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.