LOCAL AREA SUMARY:
Heart of the South West
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
Plessey Semiconductors
Plessey Semiconductors designs and manufactures semiconductors.
Moortec Semiconductor
Moortec Semiconductor developsin-chip monitoring PVT subsystems for the semiconductor design industry, including temperature and voltage monitoring systems.
RecruitEasy
RecruitEasy operates as a recruitment agency, specialising in the construction sector.
Lloyd & Whyte
Lloyd & Whyte provides financial planning and insurance services for individuals and businesses, in addition to providing specialised services for healthcare professionals.
Synertec
Synertec develops data and document management software for the healthcare sector, local government and businesses.
Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth
Sansum Solutions Group
Sansum Solutions Group provides specialist cleaning services as well as operating Sansum Recruitment, which provides recruitment services across a range of industries.
RecruitEasy
RecruitEasy operates as a recruitment agency, specialising in the construction sector.
Symphony Healthcare Services
Symphony Healthcare Services operates GP surgeries and provides primary healthcare services for the NHS.
Total Tiles
Total Tiles sells tiles and underfloor heating.
Brain in Hand
Brain in Hand has developed a mobile app that enables people suffering from neurological diseases and impaired functions to manage their day and plan responses to situations that pose personal difficulty. The app links vulnerable individuals with carers and professional organisations that support them.
Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes
The Inspire Elite programme offers scaling businesses access to networking, training and one-to-one advice and mentoring. Further support is available through a virtual board which allows companies to accelerate growth by consulting highly experienced, successful non-executive directors (NEDs) through a programme of quarterly one-to-ones. Following participation in the programme Inspire Elite offers tailored referrals to other established growth programmes including the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK. Additional support for early stage and scaleup businesses is available through Business West’s Somerset Business Growth Programme. The fully funded programme provides specialist one-to-one support across a range of key business topics including business development, innovation, transformation and decarbonisation.
Scaleup Views
The key barriers to growth are UK Markets & International Markets / Access to infrastructure/premises / broadband/, Debt & Equity Finance / Access to the talent you can hire and . They are looking for support through Funding/support for innovation and R&D and Peer to peer networks and want easier access to Large corporates and J3.
Top barriers to growth
- UK Markets & International Markets / Access to infrastructure/premises / broadband/
- Debt & Equity Finance / Access to the talent you can hire
want TO SEE more of:
- Funding/support for innovation and R&D
- Peer to peer networks
- Large corporates
- Banks and other financial suppliers