From its key operational bases in Southampton, Fort Lauderdale (USA) and Singapore, OSRL can instigate planned and proven incident command procedures, transport specialist resources, and call upon world authorities in their field to help tackle life and environmentally-threatening oil spillage situations.
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Presented by: Grant Thornton Winner: Switch Concepts (No 105)
For the past two years, the Sunday Times/Hiscox Tech Tack 100 has named Switch Concepts as the second fastest-growing technology company in the UK, and the fastest-growing advertising technology company.
Founded in 2008 by entrepreneurial couple Julian and Jo Spector, the Southampton-based advertising software developer has increased its
turnover by 112% in the past year to now top £30m.
The 68-strong team at Switch Concepts operates in the rapidly developing world of the digital marketplace, assisting publishers and advertisers to get the best results from this increasingly complex arena.
Switch Concepts uses innovative software, intelligence and data analysis to understand the digital marketplace with its various online channels of communication.
This knowledge enables it, in association with the Unanimis digital advertising network, to advise clients about ad campaigns, brand awareness, appropriate marketing content, customer targeting improvements and ultimately achieve better return on their publishing or advertising investment.
Switch Concepts provides a fresh and enviable insight into the UK online population for publishers and advertisers – market advantage.
R&M has overseas branches in the Caspian Region, Kazakhstan, Iraq and the Middle East.
Tim Coomer (right) FD of R&M Electrical Group receives his award from HSBC’s Mark Frettingham
R&M Electrical Group is one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the UK, with an increasing influence internationally. Besides a number of specialist UK divisions and branches,
Based in Chandlers Ford, Selwood Holdings is a success story founded in 1946 by William R Selwood, a Welshman who saw the need for construction plant and equipment machinery in the post-war rebuilding programme.
Today Selwood is a £56m turnover company employing 420 staff throughout its nationwide network of branches and is one of the largest privately-owned companies serving the water, environmental and construction industries with the hire and sale of plant, in particular pumps.
Selwood designs, manufactures, and sells contractors pumps and is the number one pump hirer in the UK providing a full range of pumps for all applications. An acknowledged leader in this field, 75% of its mobile site pumps are exported worldwide through a distributor network.
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Since its formation in 1987, R&M has been a stockist for some of the world’s leading electrical manufacturers. As well as its UK stocking branches, R&M has five specialist divisions: lighting, marine, R&M Cables in Bristol, R&M Fixings & Support in Southampton, and R&M Assembly Division in Hedge End. Its dedicated exports and projects divisions, established in 1996, have been an unqualified success with exports to over 70 countries and the winning of many internationally- significant contracts and projects.
R&M’s project division can offer a ’total’ service through planning, costing, procurement and supply of the complete scope of specialised electrical products needed to meet the demands of international projects.
Julian Spector (right) executive chairman of Switch Concepts receives the award from Norman Armstrong of Grant Thornton
Every month, through its market leading ad- serving technology platform, Switch Concepts manages over 30b global advertising impressions, and represents a reach of over 80% (*comScore) of the total UK online population.
Winner: R&M Electrical (No 63)
R&M Caspian was created in 1998 to support the supply and installation of electrical equipment in hazardous arenas such as oil and gas production and exploration, petrochem and chemical processing. R&M has Caspian regional representatives and offices in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
More recently, R&M Wholesale Electrical set up a head office in Dubai to “revolutionise the distribution and supply of electrical equipment to major projects across a spectrum of industries within the region.“
Business Team of the Year Presented by: HSBC • Winner: Selwood Holdings (No 55)
Selwood Holdings restored the Selwood corporate name at the start of the new millennium. In 2002 Selwood bought out 3i’s stake and reverted to 100% management ownership.
As HSBC’s Mark Frettingham said in presenting the award: “The key to a successful business lies with the management team. Our winners continue to steer their business through challenging economic times, while maintaining a fantastic company performance. Their unrivalled product offering and excellent customer service has ensured that the business and its international reach continues to expand. In addition, the management team completed a complex refinancing exercise earlier this year which will position the company for future growth.“
Christopher Garrett (right), MD of Selwood Holdings receives the award from Mark Frettingham of HSBC
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