THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

2013 edition THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

The information for the ranking which follows is according to the latest audited accounts filed or made available by Friday 4th January. To qualify for inclusion, a company has its functioning head office or registered office at which directors are based within , , East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, (including Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Richmond-upon- Thames, Sutton), West Sussex, .

If a company has a number of sites in the UK, and its accounts reflect them all, then it is included only if its base within the above geographical location is considered to be its main location.

Where a number of companies are part of a group which is also based in the above geographical location, and the accounts are consolidated, then the group company is the one which is included.

If a number of companies are part of a group which has its head office elsewhere, then the individual companies will each be listed with their own specific figures.

No existing ranking or format exists as a basis for the information which has been compiled solely by DECISION magazine.

In the index, a dash or blank space in a year-on-year comparison column means that no data exists for one of the two financial years in question. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

Figures in brackets represent the previous year.

2e2 Holdings - in administration; £270m creditors due after more than a year (£257m); sale of Xayce subsidiary during course of the year. 3M - £23.9m pension liability (£6.7m). ACAL plc - inc acquisition of Hectronic AB, MTC Micro Tech Components; £3.1m exceptional restructuring costs (£4m). Accolade Wines Holding Europe - formerly Constellation Europe, previous year annualised from 5 months; £20.4m pension liability (£29.2m). ADP Dealer Services - previous year pre-tax profit includes £13.4m gain on sale of business. ADT Fire & Security plc - annualised from 53 weeks; £8.7m pension liability (£12.3m). Advanced Technical Resourcing - previous year annualised from 15 months. Aerotron - £10K donation to Conservative Party. Affinion International - £7.2m goodwill amortisation, restructuring costs (£5.7m). Agilent Technologies UK - inc acquisition of A2 Technologies, Lab901, five companies from Vanan Inc; £30.1m pension deficit (£48.6m). Air Partner plc - £8128K exceptional administrative expenses. Alcatel Lucent Telecom - £26m pension asset (£7.7m deficit). Alpha Capital - previous year annualised from 7 months. Amari Metals - £20.4m pension liability (£13.7m). Amari Plastics - previous year inc £2.1m pension liability. Apollo Fire Detectors - £5.7m pension liability (£5m). Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers - £2m exceptional operating costs (£1.2m). Arjowiggins Sourcing - $ to £. Broadcast Holdings - £366m interest patable (£368m); £24m exceptional administration costs (£10.9m re-organisation costs and loss on assets disposal). Arval UK - inc £89.7m profit on sale of fuel card business which also represents £1875m of £2200m turnover. Astellas Pharma Europe - $ to £. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Atex Group - $ to £; £3m re-organisation costs (£25m). Aventis Pharma - inc £48.8m pension liability (£44.5m). Avios Group - formerly The Mileage Company; previous year annualised from 9 months; net assets after £129.5m provision for unredeemed Air Miles (£143.5m). plc - inc £313K for taxation services returned by accountants. Avnet Technology Solutions - inc acquisition of Clarity Technologies, Bell Microproducts; £4.7m exceptional administration costs (£2.3m). AWE Management - inc £298m pension liability (£219m). AVX - $ to £; £5.3m pension deficit (£5.9m). B&Q plc - £10.8m integration cost of Focus stores; £161.6m pension asset (£49.3m). BAE Systems Surface Ships - £10.8m pension liability. BAE Systems Global Combat Systems - £39m pension liability (£42m). BAM Nuttall - inc £41.8m pension liability (£14.9m). Barclays Mercantile Business Finance - pre-tax profit after £85m income from partnerships/group undertakings (£600k); £3.4m reversal of impairment losses to fixed assets (£19.7m); adit paid by parent company. Barloworld Holdings plc - previous year £4.7m loss after £23.3m loss from discontinued operations. Bartholomews (Holdings) - £1.9m pension liability (£1m). Bayer plc - £661k pension asset (£8m liability). BG Group plc - $ to £. Beam Inc UK - £1.5m pension deficit; previous year inc £13.7m exceptional costs. plc - £51.4m loss on revaluation of investment properties (£16m). Bisley Office Equipment - bought out 3i Group plc shareholding for £10m. Blackwell Publishing - £2.2m pension liability (£8.5m). Bland Group UK Holdings - £6.8m exceptional costs. BNK (UK) - $ to £; previous year annualised from 9 months. BOC - £1.9m restructuring costs (£900k). Boehringer Ingelheim - £3.6m pension asset (£4m); £3.6m healthcare liability (£3.1m). Bournemouth International - inc £38.5m impairment of property, plant. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

