Stockport-based Cartridge Save has joined 9 other North West based businesses ranked among the 100 fastest-growing companies by sales in the last three years.
The highest placed business on the 16th annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, which will be published this weekend, is Preston-based renewable energy provider Solfex, which has made it onto the league table for the first time.
Cartridge Save, ranked 67th, is joined by Solfex, which is ranked 5th overall has seen its sales have surge 179% a year from £717,000 in 2008 to £15.5m in 2011. Panoramic Growth Equity bought a minority stake in the business for £1.3m in October 2011.
Sandbach-based payroll services provider Safeguard World International is another new entry at 23rd, while Warrington’s Secured Mail, which was ranked second last year is at 24th.
Better Bathrooms, based at Glazebury Cheshire is at 33rd and Fideliti a Warrington-based childcare voucger administrator backed by serial entrepreneur Fred Done is 40th.
Industrial machinery distributor Blue Group (70th), OneE Tax of Bolton, Macclesfield pet food manufacturer MPM Products (75th) and Blackpool-based Amber Taverns (89th) complete the list.
The 10 North West companies have combined sales of £243m and employ 450 people, having added 340 jobs in the last three years.(67th)
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