Hampshire. It follows the circulation of the Thames Valley edition of The Business Magazine
Property developer RL Maynard, based in Gerrards Cross, was formed in 1973, and is best known as Nationcrest, the privately-owned housebuilding company, developing high-quality homes throughout Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Latest properties include four homes in Bourne End and two substantial properties at Felden Herts
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www.nationcrest.co.uk
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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – NOVEMBER 2012
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