Liverpool City Region’s fastest-growing business revealed

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50 of the fastest-growing businesses in Liverpool City Region have been identified as part of a project to highlight the very best of Northern leadership.

The data has been compiled by TheBusinessDesk.com and Experian as part of the 2019 Northern Leadership Awards, supported by CMS. Top 50 lists for Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield City Regions will be revealed throughout this week.

The businesses have all shown strong growth over the last two accounting periods and now have turnover of at least £20m. The Liverpool City Region list, published below, has some of the North’s most famous brands – including Everton FC, Vimto maker Nichols and Home Bargains owner TJ Morris – alongside businesses from Rainford and Runcorn which are making their own mark.

The Liverpool City Region statistics are distorted by £48bn-turnover Unilever having its registered office at Port Sunlight in Merseyside. Excluding Unilever, the top 50 fastest-growing companies have added more than £1.5bn of revenues in the last two years.

Alex Turner, joint managing director of TheBusinessDesk.com, said: “The businesses in the list are a mix of household names and hidden gems, but they are all playing a key role in the city region.

“Through job and wealth creation, and the impact their growth has on companies that work with them, these businesses are strengthening the economy of the city region and of the North.

“We want to recognise the leaders within these organisations, to highlight their successes and to showcase what makes a fantastic modern business leader.”

The criteria for the list were businesses registered in Liverpool City Region which have shown revenue growth in each of the last two accounting periods and now have turnover of at least £20m. The businesses had to be independent or the parent company, and not subsidiaries of a group registered elsewhere.

The fastest-growing businesses will be invited to a private drinks event next month and also encouraged to enter someone from their organisation into the 2019 Northern Leadership Awards.  The Awards will include a City Region award drawn from the top 50 for a leader within that business which has had a significant impact on that growth, whether their input was focused on culture, innovation, commercial or some other aspect of the transformation. If you want to find out more, get in touch with us by emailing leadership@thebusinessdesk.com.

As well as the city region business leader awards, there are nine other categories which are open to leaders from any organisation operating across the North of England.

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Northern Leadership Awards and the deadline for entries is Friday, July 19. For more information, click here.

The Liverpool City Region Top 50 fastest-growing companies

Company Name Year 1, £m Year 2, £m Year 3 (Latest), £m Registered Office
A. & B. ENGINEERING 23 25.5 42.4 Liverpool
A&M ENERGY GROUP 19.9 23.1 23.2 St Helens
ALFRED H. KNIGHT HOLDINGS 85.2 94.9 102.3 Prescot
ALMA PRODUCTS 22.9 23.7 29.3 Runcorn
BAGNALL & MORRIS (WASTE SERVICES) 33.1 35 38.3 Wirral
BEESLEY & FILDES 24.4 26.9 30.9 Liverpool
C.G.I. GROUP HOLDINGS 15.8 17.2 20.7 St Helens
CHESHIRE MOULDINGS & WOODTURNINGS 16.3 25.2 27.7 St Helens
COFFEY CONSTRUCTION 17.5 23.6 42.2 St Helens
COMMUNICATIONS PLUS 30.9 31.1 34.9 St Helens
CORAL PRODUCTS PLC 18.7 21.4 23.4 St Helens
CREST OIL HOLDINGS 32.8 37.5 38.7 Prescot
CURTINS GROUP 27.4 30.5 32.5 Liverpool
DIRECTSCALE 17.3 17.8 20.2 Liverpool
EDIBLE OILS 186.6 204.3 237.3 Liverpool
ENGENDA GROUP 28.6 40.4 48.8 Runcorn
ER TRAVEL SERVICES 13.1 20 28.2 Liverpool
EUROGOLD GROUP 37.5 52.7 58.8 Liverpool
EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB 121.5 171.3 189.2 Liverpool
FLETCHERS SOLICITORS 16.5 18.5 26.5 Southport
GLADSTONE BROOKES 31.4 37.6 49.3 Southport
HALEWOOD WINES AND SPIRITS PLC 214.7 216.7 265.2 Liverpool
HEALTH CARE RESOURCING GROUP 34.3 51.5 56.3 Prescot
HOLMPATRICK 28.7 30.7 33.8 St Helens
HUYTON ASPHALT HOLDINGS 23.1 28.8 36.1 St Helens
J. ROSE (TYRES) 38.9 41.3 45.5 Liverpool
JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP PLC 256.7 290.9 321.1 Runcorn
JOSEPH PARR GROUP 54.5 60.6 65.4 Bootle
KINGDOM SERVICES GROUP 86 97 103.6 Newton-Le-Willows
KNOWSLEY CONTRACTORS 16.8 20.1 24.4 Liverpool
LLOYD & JONES ENGINEERS (HOLDINGS) 16.4 18.4 22.4 Bootle
MALTACOURT GROUP 18.6 21.3 27.6 Runcorn
MAST GROUP 16.2 19.6 25 Bootle
MD INSURANCE SERVICES 47.3 57.5 65.9 Birkenhead
MEADE-KING,ROBINSON & COMPANY 37.7 39.4 52.2 Liverpool
NICHOLS PLC 109.3 117.3 132.8 Newton-Le-Willows
POPPIES EUROPE 15.7 18.9 21.4 St Helens
POTENSIAL 16.1 25.4 30.9 Birkenhead
RUNCORN MCP 45.1 67.6 77.9 Runcorn
RUSSELL TAYLOR HOLDINGS 15 22.5 91.4 Wirral
S. NORTON & CO 147.4 204.9 272.5 Bootle
SPEEDY HIRE PLC 329.1 369.4 377.4 Newton-Le-Willows
T. J. MORRIS 1602.9 1869.2 2143.3 Liverpool
THE BULLEN HEALTHCARE GROUP 27.6 31.2 34.1 Liverpool
THE CONTACT SPECIALISTS 20.6 24 26.2 Birkenhead
THE OMBUDSMAN SERVICE 23.5 31 36.2 Warrington
TRANSGLOBAL EXPRESS 17.2 20 22.5 Wirral
UNILEVER PLC 39250.8 44943.1 47691 Wirral
VERMONT PROPERTY GROUP 0.6 1.4 34.1 Liverpool
WS TRANSPORTATION 18 23.8 29.3 Runcorn

 

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