BP International - $ to £. BP Exploration Operating Company - $ to £; turnover incudes £1663m income from shares in group undertakings (£2496m); profit includes £602m profit from sale of operation. BP Shipping - $ to £. Bristow Aviation Holdings - inc £53.9m pension liability (£46.7m). Britax Group - its immediate subsidiary Cidron Childsafe 4 acquired share capital of previous holding company Britax Childcare Holdings; previous year figures relate to previous holding company; $ to £; £5m pension liability. British Car Auctions - previous year inc £369m waiver of transactional loans from former related parties; £2m pension deficit (£4m). Bunduq Co - $ to £. Bytes Software Services - turnover dropped by £49.7m because of end to non-recurring contract). C&C Marshall - inc £1.2m pension deficit (£5.2m). Caffyns plc - inc £2m net profit on disposal of company; previous years inc £1.2m exceptional finance cost from business closure. Caley - inc £1.3m pension liability (£1.3m). Canon (UK) - £531K profit on disposal of fixed assets (£2m). Capgemini UK plc - £475m pension deficit (£362m). C Brewer & Sons - £25.6m pension deficit (£13.3m). Carnival plc - $ to £. Caspian UK Group - £2.4m pension deficit (£1.7m). Castrol - inc £68.4m gain from liquidation of certain subsidiaries. CEMEX UK Operations - £244.4m pension liability (£255m). plc - inc £110m exceptional operational costs (£181m). CGS Veritas Services (UK) - $ to £. Chanel - £3.7m pension liability (£2.3m). Chep UK - £11.5m pension liability (£17.4m). Chubb Fire - assets sold to fellow subsidiary. Chubb Fire & Security - turnover inc £99.8m from acquired asset of Chubb Fire. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Citroen UK - £15.3m pension liability (£21.8m). CitySprint (UK) Group - previous ‘year’ only 3 months so no comparison possible; £4.5m amortisation and impairment. Clipper Tea Holdings - previous year annualised from 18 months. Colgate-Palmolive (UK) - £6m pension deficit (£7.3m). Colt Investments - £13.6m pension liability (£3.9m). Colten Care - inc £2.3m exceptional home refurbishment costs (£1.6m). Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Europe - £56.3m pension liability (£42.5m). Contego Packaging Holdings - formerly Nampak; annualised from 15 months; inc £41m loans/overdraft (£643k). Covidien (UK) Commercial - annualised from 53 weeks. Holdings - £61.5m amortisation of bank debt. CRI/Criterion Catalyst - $ to £. CSC Computer Sciences - £83m pension liability (£209m). Cubic Transportation Systems - £7m pension liability (£6.4m). Cummins - £46.4m pension asset (£42.5m); £39m provision for liabilities (£41m). Cunningham Lindsey United Kingdom - £19.8m pension liability (£24m). Cygnet 2008 - £133.6m borrowings (£138.6m). Dairy Crest plc - loss after £93.9m exceptional costs. DCL (Holdings) - previous year inc £4.3m profit on sale of discontinued operations. Dell Corporation - annualised from 53 weeks. Delta Ltd - following acquisition by Valmont Industries and delisting, the company only receives dividends from overseas. Detica - £4.1m lease surrender costs; previous year inc £2.8m redundancy costs, £1.4m gain from contract termination). Deutsch UK - £2.3m pension liability (£1.2m) pension liability. DHL Global Forwarding (UK) - inc £6.5m pension deficit (£2m surplus). Direct Wines - previous year annualised from 53 weeks. DPAS - previous year annualised from 10 months. Drift Bridge Garage - annualised from 18 months. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Guardian Digital Communications Holdings - inc acquisition of Kelvin Connect. H Young Holdings - £1.8m pension liability (£1.3m). Hall & Woodhouse - £3.7m pension liability (£3.6m). Halliburton & Services - £39.2m pension liability (£33m). Building Products - £17.1m exceptional costs inc impairment of asset values, redundancies. Hanson Quarry Products Europe - profit after £41.4m gain in value of investment (-£1.4); £6.4m profit on sale of fixed assets (£8.9m). Harris Systems - £4.3m pension asset (£1.1m deficit); previous year annualised from 53 weeks. Hastings (Holdings) - previous year annualised from 6 months. Havells Sylvania - $ to £. Hendy Holdings - £10.9m pension liability (£8.3m). Herman Miller - £2.7m pension liability (£8.7m). Hewlett-Packard - £150m pension liability (26.8m); £8.4m restructuring costs (£14.7m). HFGL - inc £3.7m pension liability (£2m). Hiflex Europe - £5.9m pension liability (£6m). Hitachi Europe - £48.8m written off investments; previous year £5.3m pension liability. HMV Group plc - in administration; inc £16m exceptional costs (£14.3m). Hobbycraft Group - £4.8m goodwill amortisation (£3.9m); £14.4m interest payable (£12.6m); £1.4m exceptional costs (£1.9m). Hosiden Besson - £2.8m pension liability (£3.7m). HSS Hire Services - £2.7m exceptional administration costs. HWH Group - £832K exceptional costs (£923K). IBM United Kingdom - £43.7m amortisation of deferred transition costs (£29.7m); £18.8m restructuring costs (24m). ING Lease (UK) - £1.9m pension asset (£3.6m). plc - inc £5.2m amortisation of acquired intangible assets (£5m). ISS Facility Services - £1.7m pension liability (£1.4m). ISS Mediclean - £3.9m pension deficit (£2.1m). Jacobs UK Holdings - inc acquisition of Aker Process, Aker Solutions; £80m pension deficit (£118m). Interactive Services - $ to £; £2.1m restructuring costs (£456k). THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Interglobal Insurance Co - $ to £. Iris Software Group - inc £85.5m loss on disposal of subsidiaries (£9.9m profit). ITW - annualised from 13 months; previous year £6.2m profit on sale of trade and assets. James Walker Group - £10.9m “pension obligations” (£10.2m). John Crane UK - £1.1m restructuring costs (£500). John Wiley & Sons - previous year inc £7.6m pension liability. Kelido - now Westcoast (Holdings). Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings - £145m pension liabilities (119m). Kelly Services (UK) - £1.4m pension liability (£727K). Keltbray Group (Holdings) - £12,500 donation to Conservative Party. Kemble Water Holdings - £40m pension curtailment gain; £3.5m profit on sale of fixed assets. Kenwood - £2.4m pension deficit (£2.6m). Kerry Foods - turnover includes £41.9m from acquisitions. Kimberly-Clark Europe - $ to £; inc £12.6m exceptional administration costs. Kingston Technology Europe - $ to £. KONE plc - £30.5m pension liability (£25.2m). Kuoni - £3.2m pension deficit (£3m). Kuwait Petroleum International Aviation Co - $ to £. Leasedrive Group - £3.4m exceptional administration costs (£1.2m); turnover includes acquisition of Masterlease. Logicalis Group - $ to £. Lowara UK - formerly part of ITT Corporation; £27.7m profit on sale of division. LSI Logic Europe - $ to £; £2.4m exceptional costs (£1.6m). Lyons Seafoods - £1.6m pension liability (£3.1m). mmO2 plc - £2m exceptional restructuring costs (£111m). Man Truck & Bus UK - £17.6m provision for liabilities (£14.2m); £9.9m pension deficit (£2.6m). THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Mansell Services - £8.1m pension deficit (£21.4m); £1.1m integration of Rok costs (£3.3m). Mattel UK - previous year inc £1.3m pension liability. McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles - audit fee paid by fellow company. MCM Select Foods - previous year £8.1m impairment of assets. Medreich plc - $ to £. Merlin Entertainments - annualised from 53 weeks; £13.8m exceptional finance costs (£35.9m). International plc - $ to £. Micron Europe - $ to £; inc Swiss branch of Numony. Middlesex Group - inc £1.5m pension liability (£1.9m). Millbrook Industries - 3i paid off during the year. Modelzone - previous year annualised from 28 weeks. Mondi plc - $ to £. Motorola Mobility UK - previous year annualised from 5 months. Motorola Solutions - formerly Motorola Ltd, inc £124.2m pension liabilities (£18.3m). Mott Macdonald Group - £34.2m pension liability (£31.4m). NACCO Materials Holdings - from $ to £. Naim Audio - annualised from 9 months. NDS Group - inc sale of OpenBet business; $ to £. Nestle UK - £3.7m pension liability (£2.6m); £39m provision for liabilities (£41m). Newship - £6.1m pension liability (£3.6m). Nextpharma Technologies Holdings - $ to £; inc £25.5m loss on discontinued business; £6.7m pension deficit (£5.6m). Nikon UK - £2.8m pension liability. Nokia UK - £33.8m building book value written down. Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine - £6.4m exceptional restructuring costs. Novar ED&S - £21m pension liability (£17.6m). Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics - £92m exceptional finance cost (£31m restructuring costs). THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

