LOCAL AREA SUMARY:

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

C2C is currently running 10 cohorts of between 8 – 11 companies in a peer to peer programme fully funded by BEIS. The Peers Networks programme uses action learning to enable businesses to discuss their own challenges while gaining and reflecting on valuable feedback and then implementing practical solutions to overcome them.

Covering a wide range of issues from finance and HR to sales, marketing and more, an expert facilitator from MDHUB – a leading peer-to-peer business growth network gives businesses the flexibility to create a trusted support network, helping to build and strengthen businesses and improve overall performance.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are Talent, Markets in the UK, Equity finance/Growth capital and Markets internationally. They are looking for support through LEPs/Growth Hubs, DIT, Innovate UK and local or national government.

Top barriers to growth

  • Talent
  • Markets in the UK
  • Equity finance/Growth capital
  • Markets internationally

want TO SEE more of:

  • LEPs/Growth Hubs
  • DIT
  • Innovate UK
  • Local or national government

Collaboration with all local Universities including Chichester, Sussex, Brighton and Surrey continues ensuring the LEP has the best possible expertise and reduced duplication of effort and support for businesses. The LEP is also working in collaboration with West Sussex local authority to help plan and improve digital adoption in the C2C area.