The founders of Growing Business Awards winner Saltrock not only recovered from the blow of going into administration, but remained committed to ambitious growth plans – and have seen their company go from strength to strength ever since.
By Ben Fried
With a recent CBI survey indicating the strongest export channel for UK goods and services is the US, Ben Fried, chief technology officer at Lucid Fusion, explains how tech is making it easier for British firms looking to expand overseas.
It’s that time of year again, when the team at Real Business brings you the 100 businesses in the UK which are not only showing innovation and dedication to customers, but have the profits and revenues to back it up.
For the 17th year, the Real Business Hot 100 returns – bringing with it the centurion club of the most impressive private companies in Britain when it comes to turnover and profit growth.
Following a 19-year accountancy career, CFO David Cockburn joined Innis & Gunn to pursue an ambitious expansion plan. With the company labelled as the best-selling British bottled beer abroad and a funding scheme underway to construct a brewery, he’s undoubtedly helped the company take the drinks industry by storm.
For the fourth year, Real Business has scoured the UK business landscape and can now bring you 50 companies that are breaking down barriers, creating innovative products and – most importantly – disrupting previously stagnant industries. May we unveil the Everline Future 50 2015.
When a group of friends came together four years ago and started a brewery in the arches of a railway, they never in their “wildest dreams” imagined they’d be responsible for making 150,000 pints a week.
At 47 per cent, almost half of British companies believe consumer demand will help them to achieve growth in the new year, while 37 per cent expect the availability of better technology will inflate reach.
A favourable tax system, scaleable funding and an international environment are the bait many UK entrepreneurs are following. A driving force behind the business pilgrimage to Dublin is government agency Enterprise Ireland.
