LOCAL AREA SUMARY:

Hertfordshire

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

Purple Surgical
Purple Surgical operates a number of companies which are involved in the manufacture and distribution of surgical equipment.

Redwood Bank
Redwood Bank operates a bank for SMEs.

Numbermill
Numbermill provides accountancy and consultancy services to recruitment businesses.

GAMA Healthcare
GAMA Healthcare manufactures and supplies disinfectant cleaning products such as wipes, sprays and accessories.

Pangaea
Pangaea manufactures and distributes branded cosmetics and beauty products.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Expert Property Care
Expert Property Care provides property repair and maintenance services.

Flint International
Flint International provides a range of consultancy, recruitment and management services to the IT and telecommunications sectors.

Harlequin Design
Harlequin Design designs and produces displays for the retail industry.

TLC LIVE
TLC LIVE operates a web-based service that allows schoolchildren to receive tutoring from qualified teachers.

Carey London
Carey London provides a range of construction services, specialising in groundworks and frameworks.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

Scaleups can access growth expert advice and are signposted on to other support. This includes Innovate UK Edge and the Growth Hub’s Get Growing 2.0 which gives scaleups access to a dedicated Growth Account Manager, in-depth analysis and a growth action plan. A key programme continuing operating in the area is the Low Carbon Innovation Fund opearting across the Hertfordshire, Greater Cambridgeshire and New Anglia LEP areas.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are Access to the talent you can hire, UK Markets & International Markets and Debt & Equity Finance / Access to infrastructure/premises / broadband/. They are looking for support through Peer to peer networksand want easier acces to Large corporates.

Top barriers to growth

  1. Access to the talent you can hire
  2. UK Markets & International Markets
  3. Debt & Equity Finance / Access to infrastructure/premises / broadband/

want TO SEE more of:

  • Peer to peer networks
  • Large corporates

Hertfordshire LEP is now focusing on a sectoral approach to business support. It will continue to fund a pilot Service Innovation programme operated by ESTU and the Royal College of Art and Its Growth Hub deliver a broad range of advisory services for scaleups across sectors.