NSK Europe - $ to £. Nuffield Health - £200k deficit on sale of business (£500k); £700k surplus on sale of tangible fixed assets (£1.4m); previous year inc £9m re- structuring costs. Nutricia - £1.8m pension deficit (£1.8m). Ocean Partners Holdings - $ to £; £319k exceptional profit from sale of investments. OCS Group - £2.7m profit on sale of properties (-£2m); £1m loss on sale of operation (£2m profit); £32m pension liability (£21.3m). Offshore Sourcing - £12.9m turnover inc £5.7m sales from acquisition. ON Semiconductor - $ to £. Oki Europe - £1m pension liability (£5.7m); previous year £5,3m) exceptional costs. Oracle Corporation UK - £26.9m restructuring costs (£15m); £12m pension liability (30m). Orange Business Holdings UK - loss after £2.6m impairment of investments. - £6.3m pension deficit (£5.2m). Ordnance Survey - previous year inc £13.3m exceptional costs. P&G Prestige Products - previous year inc £1.6m pension deficit. P&G Product Supply (UK) - £46.9m pension liability (£91.1m); £835k re-organisation/closure of production facilities. Pall Manufacturing UK - restructured group, so previous year relates to Pall Europe; £10.5m pension liability (£18.7m). Palmer & Harvey (Holdings) - inc £2.1m exceptional administration costs/goodwill amortisation (£2.3m). Pandrol - £5.6m pension liability (£3.5m). Patheon UK - £8.7m pension liability (£8m). Peter Cooper - annualised from 9 months. Petco Trading (UK) - $ to £. Pfiser - £67.8m pension curtailment gain; £119m provision for restructuring; £62.1m pension asset (£23.5m); previous year £722m impairment of assets). PGS Exploration (UK) - $ to £. Philip Morris - £2m pension asset (£1.3m) pension asset. Polimeri Europe - £1.7m pension liability (£2.6m); £716k profit on sale of fixed asset investment. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Porsche Cars GB - previous year annualised from 5 months. Procter & Gamble Technical Centres - £57.4m pension deficit (£118m). QA-IQ Holdings - £2.6m exceptional costs inc amortisation of goodwill (£1.4m). Q1Comm - £1.7m exceptional gain on sale of asset. Quintiles - £1.3m pension asset (£1.2m). R Twining - previous year annualised from 53 weeks. Radian Group - inc £7.9m pension liability (£5.6m). RCC (UK) - $ to £. Raymond Brown Group - previous year annualised from 13 months. Reed Business Information - £637k loss on sale of assets (£1m); £4.9m exceptional costs (£17.9m). Reed Exhibitions - previous year £7million impairment costs. Rentokil Initial plc - £34.6m re-organisation costs (£27.9m). Ridgeway Garages (Newbury) - inc acquisition of Wood BMW for £16.4m. Rockwell Collins - £1.94 pension liability (£5.1m). Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc - registered office and corporate centre now ; formerly Horsham. Ryder - turnover inc £57m of sales from acquisition of Hill Hire; £6.3m pension deficit (£8.3m asset). Saipem - inc integration of Snamprogetti from another group company; previous year annualised from 9.5 months; € to £. Sanden International (Europe) - $ to £. Sanofi-Synthelabo - £17.7m pension liability (£15m). SAS Holdings - £4m pension liability (£3.2m). Saywell International - inc £1.6m pension liability £1.7m). Securitas Security Services - loss of major customer resulted in £33m reduction in turnover. Schindler - £1.5m restructuring costs; £10.6m pension liability (£13.6m). Schlumberger Oilfield UK plc - £126m gain on disposal of global connectivity business; £12.5m written off investments. Segen - previous year annualised from 6 months. SDL plc - £5.9m amortisation of intangible assets (£6.6m). THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

