LOCAL AREA SUMARY:
Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough
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
Yours Clothing
Yours Clothing has developed a plus size fashion range for men and women, sold online and in store.
Arm
Arm manufactures processors and chips for a range of products.
Precise Component Manufacture
Precise Component Manufacture provides manufacturing services for the technology industry.
Azuri Technologies
Azuri Technologies supplies solar panel units to individuals in rural Africa, where the costs are recovered using a “pay as you go” system which lasts for 18 months, at the end of which the panel can be upgraded or is free to use.
PragmatIC Printing
PragmatIC Printing manufactures ultra-thin microcircuits for use in mass-market objects and packaging.
Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth
Azuri Technologies
Azuri Technologies supplies solar panel units to individuals in rural Africa, where the costs are recovered using a “pay as you go” system which lasts for 18 months, at the end of which the panel can be upgraded or is free to use.
John Henry Group
John Henry Group provides civil engineering services including consultancy and project management to the Telecoms, Utilities and Highways sectors.
SG Controls
SG Controls provides a range of manufacturing and engineering services related to preforms and optical fibres.
PragmatIC Printing
PragmatIC Printing manufactures ultra-thin microcircuits for use in mass-market objects and packaging.
Howard Group
Howard Group operates a number of companies including Howard Property and Howard Capital.
Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes
GCGP plays host to a number of high-quality programmes for scaleups. The School for Scaleups supported by the Cambridge Network gives businesses the benefits of collaborative learning with peers and mentors inside and outside their own company, so they can exchange ideas on management challenges and opportunities. The Babraham Research Campus is a connected community for businesses in the life sciences sector that combines flexible working space with comprehensive support programmes. The Bradfield Centre in partnership with Cambridge University is providing space for scaleups in the technology sectors and is developing a scaleup offering.
In July 2019 the Business Board which has replaced the LEP published its Local Industrial Strategy in which a priority for action was to deliver integrated approaches to business support, ensuring businesses have the access to the right kind of space and growth coaching as well as supporting networks. Partners have been invited to bid for funding to help achieve this.
The region also intends to build upon the clusters and networks, as seen through the Cambridge Cluster Map, that have enabled Cambridge to become a global leader in innovative growth. The Combined Authority has committed to fund an Innovation Launchpad facility, or facilities, offering new locations to support the development of innovation ecosystems.
Scaleup Views
The key barriers to growth are access to talent, access to UK markets and access to infrastructure/premises and broadband. They are looking for support through banks and other financial suppliers, local universities / business schools, Innovate UK and peer networks.
Top barriers to growth
- Access to talent
- Access to UK markets
- Access to infrastructure/premises and broadband
want TO SEE more of:
- Local universities/business schools
- Peer networks
- Banks and other financial suppliers
- Innovate UK
- Visas