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59 2022: 64
Panaz, Burnley Panaz designs flame-retardant interior textiles and wallcoverings for sectors including hospitality and healthcare in the UK, Europe and beyond. The 34 per cent year-on- year increase in revenues, up to £19.4m, includes the addition of Chase Enwin, the luxury interior textiles specialist which was acquired in June 2022.
Preston
Blackburn Blackpool Chorley Burnley
Rossendale Morecambe Fleetwood Carnforth Leyland Clitheroe
55 2022: 73
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AJJ Holdings, Preston AJJ is a group of companies specialising in storage and transport. The company operates a 306,000 sq ft site in Walton Summit and is the region’s busiest hub in The Pallet Network. Growing demand for its freight services helped revenues grow from £16.4m to £20.5m.
57 New entry SMD, Preston
Founded in 1987, SMD is a family-owned company specialising in high performance contract textiles for commercial projects and premium fabrics for homes. It is best known for its ILIV brand launched in 2013. The group employs a workforce of 89 and increased revenues by 19.6 per cent, up from £20.4m to £24.4m, boosted in part by its investment in point-of-sale marketing.
56 New entry
The Garden and Home Trading Company, Preston
Garden and Home sells a range of products to consumers through a large store in Preston and a growing online operation. Total revenues were £18.5m, and the company employs 91.
Hot 10 employers No Company name 46 Hillcroft
8 Ryecourt 58 2022: 43 J Wareing & Son, Preston
Wareings, a fifth-generation family business with a more than 100-year history, designs and manufactures steel-framed structures to be used as livestock buildings, stables, retail units, industrial premises and small offices. The company specialises in kit buildings which can be built in Preston and assembled at the customer’s site.
54 C-TEC 9
The Blackpool Pier Company
90 James Mercer 72 San Marco
36 Abbeydale Food Group 34 MAC Clinical Research 27 Ameon 68 FSB
54 2022: 60 C-TEC, Skelmersdale
C-TEC designs and manufactures a wide range of security equipment including commercial and domestic fire alarms, nursecalls and disabled refuge systems. The company’s products are developed and refined in its dedicated facility, with £2m invested in R&D over the last year.
53 2022: 61 R&J Builders Hardware, Blackburn
R&J operates a three-acre site, stocking a wide range of specialist products available to the construction sector. The family firm, in business for more than 45 years, also operates a fleet of vehicles which facilitate deliveries to customers across the UK.
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GFW Holdings, Darwen GFW is an importer and wholesaler of self- assembly household furniture including beds, sofas, storage and desks. The first half of the trading year was hampered by global supply chain troubles, including lack of available products and a 600 per cent increase in freight costs, though the business rebounded strongly in the second half and registered £19.3m in total turnover across the year.
51 New entry
Cherringham, Preston Cherringham was once the parent company of Clive Hurt Plant Hire before that division was acquired by Fox in 2020. The remaining elements of the group now focus on the management of its quarries and the rental of its portfolio of land and buildings. During the year, the group acquired the remaining 50 per cent share of Hargreaves NW, moving it from a joint venture to a subsidiary.
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