SHL Group Holdings One - sales inc £37.6m from acquisitions. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group - $ to £. SITA Holdings UK - £100m provision (£93m) for site restoration; £1.4m pension liability (£7m). SK Hynix UK - formerly Hynix Semiconductor Europe Holdings; $ to £. Smiths News plc - inc £10.9m exceptional costs (£6.5m). SMR Automotive Mirrors UK - $ to £. Sony Europe - $ to £. Container Terminals - £13.9m pension liability (£16.8m). Southdown Kitchen Furniture - £820k pension liability (£593k). Services - £69.7m pension deficit (£36.8m). Specsavers Optical Superstores - inc £4.9m profit on sale of investments. Communications plc - $ to £. SSE Energy Supply - inc £71.9m impairment of intangible assets; £63.6m exceptional costs. SSP Group - £45.6m goodwill amortisation and impairment (£48m). Stanley Electric Holdings Europe Co - $ to £. Subsea 7 - pre-tex profit doesn’t include £24m taxation adjustment in company’s favour. Sumika Polymer Compounds (UK) - £3.5m pension deficit (£2.1m). Superdrug Stores plc - £9.6m pension liability (£1.3m); 53 weeks annualised. Supernet Systems - $ to £. Synergy Health plc - £10.9m amortisation of acquired assets (£3m). Syngenta - previous year inc £62m special pension contribution. TCFG Holdings - annualised from 14 months: acquired The Compleat Food Group; previous year comparison not possible. TDL Infomedia - after £29.8m amortisation of assets (£13m). Tech Data Mobile - $ to £. The Ambassadors Entertainment Group - 53 weeks annualised; £1.6m exceptional costs. The Innovation Group plc - previous year £8.5m restructuring costs. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

