Five Lancashire companies have been named in the sixth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales.
Burnley-based bathroom fittings firm Ultra Finishing rose from 140th on last year's list to 115th, while Chorley-based clinical trials specialist Synexus ranked 133rd with internal sales of more than £23m.
The businesses feature on the league table alongside companies from around the UK, including cheesemaker Wensleydale Dairy Products, architect Zaha Hadid, Oscar-winning visual effects studio Framestore, and Cath Kidston, the homeware and fashion retailer.
During this time they added 3,030 jobs and now employ a total of 11,090 people. Their international sales have grown by an average of 51% a year over two years to a total of £1.2bn, on combined sales of £2.5bn.
The International Track 200 is sponsored by HSBC and compiled by Fast Track, the Oxford-based research and networking events company.
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