Life in the fast lane is a success for health firm
AROCHDALEBASED firm was among the North West’s fastest growing companies honoured at an awards night.
The Ward Hadaway Greater Manchester Fastest 50 2018 highlighted the success of the region’s expanding firms.
The companies are all from our sister paper the M.E.N. Business magazine’s circulation area, which reaches across the north west and have all seen their turnovers grow over the last three years while remaining profitable in each of those years.
The firms which were unveiled in the Fastest 50 A-Z list were invited to celebrate their achievements with business leaders at an event held at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, where the overall winners of the Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 were revealed.
Rochdale-based Frontline Healthcare, a healthcare products retailer and dispensing chemist in specialised stores, won the award for fastest growing small business.
They fought off stiff competition from online toy retailer Maqio Limited, based in Middleton, and Converge Technology Specialists who specialise in providing cloud services to law firms across the UK.
In the medium category Eccleston Homes were closely trailed by Runcorn’s LPW Technology Ltd and Trak (Global Solutions) Limited, who are based in Crewe.
Chrystal Consulting, the Stockport-based business which provides capital, lease and managed services to more than 100 public sector organisations including the NHS, police, fire, housing and national park authorities, took home the award for the fastest growing large business.
Runners-up in this category included Lundy Projects – a third year for the Stockport firm – and Salford-based Sunshine Cruise Holidays Limited, who set up in 2000 and specialise in Mediterranean, Caribbean and worldwide cruises.
Attendees at the event also heard from Paul Johnson, executive partner at Ward Hadaway in Manchester, organisers of the Fastest 50.
Paul was introduced to the stage by M.E.N. commercial director Richard Roycroft.
He said: “Manchester, and the wider region, as many here will know, is a great place to start, build and grow a business.”
Keynote speaker was Ed Cox, the new director of public services and communities at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
He spoke of the history of the RSA and its modern mission to ‘enrich society through ideas and action.’
He then challenged the audience in asking: “How far are you using your entrepreneurial success to bring about the social transformation we so desperately need to see?
“My challenge is not a moralistic one – the men and women that have time and again remade Manchester did not do so out of a dreary moral burden, they did so because they were excited that their designs, their innovations and their ideas could be put to wider use and no doubt lead to further commercial success.”
Ed went on to call for a Northern Powerhouse 2.0, dubbing it ‘something that goes beyond clunky ideas about collaboration to create more fulfilling northern lives and a more flourishing northern society.’