The Rank Group plc - annualised from 18 months. The Scotts Company - £16.1m impairment of intangible assets (£10.3m); £12.6m pension liability (£18.6m). Tokyo Electron Europe - $ to £. Toshiba Information Systems (UK) - £24m pension liability (£22.7m). Towry Holdings - £4.5m restructuring costs, exceptional costs inc regulatory levies, litigation (£17.7m). Toyota GB - £6.7m pension asset (£3m). Toyota Material Handling UK - £18.5m pension liability (£16m). Toys ‘R’ Us Holdings - inc £5.4m pension liability (£2.1m). Trader Media Group - inc £1157.3m borrowings (£1011.3m). Trans Ocean Bulk Logistics - $ to £. Tyco Electronics UK - £37.8m loss on disposal of investments (£10.9m); £40.6m income from shares in group undertakings (£11.3m); £44.6m pension deficit (£115m). UOP - £1.4m pension liability (£126k). URENCO - $ to £. Valiant Petroleum plc - $ to £. Varian Medical Systems UK - £4.1, pension liability (£5.1m). Vector Aerospace International - £2.3m pension deficit. Verbatim - $ to £. VES Andover - previous year annualised from 6 months, - $4.2m pension liability (£2.1m). Virgin Atlantic Airways - previous year inc £18.6m exceptional costs. Finance plc - £43.6m pension deficit (£39m). Waitrose - pre-tax profit after £90.1m partnership basis paid (£101m). Wartsila UK - £3.6m pension liability (£3.4m). Wartsila Hamworthy - £8.8m cost relating of Hamworthy plc acquisition by Wartsila. - £30.8m pension liability (£23.3m). THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Wellness Foods - £130m due after one year (£133m). Wessex Advanced Switching Products - inc £151k exceptional administrative costs (£117k). Street - previous annualised from 53 weeks. Whirlpool UK - £1.8m pension asset (£277K). Wilhelmsen Lines Car Carriers - $ to £. Wincanton plc - inc £68m exceptional costs. Wolseley plc - inc £40m exceptional costs (£51m). Xyratex Technology - $ to £. Yattendon Group plc - formerly Yattendon Investment Trust plc; £18m exceptional costs (£14.4m); £12.7m profit on sale of subsidiary; previous year £1.6m profit on sale of investment properties. Zimmer - inc £2m pension surplus (£1.3m).

