per cent. In the most recent year, the group also acquired Jay P Properties, which owns its current trading premises. The 205,000sq ft site on 55 acres of land becomes its permanent home and will soon be renovated and expanded.
30 2019: 73 Leach Holdings, Preston
The Leach group of companies specialises in the construction of steelwork and cladding. It is a preferred subcontractor to a number of principal contracting companies throughout the UK’s commercial, industrial, education, health, leisure, residential and retail sectors.
29 New entry Marlie Civils, Accrington
Marlie is a civil engineer working within the utilities sector. The firm partners with infrastructure companies on public and private projects,
specialising in underground works such as water pipes, drainage and sewage. A bumper year of trade saw an increase in revenues from £6m to £8.9m.
28 2019: 30
Partington’s Holiday Parks, Thornton Cleveleys
Partington’s Holiday Parks operates six locations in Lancashire, the Lake District and North Yorkshire. The sixth- generation family firm saw a significant increase in the number of caravans sold, which also results in increased site fee income.
27 2019: 9 MM Acquisitions, Preston
MM Acquisitions, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, buys and sells commercial vehicles including mixers, tankers, tippers, tractor units and plant machinery. With customers throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, Brexit uncertainty and
Analysis THE ECONOMY WILL TAKE TIME TO RECOVER by Amin Vepari programme manager Two Zero
This year’s Hot 100 list shows the strength of Lancashire’s most profitable SMEs and their importance to the whole local economy. With the issues all businesses have faced in recent months due to coronavirus, we may expect some changes to certain aspects of the list over the coming years.
All businesses have faced significant challenges to their operations and the economy will take time to recover, however I would expect industries including retail as well as leisure and tourism to see some of the biggest challenges.
Other significant sectors, such as the logistics industry, will have been presented with new opportunities due to people relying more heavily on online retail over the last few months.
Businesses working on online platforms with a product they can distribute will be able to adapt to the current environment better than those relying solely on traditional methods
Over the coming
year it is vital that Lancashire has the right support in place
and that gap between traditional and online retail could widen in the coming months.
Companies which already had quality IT infrastructure will have also experienced
fewer interruptions to their businesses as staff have adapted to remote working.
Over the coming year it is vital that Lancashire has the right support in place to allow these elite businesses in the Hot 100 list to continue to grow profitably, and to support more businesses to grow faster and increase profits.
We also need to understand that within the current situation, many of these businesses may need to scale back and refocus to recover more quickly and to provide a platform for long-term growth.
Both the public and private sectors of Lancashire have a duty to reach out to these businesses and ensure they have quality, bespoke support in place to continue to return wealth and create jobs for the local economy.
25 2019: 37 Jonesco, Preston
Jonesco manufactures polyethylene items for three key
the weakening pound hurt the company’s international sales figures and profit levels.
26 New entry
James Killelea & Co, Rossendale
Killelea Structural Steelwork is a family-owned structural engineer and steel erector. Projects underway include car parks in Liverpool, Nottingham and Woking worth between £4m and £9m each. These recent contracts helped bolster the company’s turnover by 70 per cent, taking it beyond £26m.
markets: commercial vehicles, fire and safety equipment, and spill containment. Products include mudguards, wheel chocks, buffers and storage boxes. The company owns a French subsidiary and supplies more than 50 countries, but with Brexit uncertainties looming management chose to increase its domestic stock holdings by 36 per cent. The increased sales volumes of existing and new product ranges added 10 per cent to the total turnover.
24 2019: 35 RE Dawson, Clitheroe
Dawsons Department Store has long been a popular retailer in Clitheroe, selling a range of items including cookwear, garden furniture, bed linens and gifts. An additional shop opened in Skipton in 2014 which boosted sales but its biggest growth area has been ecommerce, which has provided a significant portion of the company’s income since 2004.
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