46 HOT 100


Hot 10 turnover 20 Ameon 58 87 9


Ashvin Metals Service Care Solutions Affordable Aluminium 48 23 51 12 40 42 69 2021: 51 Oddies Textiles, Colne


Oddies, in business for more than a century, imports textiles and sells them wholesale to the textile trade in the UK, Ireland, across northern Europe and further afield.


68 New entry Ventureprise, Burnley


Ventureprise is a group of companies which specialise in the installation of boilers and providing cover for gas, plumbing and drainage. Companies within the group include 247 Staywarm and Home Response 360. Income generated from installations grew 17 per cent, and revenues from product cover grew by eight per cent, resulting in an overall increase in turnover of 10 per cent, up to £16.3m.


Jamer Mercer Evans Vanodine Winning Networks Merlin Cycles Valdeco Sheet Piling (UK)


guarantee offered. Safe World began underwriting policies in 2018 and now covers more than one million policyholders.


£55,725,027 £53,770,268 £40,118,753 £35,939,016 £34,627,604 £33,630,541 £33,623,583 £31,425,546 £30,931,026 £30,739,916


health and safety and equipment- related courses. The company was able to quickly bounce back from the trading restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic to open new branches in Birmingham and Nottingham. Following the filing of these accounts, One Stop acquired Lord Tool Hire to take its total number of branches to 25.


66 New entry


JLC Groundworks, Preston


JLC Groundworks is a family-owned civil engineering and groundworks business established in 1994. The company has worked with a range of notable homebuilders including Kingswood Homes, Persimmon and Tyson Building Contractors, as well as undertaking work at Fleetwood Town FC’s Pool Foot Farm training complex.


65 New entry


Safe World Insurance, Leyland


67 2021: 46 One Stop Hire, Chorley


One Stop Hire is a network of outlets offering power tools, access systems, small plant and workwear. The company also operates a training division specialising in


Safe World Insurance provides specialist insurers for installers of home improvements who are often required by law to provide a form of financial protection to consumers. These policies, which installers can purchase through insurance intermediaries or consumer protection groups, cover them should they cease to trade after accepting a deposit and throughout the terms of any


64 2021: 51 Panaz, Burnley


Panaz designs flame-retardent interior textiles and wallcoverings for sectors including hospitality and healthcare. As well as strong UK sales, Panaz has continued to expand its presence in the USA and increased its sales in the territory by 10 per cent last year. Panaz was founded in 1987 by Tony Attard who is a former president of the British Contract Furnishings Association, former High Sheriff of Lancashire and was until recently chair of Marketing Lancashire. Earlier this year, he handed over the day-to-day running of Panaz to his son, Rollie.


63 2021: 91 Joe Roocroft, Leyland


Roocroft Road Restraint Systems installs, repairs and replaces safety barriers used alongside bridges, roads and motorways. Turnover increased by 27 per cent as the Highways Agency enacted a number of projects which had been postponed from the previous year. Quieter roads, a result of Covid-19 travel restrictions, enabled the company to undertake much of its work during the day instead of at night, which presented cost savings and higher profit margins.


62 New entry FSB, Blackpool


The National Federation of Self Employed And Small Businesses was established in 1974 to support member companies with advice and access to discounted services, and to lobby decision-makers for wider small business issues. Key campaigns over the most recent year included working with the UK government to provide Covid-19 support for small businesses, working to get small business issues discussed during the Scottish election, and a campaign in Northern Ireland to encourage shoppers to buy their Christmas presents from smaller traders. The FSB group also


59 New entry


Nutrition Group, Blackpool


Nutrition Group manufacturers products for the health supplement and sports nutrition markets, currently producing two billion tablets and 500 million capsules a year. To serve year-on-year growth, which includes exports around the world, the family-owned business opened a new multi-million- pound production facility in 2019 and later invested in a state-of- the-art protein bar production line capable of producing 50 million units annually.


58 2021: 41


Ashvin Metals, Poulton-le-Fylde


Ashvin is a large-scale non- ferrous metal trader specialising in processed scrap, primary and secondary aluminium, and foundry additives.


includes individual companies which produce its First Voice magazine, orchestrate member benefits and provide recruitment services.


61 2021: 58


R&J Builders Hardware, Blackburn


R&J sells and distributes a wide range of specialist products to the building and related trades. The family firm is based at a three-acre site in Blackburn and operates its own fleet of vehicles enabling it to deliver to customers around the UK.


60 2021: 75 C-TEC, Skelmersdale


C-TEC designs and manufactures a wide range of innovative security equipment, which it exports to more than 70 countries around the world. The company operates its own research and development facility and once again invested £1.9m in developing, refining and introducing new products over the last year.


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