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A&E Lentjes UK - now part of Doosan. Aker Process Systems - relocated from Portsmouth to Stockton-on-Tees. Alberto-Culver Group - now part of Unilever. Bell Microproducts - acquired by Avnet. Biwater Holdings - last accounts for period March 2011. Brand-Rex Holdings - relocated from Maidenhead to Glenrothes. Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc - acquired by . Cognis UK - acquired by BASF. Dawson Holdings - assets acquired by Smiths News plc. DSICMM Group - relocated from Surbiton to Dagenham. Direct Line Insurance plc - relocated from Croydon to Bromley. Gazprom Marketing & Trading - relocated from Kingston-upon-Thames to Manchester. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

HC Fuels - ceased to be trading company. Johnson Wax - relocated from Frimley to Poland. Kinetics Holdings - in adminstration. Mavuno Holdings (World Flowers) - ceased trading, transferred to Westflora NV. Medina Holdings - last accounts for period ending 2010. Michael Lonsdale - change of accounting period. Moody International -acquired by Intertek Group plc. Group plc - in administration. Norbain SD - part of Westcoast. PAIG Investments - restructuring with members’ voluntary liquidation. Priory Healthcare - relocated from Leatherhead to London. SunGard Availability Services (UK) - relocated from Bracknell to Hounslow. The Game Group plc - in administration. The Garden Centre Group Trading - relocated from Slough to Brentford. Wella (UK) - acquired by Procter & Gamble. Wood of Bournemouth - acquired by Ridgeway Garages (Newbury).

FAILURE TO FILE ACCOUNTS ON TIME

It has not been possible to include the following companies whose accounts were officially listed as overdue by Companies House on Friday 4th January 2013.

