Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Employee Growth

Motorline
Motorline sells new and used cars.

McLaren Construction
McLaren Construction provides construction services, including real estate development and commercial projects.

Hill Residential
Hill Residential operates a property construction company, specialising in new build and refurbished residential developments.

Shawbrook Bank
Shawbrook Bank operates a challenger bank, offering SMEs loans as well as providing consumer financial services.

Gates Group
Gates Group operates a car dealership, focussing on Ford cars.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Sharpfibre
Sharpfibre constructs a range of fire protection systems, including structural steel protection, insulation, drylining and road tunnels.

Phelan Construction
Phelan Construction offers interior design, refurbishment and construction services.

John Parker & Son Ltd
John Parker & Son Ltd provides a variety of steel related services such as fabrication, processing and stockholding.

Oakmont Construction
Oakmont Construction provides a range of construction services for blue chip clients.

Gomez
Gomez supplies supermarkets with a large range of fresh produce.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

Scaleups and scaling businesses in the South East area can access a range of support and targeted programmes helping them in their scaling journey.

The Scale Up Ashford is a six-month bespoke programme of support for cohorts of ten businesses beginning with a workshop for the entire cohort to introduce the programme and its concepts.

Following the successful East Sussex pilot scheme that acted as a ‘test-bed’ for scaleup suport in the local area, the Bamboo Club was launched in 2021 by the Sussex Innovation Centre in partnership with the Business East Sussex Growth Hub.The club is a bespoke programme of support for ambitious businesses in East Sussex providing peer networking, masterclasses and 1 to 1 support plus access to exclusive innovation networks run by the Innovation Centre.

Finally, Scaleup Advice is available from a BEST Growth Hub Scale-Up Advisor who works with scaleup businesses to link them to growth services, identify growth opportunities and constraints, facilitate the mapping of a 3 year strategic journey, and assist with the development of a 12 month Action Plan.