LOCAL AREA SUMARY:
Cumbria
Total number of scaleups
No. by employee growth
No. by turnover growth
No. by employee and turnover growth
Total employees
Total turnover
Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Employee Growth
Story Contracting
Story Contracting offers construction and civil engineering services, specialising in transport infrastructure projects.
Lowe Clothing International
Lowe Clothing International operates a number of clothing companies.
Waitings
Waitings operates a civil engineering company that works in a variety of areas such as drainage, renewable energy and pipelines.
Impact International
Impact International provides leadership and management training to organisations.
Cubby Construction
Cubby Construction provides a range of construction, joinery and civil engineering services for both the public and private sectors.
Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth
Waitings
Waitings operates a civil engineering company that works in a variety of areas such as drainage, renewable energy and pipelines.
Lakes Distillery
Lakes Distillery produces a range of spirits at their distillery in Cumbria.
Story Contracting
Story Contracting offers construction and civil engineering services, specialising in transport infrastructure projects.
Russell Armer
Russell Armer operates a home construction and property development company.
Bells of Lazonby
Bells of Lazonby creates a range of baked goods and supplies them to various stockists.
Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes
Cumbrian scale ups can obtain a diagnostic and expert support through Growth Catalyst, delivered by the LEP’s local partner, the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce. This package provides a one-to-one health check, specialist tailored advice and business workshops to help businesses identify ways of growing and becoming more productive. The local ecosystem comprises a wide network of partners who offer guidance for growth and diversification through national schemes such as Be the Business and Made Smarter.
Cumbria LEP also has close links with the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, British Business Bank and other bodies that help businesses seeking access to finance and works closely with the Department for International Trade to improve access to markets.
Scaleup Views
The key barriers to growth are access to talent, access to international markets and access to infrastructure/premises and broadband. They are looking for support through Innovate UK, local universities / business schools and local leadership development programmes.
Top barriers to growth
- Access to talent
- Access to international markets
- Access to infrastructure/premises and broadband
want TO SEE more of:
- Local universities/business schools
- Local leadership development programmes
- general business support from government
- Growth Hubs and LEPs
- Innovate UK
