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Coast2Capital

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

Palmer and Harvey
Palmer and Harvey operates a wholesale distribution network throughout the UK, specialising in the delivery of convenience goods to large supermarket chains.

Wates
Wates operates a construction company, specialising in the building and refurbishing of schools, residential development, office refurbishment and housing maintenance.

OCS
OCS provides a range of facilities management services such as window and building cleaning, stock counting or gardening.

Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn offers a range of air charter services such as private jet and air cargo charter.

Star Sports
Star Sports runs an online sports gambling platform.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

SAS
SAS provides professional IT network and application consultancy services.

Cox
Cox Powertrain designs and manufactures diesel opposed piston engines for speedboats.

Accuro
Accuro provides a range of facility management services for companies, such as catering and cleaning or electrical and mechanical maintenance.

Dugard
Dugard manufactures a wide range of machine tools, as well selling tools made by other brands.

GRITIT
GRITIT provides winter maintenance services for public and private spaces, including road gritting and snow clearance.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

In 2020/21 Coast to Capital ran 10 cohorts of the Peer Networks programme,using action learning to enable businesses to discuss their own challenges and gain valuable feedback, equipping themselves with practical solutions to overcome challenges. The cohorts met for 18 hours of facilitated peer to peer sessions and 3.5 hours of 1-2-1 mentoring. Topics were determined by the cohort members themselves, although a range of topics was available for discussion. The facilitators brought specific expertise as required over the delivery period.
The LEP continues to offer it successful Escalator programme offering business support through facilitated peer to peer groups focusing on barriers to growth. The six-month programme is aimed at potential growth businesses and is delivered in partnership with MDHUB, a leading peer to peer business growth network. As this programme proved so successful participants asked to remain in their cohorts to continue meeting once a month so the Escalator Alumni programme was set up to run for a further six months with a number of peer-to-peer and 1:1 sessions.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are Talent , Markets and Finance. They are looking for support through Public sector funding for innovation/R&D, Innovate UK and LEPs/Growth Hubs.

Top barriers to growth

  1. Talent
  2. Markets
  3. Finance

want TO SEE more of:

  • Public sector funding for innovation/R&D
  • Innovate UK
  • LEPs/Growth Hubs

Coast to Capital is currently recruiting for 10 cohorts of 11 business leaders in the continuation of peer to peer programme fully funded by BEIS.