The UKs fastest growing private companies: Hot 100 2015 (72) Saltire Energy

By Shane Schutte

Mike Loggie established drilling tools supplier Saltire Energy in 1986 and has since grown it into a group of three subsidiaries. Over the past three years, the company’s turnover figures have increased by 68 per cent and it has grown its on-the-ground presence in Australia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East as a result of client demand.

The UKs fastest growing private companies: Hot 100 2015 (68) Kainos Software

By Shane Schutte

Belfast-based IT company Kainos Software has more than doubled its profits after winning new contracts with councils and NHS trusts in England, and is looking to create jobs in the tech space. However, managing director Brendan Mooney is adamant that “the real impact” in terms of improving the number of graduates will be about GCSE students choosing maths and science when they’re 14.