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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

APR Electrical Solutions
APR Electrical Solutions provides electrical installation and maintenance services.

Twinkl
Twinkl provides educational support services through planning and assessment materials designed to assist teachers throughout their lessons.

Sumo Digital
Sumo Digital develops games that can be played on multiple platforms, including PlayStation and PC.

Operam Education Group
Operam Education Group operates a holding group for companies, such as Provide Education , that provide recruitment services in the education sector.

Wordsworth Excavations
Wordsworth Excavations provides demolition services and waste disposal facilities.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Primary Care Sheffield
Primary Care Sheffield offers a range of education and support services to GP practices.

UKEMS
UKEMS provides medical services for events and healthcare including patient transport and repatriation.

Operam Education Group
Operam Education Group operates a holding group for companies, such as Provide Education , that provide recruitment services in the education sector.

PM Law
PM Law provides a range of legal services to both individuals and businesses.

STEPS Rehabilitation
STEPS Rehabilitation operates a private rehabilitation centre, which provides a variety of care services and therapies for patients recovering from trauma and neurological injuries.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

Through the RISE scheme local scaling businesses can connect with the talent pipeline to recruit local graduates from Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam Universities. Since 2013 RISE has supported more than 400 scaling businesses to recruit over 500 graduates. Additional scaleup support is provided by the ScaleUp 360 programme offering tailored support to entrepreneurs and scaling pipeline businesses in South Yorkshire with the ambition and potential to scale. Along with one-to-one specialist advice, coaching and mentoring workshops, participants can also access incubation and networking facilities at the Hallam i-Lab to help grow their business network as well as access design and prototyping support to maximise product potential.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are UK Markets & International Markets, Access to the talent you can hire and Debt & Equity Finance. They are looking for support through Funding/support for innovation and R&D and want easier access to Growth Hubs and LEPs and J3.

Top barriers to growth

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

want TO SEE more of:

  • Funding/support for innovation and R&D
  • Growth Hubs and LEPs
  • Help to grow

South Yorkshire is continuing with the implementation of its new 20-year Strategic Economic Plan which aims to create 33,000 higher level jobs, add an extra £7.6bn GVA to the local economy and become a net zero carbon economy. To support this the local area is looking to create a continuum of support for the region’s scaleups which will include a new accelerator programme.