Winner: Glencar Construction

Glencar has grown rapidly since its establishment in 2016. The business achieved £66m turnover in 2019/20, a 200% year-on-year increase, and is on track to deliver £180m revenue for the current financial year. Growth has been achieved via the careful identification and targeting of clients and schemes. The contractor is currently working on two key schemes for longstanding client Ocado, including the £50m rebuild of its Andover customer fulfilment centre, which was destroyed in a fire last year. Glencar is also building the new Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre at Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, where the firm has committed to a completion date a whole year ahead of its original planned opening.

Over the past year the contractor has opened a new office in Birmingham to service schemes and clients in the Midlands and the North and has recently moved its St Albans head office to a new building. The firm has been able to remain buoyant throughout the covid-19 pandemic due to its focus on industrial and warehouse facilities. The firm secured seven new schemes during the lockdown period.

The contractor has a focus on future-proofing its business, having conducted a training needs analysis to understand the gaps within the company, based on current and future skills requirements. It is now in the process of pulling together a calendar of training and development interventions that will help meet these needs. Glencar also boasts a 90% customer retention rate.

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