We can now reveal the winners of the 2019 Ward Hadaway Greater Manchester Fastest 50 Awards.
At an Awards ceremony at the Royal Exchange Theatre on 10th May, Candour Logistics were crowned Greater Manchester’s fastest growing company overall, as well as taking the fastest growing large business (turnover £30m+) title.
Manchester-based software developer Godel Technologies won the award for the fastest growing medium-sized business (turnover of between £10m-£30m), whilst Antala Ltd were named fastest growing small business (turnover £1m-£10m)
The Fastest 50 list is ordered by average turnover growth, which has been assessed on a percentage increase based on the difference between turnover figures filed for the last three years.
Click below to find out more about our Fastest 50 companies, and how they ranked.
This software development company makes it a hat-trick of appearances in the Fastest 50 list after finishing 19th in 2017 and 10th last year. Employing over 800 people at its offices in Manchester, London and Belarus, it has worked with companies including Jet2.com, Experian and The Trainline.
This company was established in 1999 and specialises in the sale and implementation of chemical products and specialised equipment for industrial companies.
CTS offer a fully managed private cloud service tailored for law firms. They make it a hat-trick of appearances in the Greater Manchester Fastest 50 list after finishing 16th in 2017 and 8th in 2018.
Headquartered in Manchester with further operations in the Midlands, London and the South East, and the South West, Castlefield are an investment and advisory businesses. They appear in the Greater Manchester Fastest 50 list for the third year in a row.
Neuven Solutions works to help companies reduce the cost of getting temporary agency and locum staff, acting as a ‘neutral vendor’ between employment agencies and businesses looking to bring in staff. It also provides auditing and training services. They last appeared in the Fastest 50 list in 2017.
LEHVOSS UK are the UK subsidiary of Hamburg based Lehmanne Vosse Co. Since 1990 they have been supplying raw materials such as paint and coatings, rubber and personal care to a variety of sectors around the UK.
Founded in 1998, this Knutsford based importer and exporter of fresh and frozen meats, now also has offices in Ireland, Poland, Spain, China, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Morocco.
This Manchester based organisation provides capital, lease and managed service related advisory services to over 100 Public Sector organisations. They were crowned last year's fastest growing large company.
This housebuilder broke Fastest 50 records last year by becoming the first company ever to win the overall fastest growing business trophy for two consecutive years.
This company has over 70 years' experience of designing and manufacturing diesel injector and pump testing service equipment, working closely with Bosch, Delphi, Disno and VDO. They also have offices in London and China.
The Quint Group are an operator of fintech businesses with a presence in the USA, Poland, China, South Africa and Australia. This is the second year in a row they have made the Fastest 50 list.
St Pierre Groupe (formally known as Carrs Foods) is a business which has partnerships with bakeries around the world to supply its brands which include Paul Hollywood Ready to Bake Breads. They return to the Fastest 50 list for the second year in a row.
Bryden Capital Ltd is the parent company of the Bryden Capital group of companies who operate as a venture capitalist investment company as well as providing accountancy, HR and business administration services for a wide range of organisations.
This logistics company have been in operation for over 20 years and provide shipping import and export services, transport and warehousing, and air and road services.
This audio branding company has clients across the globe including Jaguar, Audi, Samsung and Adidas. This will be the fourth time they have made the Fastest 50 list.
Aptus Utilities make the Fastest 50 list for an impressive fourth year in a row. They design, build and install gas, water, electricity and street lighting infrastructure for housing developers and construction clients.
Suppliers of non-pharmaceutical medical products to doctors and veterinary surgeons, this Stockport based business make the Greater Manchester Fastest 50 list for the third year in a row.
This Sale based company deliver laboratory data management software solutions for a variety of sectors, including pharmaceutical and biotech, manufacturing, food and drink, public health and forensics.
Established in 2006, this Manchester based recruitment consultant trade in over 40 countries from their UK base and specialise in the technology, SAP, energy, engineering, banking and finance and life sciences sectors.
A holding company, which through its subsidiaries, operates hospital and healthcare centres for people with functional mental illness and learning disabilities.
CorpAcq was formed in 2006 and are a corporate acquisitions and investments group with over 30 companies in their portfolio. They also made last year's Fastest 50 list.
Another company to return to the list for a second year in a row are this Manchester based company who provide training simulators to the civil aviation, defence, rail and other industries.
Established in 1933 this Bolton based company specialise in the project management, design, fabrication and erection of structural steelwork contracts within the petrochemical, process, pharmaceutical and nuclear industries.
Established in 1928 when Harry Greensmith began selling lamp oil door to door in Heywood, Crown Oil now supply diesel, kerosene, industrial heating oil, domestic heating oil and lubricants nationwide.
This company dates back to 1844, with the production of wines and spirits beginning in 1955 when they became the first business to use the Manchester shipping canal to transport wine.
This company were founded in 2013 and work to maintain water, wastewater and gas utilities from their Preston base. They also made last year's Fastest 50 list.
Small business – turnover between £1m – £10m
Medium business – turnover between £10m – £30m
Large business – turnover over £30m
The companies in this list have been selected as the fastest growing profit-making, private, regional companies, based on turnover growth.
Information has been compiled using data which is publicly available at Companies House of UK-listed companies before being independently verified.
The average turnover growth has been assessed on a percentage increase based on the difference between turnover figures filed for the last three years.
To qualify, companies must be trading entities and have turnover in excess of £1m in the last three years of filed accounts, which are up to date as at 31 January 2019. Companies must also have made profits in each of the past three years’ accounts and must have filed new accounts since last year’s Fastest 50.
Private limited companies which are subsidiaries of listed companies do not qualify. Subsidiaries of foreign-controlled companies have been accepted if they have headquarters or a decision-making function in the region.
Ward Hadaway, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the University of Salford Business School do not accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions.
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