THAMES VALLEY 250
® GRANT THORNTON FAST RISER AWARD
Judges’ Shortlist Xeretec: An award-winning reseller of digital print solutions with impressive Xerox annual spend and strong growth with Hewlett Packard products. The business has doubled in size over the past four years as a result of its dynamic and experienced team, with a strong reputation for quality.
Anesco: Headquartered close to Reading, Anesco is the UK’s leading energy efficiency solutions company. It is recognised as the country’s fastest growing private company by the Sunday Times Fast Track and by Global Cleantech as one of the top 100 cleantech companies in the world.
The Gym Group: Established in 2008, by former England squash player, John Treharne, The Gym Group is recognised as being available and affordable for everyone, which has seen it grow to 38 gyms in the space of seven years. To ensure it leads the UK’s budget-gym growth, the company has long-term plans for expansion and continued innovation.
Bullitt Group: A developer of specialist cell phones, smart phone applications and audio equipment, with designs and content that are always true to the brand. Working with household names like Caterpillar, Ted Baker and Ministry of Sound saw the company grow to a £30 million business in its first four years.
Jim Rogers, partner, Grant Thornton, presents the award to Colin Batt, co-CEO, Bullitt Group
Our winner …
… a Reading-based company whose partnership approach to the design, manufacture and sales of consumer electronics products is successfully extending the portfolio of global brands – Bullitt Group.
GRANT THORNTON DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Judges’ Shortlist Alamy: Founded in 1999 by James East and Mike Fischer and based in Oxford, it has gone from strength to strength. Alamy has the largest online collection of images and video clips – in the region of 55 million – and the company’s successful growth has brought the opening of offices in the US and India and sales teams in Germany and Australia.
Mathematical Market Research: Based in Wallingford. It was founded in1989 by MMR chairman, Professor David Thomson. Since conception the company has moved on to become the largest independently owned research agency in the UK. It helps increases the success rate of commercial launches, using its understanding of consumer decision- making to turn brand promise into winning products and packaging.
Golfbreaks (and importantly
Golfbreaks.com): Created in 1998, the brainchild of chief executive Andrew Stanley, whose vision was to make booking golf breaks as simple as possible. This is a philosophy the company continues to embrace today, as it sends golfers on holidays across the UK, Europe, USA and increasingly worldwide.
Venntro Media Group: Established in 2003, it provides hundreds of thousands of people around the world with a portfolio of niche online dating and lifestyle sites. Along with core sites such as
DatingAgency.com and
Singles365.com, it has a range of niche lifestyle sites that cater for a variety of interests and preferences, all of which are powered by its White Label Dating platform.
Nick Watson, partner, Grant Thornton, presents the award to Steve Pammenter, COO, Venntro Media
Our winner …
… formerly known as Global Personals is a Windsor-based company with a £50m turnover, 200 staff and offices in London, San Francisco and Melbourne – Venntro Media.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – SEPTEMBER 2015
www.businessmag.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68