IN ASSOCIATION WITH WALES 2010 WALES 2010

The top 50 fastest growing businesses in Wales 2010

COMPANY LOCATION DESCRIPTION SALES GBP (000S) 2009 SALES GBP (000S) 2007 CHANGE CAGR
1 Smart Solutions Recruitment Newport Recruitment agency £9,240 £262 3426.7% 493.9%
2 Afonwen Laundry (Portgrade Ltd) Pwllheli Linen hire and laundry £13,631 £773 1662.8% 319.9%
3 Electro Technical Services (Mechanical) Ltd Bridgend Building services contractor £2,912 £291 901.5% 216.5% 16
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4 Modern TV Cardiff Independent television production £2,393 £296 710.0% 184.6%

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5 Sphere Solutions Cardiff Recruitment specialist £4,146 £780 431.5% 130.6%
6 Unit Engineers and Constructors Ltd Pembroke Dock Engineering company £25,658 £5,781 343.8% 110.7% 26

7 NewLaw Solicitors Cardiff Law firm £17,732 £4,258 316.4% 104.1%

8 Excelerate Technology Cardiff Data applications provider £4,155 £1,034 301.9% 100.5%
9 Electro Technical Services Ltd Bridgend Building services contractor £5,139 £1,383 271.6% 92.8%
10 Flashpoint Technology Ltd Swansea Sales of excess inventory £38,821 £10,726 261.9% 90.2%
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11 Pullman Design and Fabrication Cardiff Railway equipment provider £10,783 £3,209 236.0% 83.3%
12 Kids at Play Chepstow Wheeled toy manufacturer £812 £251 223.5% 79.9%
13 Professional Driver Services Barry Driver education and training £1,025 £330 210.3% 76.1%
14 M7 Managed Services Cardiff Software service provider £1,588 £573 177.3% 66.5%
15 Total Trade Group Rhyl Construction services £9,709 £3,518 176.0% 66.1%
16 Bebbington and Wilson Ltd Prestatyn Electrical engineering contractor £3,006 £1,156 159.9% 61.2%
CONVERGENCE
OBJECTIVEFUND
17 Tracesmart Cardiff Data solution provider £4,711 £1,887 149.7% 58.0% 1AREA
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18 Gill's Cruise Centre Cardiff Specialist travel agent £81,765 £33,002 147.8% 57.4% Unitary Authority Boundary

19 Biotec International Bridgend Pharmaceutical services £3,525 £1,490 136.6% 53.8% Convergence
Objective fund area
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20 Educ8 Ltd Abercynon Training provider £1,165 £501 132.5% 52.5%

21 Net Support UK Ltd Chepstow IT networking system integrator £1,619 £708 128.6% 51.2%
22 Freshbaked Cardiff Expert consultancy and outsourced services £2,155 £969 122.4% 49.1%
23 Epitiro Cardiff Broadband and voice communication services £2,459 £1,108 122.0% 49.0% 33
24 TB Davies (UK) Ltd Bridgend Aircraft support equipment manufacturer £4,326 £2,061 110.0% 44.9%
25 RUMM Ystrad Mynach Energy management £582 £285 104.3% 42.9%
26 Outlook Expeditions Ltd Bangor Youth expedition provider £3,429 £1,690 102.9% 42.5%
27 Time 4 Recruitment Ltd Cardiff Recruitment agency £9,132 £4,508 102.6% 42.3%
28 Bluefish Communications Ltd Cardiff Information communications technology £8,242 £4,074 102.3% 42.2%
29 ACT Training Cardiff Work based learning provider £8,159 £4,104 98.8% 41.0%
30 Global Foods Ltd Cardiff Wholesale distributor £89,936 £47,435 89.6% 37.7%
31 Boomerang+ PLC Cardiff Media business £19,759 £10,459 88.9% 37.4% 42 32
32 CMC Partnership (UK) Ltd Monmouth Management and business consultancy £13,262 £7,066 87.7% 37.0% 50

33 Gwesty'r Harbwr Cyf Aberaeron Hotel, bar and restaurant £1,589 £873 82.1% 34.9% 6 48

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34 GRH Food Company Pwllheli Food manufacturing £8,093 £4,504 79.7% 34.0% 20 12

35 Cats and Pipes Ltd Holywell Manufacture of catalytic converters £3,814 £2,160 76.5% 32.9% 24

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36 Dulas Machynlleth Renewable energy £13,166 £7,471 76.2% 32.7%
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37 Kaymac Marine and Civil Engineering Ltd Swansea Marine engineering £3,277 £1,876 74.7% 32.2%
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38 MSS Group Cardiff Facilities management and support services £7,367 £4,230 74.2% 32.0% 4 5 7 8 14
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39 CMB Electrical Ltd Cardiff Electrical engineering £5,670 £3,289 72.4% 31.3% 49
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40 CMB Engineering Cardiff Building services contractor £33,993 £19,915 70.7% 30.6% 39 40 43 45
41 M4 Systems Ystrad Mynach Software services £2,446 £1,447 69.1% 30.0%
42 Princes Gate Cool Water Ltd Narberth Hydration services £1,124 £680 65.3% 28.6%
43 Intapeople Cardiff Specialist recruitment consultancy £5,070 £3,075 64.9% 28.4% HOW DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THE FAST GROWTH 50?
44 Trojan Electronics Swansea Manufacturing, refurbishment and solutions £2,821 £1,711 64.9% 28.4%
45 A Space in the City Cardiff Luxury serviced apartment accommodation £1,352 £826 63.7% 28.0% To qualify as a member of the FG50 2010 list, firms Rankings of the FG50 in 2010 are based on
should: percentage growth of revenues from 2007 to 2009.
46 Cyden Swansea Developer of pulsed light systems £3,875 £2,433 59.2% 26.2%
The Fast Growth 50 project is dependent on receiving
47 Industrial Pipework Services Merthyr Tydfil Mechanical engineers £5,582 £3,522 58.5% 25.9% completed entries and information from companies
be independent;
48 Sinclair Finance and Leasing Company Ltd Bridgend Specialised car leasing £10,886 £6,902 57.7% 25.6% that are then verified by Companies House data or
49 Celtic Vacuum Ltd Tenby Specialist industrial cleaning company £4,183 £2,707 54.5% 24.3% have had sales of at least £250,000 in 2007; through the firm’s accountants. Without these,
50 Penn Pharma Tredegar Pharmaceutical development £26,679 £17,382 53.5% 23.9% not be a regulated bank or utility; companies cannot be entered onto the list. Some
companies choose not to enter the Fast Growth 50 list
be based in Wales and the project cannot be held responsible for their
exclusion from the list.
The above data and full company profiles are available at www.fastgrowth50.com * Compound Annual Growth Rate
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