LOCAL AREA SUMARY:

The Marches

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

Wye Valley Brewery
Wye Valley Brewery operates a brewery specialising in ale and a number of traditional-style pubs.

Evolution Foods
Evolution Foods produces and sells a variety of fruit, seed and nut snacks.

Culina Group
Culina Group provides logistical services for chilled foodstuffs through its subsidiaries.

Pickstock Construction
Pickstock Construction provides construction and property development services for the public and private sectors.

SJR Group
The SJR Group operates a number of subsidiaries within the construction industry that specialise in building properties within the education, retail, commercial, leisure, education and industrial sectors.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Wye Valley Brewery
Wye Valley Brewery operates a brewery specialising in ale and a number of traditional-style pubs.

Bevisol
Bevisol designs and produces non-branded alcoholic beverages, especially ciders, to supply wholesale to businesses.

Labels Shopping
Labels Shopping operates a department store.

SJR Group
The SJR Group operates a number of subsidiaries within the construction industry that specialise in building properties within the education, retail, commercial, leisure, education and industrial sectors.

Northwood
Northwood operates a number of companies that manufacture and supply a number of paper-based products such as toilet roll and tissue paper, mostly from recycled office waste-paper.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

Many of The Marches’ programmes are delivered in partnership with other organisations. The LEP is a major partner in the Midlands Engine whose Investment Fund which offers a suite of business loan options to growing companies across the Marches. The Agri Tech West partnership set up by the LEP and three neighbouring areas supports scaleups in the food processing packaging and manufacturing sectors. The Business Growth Programme Phase 2 – managed by Birmingham City Council – offers grants of £2,500 – £1,000,000 and is designed to strengthen supply chains, stimulate innovation and help businesses grow. The Manufacturing Growth Programme delivers support across 15 LEP areas, helping businesses make improvements by identifying, understanding and removing their barriers to growth with a dedicated, experienced manufacturing growth manager giving on-going support and advice on opportunities as well as access to a diagnostic tool.

The Centre for Research into Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) based at University Centre Shrewsbury focuses on innovation and research support to the region’s environmental science and technology businesses. The project helps them to develop and test new products, processes or services and includes research collaborations and bringing products to market. Businesses are offered lab facilities on site, masterclasses and workshops.

Scaleup Views

The key barriers to growth are access to UK markets and access to talent. They are looking for a range of support, including large corporates and Innovate UK, as well as from Growth Hubs.

Top barriers to growth

  • Access to talent
  • Access to UK markets

want TO SEE more of:

  • Large corporates
  • Growth Hubs
  • Innovate UK
  • Visas

The LEP has established an Access to Finance Group to work towards a LEP Access to Finance strategy to help increase awareness of local support and to ensure the Growth Hub is adequately supported to build capacity and capability around this area of work.