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Businesses from across the region celebrate international success

Published by
Nicky Godding

A total of 23 businesses across the region are celebrating being in this year’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200.

The listing ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, measured over their latest two years of available accounts. It is compiled by Oxford-based Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times in February.

Companies making into the list from across the region we cover include:

In 14th place, The Entertainer, Toy retailer which has its headquarters at Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Its two-year average international sales growth per annum was almost 124 per cent up. Founded in 1981, the company’s total sales were in excess of £236 million.

In 18th place was Berkshire-based tech company Wireless Logic With total sales of more than £91 million, Its two-year average international sales growth per annum rose more than 107 per cent.

Another Berkshire-based tech company, Redwood Technologies Group, reported total sales of more than £29 million, and an international average sales growth per annum of just over 98 per cent.

At No 25 is Gloucester-based medical device developer Spectrum Medical. With total sales of more than £33 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 93 per cent.

At No 26, is Hydroponic products supplier HydroGarden, based in Coventry. With total sales of more than £41 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 87 per cent.

At No 30, is data centre cooling company, Excool. Based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, with total sales of more than £26 million and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 82 per cent.

Gymshark the Solihull athleisure brand, comes in at No 59. With total sales topping more than £260 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 59 per cent.

At 62 is Reading-based Invenio Business Solutions. With total sales of more than £43 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 58 per cent.

Research consultancy Oxford Economics comes in at No 64. With total sales of more than £41 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just under 58 per cent.

Wireless network provider Purdicom of Oxford is at 78. With total sales of more than £32.5 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just under 50 per cent.

Gloucester kitchen and cookware retailer ProCook is at 80. With total sales of just under £39 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 48 per cent.

At 97 is Slough-based BAP Pharma. With total sales of more than £105 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 40 per cent.

Worcestershire recruitment consultancy M&E Global comes in at No 105. With total sales of more than £38 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 37 per cent.

Inside Travel Group of Bristol is at No 123. With total sales of more than £49 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 31 per cent.

Food ingredients company Silbury of Banbury in Oxfordshire is at No 126. With total sales of more than £59 million, andan average international sales growth per annum of just over 30 per cent.

At No 139 is cleaning chemicals manufacturer Mirius of Coventry. With total sales of more than £32 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just under 30 per cent.

Origin Doors, doors and windows manufacturer based at High Wycombe is at No 142. With total sales of more than £41 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 28 per cent.

At 150 is medical communications agency Oxford Pharmagenesis. With total sales of more than £32 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just over 27 per cent.

Thame-based agricultural machinery manufactory Farol is at No 153. With total sales of more than £105 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of just under 27 per cent.

At No 171 is Banbury-based consumer goods manufacturer and distributor DCS Group. With total sales of more than £230 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of over 23 per cent.

Oxford-based fruit and vegetable importer Pacific Produce is at No 178. With total sales of more than £58 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of over 22 per cent.

At No 185 is Thame-based Groves Haberdasher supplier. With total sales of more than £27 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of over 20 per cent.

Just making it into the top 200 is Solihull-based sports nutrition brand Grenade. With total sales of more than £13 million, and an average international sales growth per annum of over 18 per cent.

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.

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