LOCAL AREA SUMARY:

Leeds City Region

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

NIC Services Group
NIC Services Group provides outsourced cleaning and facilities management services.

The Right Fuelcard Company
The Right Fuelcard Company distributes fuel cards from a range of fuel companies, including Shell and Esso.

Logical Personnel Solutions
Logical Personnel Solutions provides recruitment services for businesses in the technical sector such as construction, logistics and manufacturing.

Nova Contracting
Nova Contracting provides a range administrative and personal services for companies.

Pure Retirement
Pure Retirement provides equity release mortgages to retirees.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Eville & Jones
Eville & Jones provides a number of veterinary inspection services to ensure client businesses meet animal welfare and meat quality inspection requirements.

The John Smith’s Stadium
The John Smith’s Stadium operates a football stadium which is used for competitive sporting events such as football matches, and can be rented out for weddings, corporate conferences and events.

Towngate
Towngate provides a range of building refurbishment and conversion services, specialising in industrial developments.

The Right Fuelcard Company
The Right Fuelcard Company distributes fuel cards from a range of fuel companies, including Shell and Esso.

Triton
Triton offers construction services within the healthcare, education, leisure, commercial, retail, industrial, residential and listed building sectors, specialising in design, build, new build and refurbishment projects.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

Businesses benefit from a number of scaleup programmes already exist in the region, such as the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK, the PwC Scale-up programme and Growth 365 run by Grant Thornton. The LEP itself has two tailored programmes:

  • The Strategic Business Growth Programme provides one-to-one advice, financial support towards capital investment that will accelerate growth, and specialist workshops. It has exceeded contractual targets in terms of the number of businesses supported.
  • The AD:VENTURE programme has been extended until 2022. It offers a comprehensive and innovative mix of tailored business support to boost growth and develop businesses in their early years.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are access to UK markets, access to talent and leadership development. They are looking for a range of support, including local universities / business schools, Growth Hubs and peer networks, as well as from banks and other financial suppliers.

Top barriers to growth

  • Access to talent
  • Leadership development
  • Access to UK markets

want TO SEE more of:

  • Growth Hubs
  • Local universities/business schools
  • Peer networks
  • Banks and other financial suppliers
  • British Business Bank

The LEP has madea bid for European funding to extend the Strategic Business Growth Programme until March 2023.