44 HOT 100
Expert View SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES
BUILT ON TALENT by Morag Davis
Assistant principal for technical education, Nelson and Colne College Group
Huge congratulations go out to all the businesses who feature in this prestigious Hot 100 list.
It is indicative of just how many excellent and resilient SME businesses we have in our region.
The Nelson and Colne College Group is proud to be playing its part in supporting businesses across the region to develop the skills they need.
In doing so, we are helping these businesses grow talent from within and making their businesses thrive.
We work closely with employers to develop new skills and innovate within our facilities to ensure we offer a diverse training mix to meet each business’ bespoke needs.
A recent development is our 360 Lab, a virtual reality hub which supports businesses to bring large scale, often difficult to access training to life within a virtual world.
We recognise that recruitment of fresh talent is right now a challenge for businesses across all sectors.
89 New entry Winfields, Haslingden 90 New entry Supalite, Blackburn
The SupaLite Tiled Roof System, brought to market in 2012, is a lightweight solid roof which can be retrofitted onto existing conservatory window frames to eliminate the changes in temperature common in traditional conservatories. Turnover increased from £11.3m to £15.5m after extending its accounting period to 16 months. Pro-rata growth was 3.3 per cent, despite the closure of the factory for seven weeks during lockdown.
Founded in 1971, Winfields retails a range of outdoor clothing, footwear and accessories such as tents and awnings. While the lockdown forced the closure of all eight stores, only seven of which were able to reopen, its e-commerce offering continued to trade throughout and contributed to increased profits over the year.
88 2021: 45
PSL Print Management, Preston
Established in 1987, PSL provides print management and marketing services including design and direct mail. The company, which operates a 40,000 sq ft warehouse, was able to mitigate a drop in demand from private sector clients hamstrung by lockdown by winning new contracts via the Crown Commercial Services frameworks.
87 2021: 57
Service Care Solutions, Preston
Service Care Solutions is a recruitment agency supplying permanent and temporary staff for organisations across the UK. The company was founded in 2006 to supply care personnel to NHS Trusts, and while it has since expanded to a variety of additional industries, health and social care continue to be its strongest sectors.
86 New entry Walkerbridge, Accrington
Walkerbridge is the holding company which owns all of the share capital of Walkersteel and
Finding and onboarding people with the skills and ambition to succeed is often as expensive as it is complex.
We are helping these businesses grow talent from within and making their businesses thrive
Working in partnership with a local education provider to unearth and develop the leaders of tomorrow is a powerful solution.
Together, we can cultivate an ecosystem in which young people across Lancashire are prepared for the rigors of real employment, through the provision of strong, academic learning programmes together with technical, hands-on experience.
Walkersteel Engineering Services, and some of the share capital of Spire CS and Walkersteel Laser Services. The companies specialise in metal processing, steel stockholding and related services including facilities management. Though sharing a name with the company that Blackburn Rovers owner, the late Jack Walker, made his fortune, they are not the same entity.
85 2021: 60
Graham Engineering, Nelson
GEL, founded as a one-person operation in 1970, provides advanced manufacturing services for the aerospace, security and medical industries, and produces specialised hazardous waste containers for the nuclear industry. The company counts Rolls-Royce, Sellafield and the UK Atomic Energy Authority among its clients.
84 New entry ACL Wholesale, Blackpool
ACL is a construction and building materials wholesaler specialising in products such as timber, plastics and plywood, and services including timber sheet cutting, brick matching and paint mixing. The company, incorporated in 2018, moved its head offices from Harrow to Blackpool in 2021.
83 2021: 59 Hillcroft, Carnforth
Hillcroft operates six nursing and care homes in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. The company began as a speculative project by a construction company, which the owners then opted to run themselves. During this pandemic-affected year, the company employed 360 staff.
82 2021: 42
Havencare Management, Rawtenstall
Havencare provides funeral planning services. The company experienced a dramatic rise in levels of trade as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which continued into the most recent accounting year.
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