Four companies, with headquarters in Wales, have been named among the 海角视频 companies with the fastest-growing sales.
The four companies, which was an improvement on last year’s three, have been listed on the annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table.
The companies, which are headquartered in Wales, have grown sales by an average of 84% a year over three years to a total of £134m, and together they employ 309 people.
The region’s top ranked company is Cardiff-based digital printing firm Prodigi Group, which is a new entrant on the league table and is ranked No. 14 nationally.
It has built software which connects digital images captured on a user’s device to one of 50 printing labs around the world. Clients include professional photographers and the National History Museum. Sales over the past three years have grown by an average of 124% pa to £17.9m this year.
Another new entrant is CP Hire, which rents construction machinery such as excavators and dumper trucks, and offers consulting and data collection services on projects. Based in Cardiff, its sales rose by 65% per year over three years to £12.7m this year.
Aerfin supports aircraft operators and lessors globally providing a range of services, including leasing contracts, technical consulting, as well as trading and supplying equipment from entire aircraft through to components and engines.
The Caerphilly-based firm was 36th on this year’s list, while last year it was eighth and the previous year was first. This year the company opened a new aircraft parts storage and distribution centre in Atlanta as it looks to expand its US presence. Aerfins annual sales grew by 77% over the past three years.
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Swansea based Character.com is another company that has appeared on the list multiple times. This year the branded clothing retailer, with products that range from Star Wars stormtrooper backpacks to Peppa Pig dressing gowns, rose eight places to 42 from 50, and saw an annual sales growth over three years of 71%.
The companies in Wales appear with businesses from around the 海角视频, including fitness clothing retailer Gymshark, beauty products retailer Revolution Beauty and brewer BrewDog. Past stars include chip designer ARM, which featured in 1997 with sales of £17m, floated and was acquired by Japan’s SoftBank in 2016 for £24bn; and mixer drinks maker Fever-Tree, which floated in 2014 at £154m and is now worth £2.6bn.
The Fast Track 100 is sponsored by Virgin Atlantic, Barclays, BDO, BGF and N+1 Singer, and is compiled by Fast Track, the Oxford-based research and networking events firm.
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Group, which has supported Fast Track 100 for all 23 years, said: “While these are uncertain times, there is one thing I am certain of: entrepreneurs are the ones driving innovation, chasing improvements and challenging the norm.
“There are so many inspiring examples of this on the Fast Track 100 league table and it’s heartening to see the power of entrepreneurship to create jobs and positive change across Britain.”