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Dyson Ltd

Dyson Ltd is an appliances manufacturing company; its main products are vacuum cleaners that use cyclonic separation. The founder, James Dyson, used centrifugal particle separation after finding that to restore suction, the dust bag in his vacuum cleaner needed to be replaced – even when it was not full. read more

 

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. It also designs and engineers cars which are manufactured by Magna Steyr in Austria. From 1994 until 2007 Aston Martin was part of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of the company's Premier Automotive Group in 2000. On 12 March 2007, it was purchased for £479 million by a joint venture company, headed by David Richards and co-owned by Investment Dar and Adeem Investment of Kuwait and English businessman John Sinders. Ford retained a US$77 million stake in Aston Martin, valuing the company at US$925 million. read more

 

Odeon Cinemas

Odeon Cinemas is a British chain of cinemas, also being the largest in Europe. It is owned by Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group whose ultimate parent is Terra Firma Capital Partners. read more

 

Samworth Brothers

Samworth Brothers are a Leicestershire-based food manufacturer, the owner of Ginsters Cornish Pastie's, and the largest maker of certified Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. It is listed at number four in The Times Top Track 250. read more

 

Mace Group

Mace Group is a global consultancy and construction firm operating across 49 countries, offering a variety of services that span the entire property life cycle, from fund monitoring, cost consultancy, design management, through pre-construction, construction, fit out, and facilities management. read more

 

Flybe Group Plc

Flybe Group PLC (styled as flybe) is a low-cost regional airline headquartered at the Jack Walker House at Exeter International Airport in Devon, England. It operates over 180 routes to 65 European airports, and is Europe's largest regional airline, carrying over 6.7 million passengers during 2009. In December 2010, Flybe raised £66m from a stock market flotation and is now listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: FLYB). The airline employs around 2,800 people. Flybe's largest base is Southampton Airport and it has other large bases at Manchester Airport, Birmingham Airport and Belfast City Airport and 14 aircraft and crew bases across the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. read more

 

Get The Maximum ROI Fom Your Marketing Budget

Get the maximum ROI from your marketing budget B2B Marcomms is a full-service brand, design and marketing agency. We work across multiple sectors to deliver a diverse range of strategic marketing and communications solutions. read more

 

Travelex Group

Travelex Group is foreign exchange company founded by Lloyd Dorfman and headquartered London. Its main businesses are international payments, bureau de change and issuing prepaid credit cards for use by travellers. It is the world's largest foreign exchange bureau and is a major donor and sponsor of the Royal National Theatre. In 2007 it proposed a 'space currency' called the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination as part of a viral marketing campaign. read more

 

Vasanta Group

Vasanta Group is the UK's largest office supplies company, head quartered in Sheffield. Formed in 2007 after the management buyout of Kingfield Heath, the company then merged with ISA and Supplies Team to form Vasanta Group. It is majority owned by private equity company Electra Partners, with majority debt underwritten by the Royal Bank of Scotland. It is listed on the Top Track 100 of the UK's 100 largest private companies. Now the UK's largest offices supplies company, it distributes office supplies on a UK wide basis, and computer supplies on a European basis. In July 2009 Vasanta announced a refinancing deal with Endless. read more

 

Fitness First

Fitness First is the largest privately owned health club group in the world with over 540 Fitness First clubs worldwide reaching over 1.4 million members in 19 countries. In the UK alone there are 161 Fitness First clubs with over 1,425,000 members. In 2005 the company was acquired by BC Partners, a European private equity group. In Australia, Fitness First took over a number of Living Well Lady locations owned by the Hilton Group. Also they bought the 11-gym Healthland chain from an administrator, and now own over 80 gyms across Australia. In late 2006, Fitness First reached the milestone of 500 clubs worldwide, marked by the opening of the fourth club in Sydney, Australia. It is behind the worldwide International Fitness Week campaign to encourage more people to find out what fitness regime works for them. read more