LOCAL AREA SUMARY:
Greater Birmingham and Solihull
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
2 Sisters Food Group
2 Sisters Food Group produces and supplies supermarkets with a variety of meat and poultry, ready meals, biscuits and frozen food products.
Busy Bees Childcare
Busy Bees Childcare operates a number of nurseries.
The Best Connection
The Best Connection provides personnel supply services to the driving, logistics, retail and industrial sectors under its own umbrella SWS , which operates a number of recruitment and training companies.
MV Kelly
MV Kelly offers civil engineering and building services, specialising in groundworks and infrastructure.
GO Outdoors
GO Outdoors sells camping outdoor wear and equipment, both online and in-store.
Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth
Talis
Talis develops software for education providers, including Talis Aspire, a tool allowing academics to locate and manage learning resources.
DESIblitz
DESIblitz is an online British Asian lifestyle magazine.
SKAN
SKAN manufactures a wide range of glass and ceramic materials.
Aston Manor
Aston Manor operates a number of orchards and cider press facilities, that produce a variety of cider brands.
Furness Holdings
Furness Holdings operates as a holding company for several garage door manufacturers and retailers, including Wessex Doors and Chamberlain Doors .
Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes
The Creative Scale Up Programme was launched in November 2019 with 47 businesses having now successfully completed Cohorts 1 and 2. The main scale up activities and workshop streams that have been embedded in this programme include value and pricing, marketing and branding, business growth and scaling up, recruiting and building the right team.
There is also a major focus on investor readiness and attracting investor interest. A number of participant entrepreneurs interested in raising finance for growing their business have now pitched at programme events before they meet investors in the newly formed Digital and Creative Syndicate set up by Minerva Business Angels.
In addition, the Be the Business Mentoring for Growth programme has been rolled out as a full programme supporting 61 businesses in the GBSLEP area.
Scaleup Views
The key barriers to growth are Talent, Equity finance/Growth capital and Markets in the UK. They are looking for support through Innovate UK, public sector funding for innovation/R&D, Visas and LEPs/Growth Hubs.
Top barriers to growth
- Markets in the UK
- Talent
- Public sector support
- Markets internationally
want TO SEE more of:
- LEPs/Growth Hubs
- Innovate UK
- Public sector funding for innovation/R&D
- Local or national government