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Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 1 Vodafone Group plc Newbury Mobile telecommunications services 46,417,000 1.2 9,549,000 0.5 20.6 20.7 2 SSE Energy Supply Ltd Reading Electricity supply (Southern Electric) 32,007,900 24.6 -6,900 -102.8 0.0 1.0 3 Centrica plc Windsor Gas, electricity provision 22,824,000 1.8 1,268,000 -54.9 5.6 12.5 4 Esso UK Ltd Leatherhead Exploration/production/distribution of oil, 22,337,000 30.1 1,833,000 60.5 8.2 6.7 natural gas, Ipg 5 Compass Group plc Chertsey Food service 15,833,000 9.4 958,000 4.9 6.1 6.3 6 Tui Travel plc Travel, tour operators 14,460,000 -1.5 201,000 39.6 1.4 1.0 7 Wolseley plc Reading Plumbing, heating, building materials 13,421,000 -1.0 198,000 -49.4 1.5 2.9 8 BG Group plc Reading Gas, oil exploration, power production, 13,391,280 22.4 4,756,500 31.8 35.5 33.0 distribution 9 Reckitt Benckiser plc Slough Household, healthcare product 9,485,000 12.2 2,376,000 11.2 25.1 25.3 manufacture 10 HiFX plc Windsor Foreign exchange provider 9,278,572 12.5 5,239 16.8 0.1 0.1 11 G4S plc Crawley Delivery business services security mobile 7,522,000 3.6 279,000 -16.7 3.7 4.6 communications 12 mmO2 plc Slough Mobile communication services provider 6,779,000 -3.3 899,000 -13.6 13.3 14.8 13 BP Oil UK Ltd Sunbury On Sale & petroleum products 5,753,000 7.6 51,000 -20.3 0.9 1.2 Thames 14 Waitrose Ltd Bracknell Food retailer 5,400,400 8.6 148,100 -2.0 2.7 3.0 15 BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd Farnborough Defence contractors 5,360,000 -18.1 520,000 -25.2 9.7 10.6 16 Sony Europe Ltd Weybridge Sony branded products distributor 4,956,336 -12.6 -610,008 -44.1 -12.3 -7.5 17 Mondi Plc Addlestone Paper & packaging 4,820,760 2.3 383,880 37.2 8.0 5.9 18 Group plc Hook FM systems engineering 4,646,400 7.4 238,300 11.4 5.1 4.9 19 Carnival plc Southampton Cruise operator 4,582,400 40.8 538,880 -8.5 11.8 18.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 20 Gallaher Ltd Weybridge Tobacco products 4,539,000 -0.9 2,404,000 446.4 53.0 9.6 21 Palmer & Harvey (Holdings) plc Hove Tobacco, confectionery, foods wholesalers 4,227,500 4.9 4,900 -15.5 0.1 0.1 22 BP Exploration Operating Company Sunbury on Oil/natural gas production 4,200,500 -19.1 3,243,334 83.0 77.2 34.1 Ltd Thames 23 Honda Motor Europe Ltd Slough Honda product manufacture distributor 4,090,854 -15.8 -150,906 -85.0 -3.7 -1.7 24 Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd Swindon Microchip distribution 4,070,052 13.4 110,963 -11.6 2.7 3.5 25 Research in Motion Ltd Egham Wireless solutionsfor mobile telecom 3,980,048 73.5 51,158 -2.2 1.3 2.3 operators 26 IBM United Kingdom Ltd Portsmouth IT services, products 3,974,300 3.3 327,500 9.5 8.2 7.8 27 Logica plc Reading IT Services 3,921,300 6.1 32,700 -83.0 0.8 5.2 28 Virgin Media Finance plc Hook Mobile telecom/cable television 3,889,800 3.1 191,500 217.6 4.9 -4.3 29 B&Q plc Eastleigh Home improvement retailers 3,710,400 0.0 203,300 40.5 5.5 3.9 30 Dimension Data Holdings plc Fleet ICT services 3,648,676 22.1 127,227 -3.2 3.5 4.4 31 BMW (UK) Ltd Bracknell BMW product distribution 3,485,269 8.0 40,178 2.2 1.2 1.2 32 Npower Ltd Swindon Electricity, water/services 3,292,700 5.2 55,000 348.9 1.7 -0.7 33 Zurich Assurance Ltd Swindon Long-term insurance 2,907,000 8.7 -60,000 -115.7 -2.1 14.2 34 Hewlett-Packard Ltd Bracknell Computer & communications equipment 2,833,591 -3.4 193,185 13.6 6.8 5.8 manufacture 35 Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd Crawley Scheduled air services 2,744,900 3.3 -80,200 -533.5 -2.9 0.7 36 Effem Holdings Ltd Slough Mars food product manufacture 2,686,804 9.9 390,744 8.8 14.5 14.7 37 PETCO Trading (UK) Ltd Richmond- Crude oil/petroleum trading 2,660,840 19.5 4,424 84.0 0.2 0.1 upon-Thames THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 38 Siemens plc Camberley Machinery, product manufacture 2,564,360 10.8 59,604 -66.7 2.3 7.7 39 Rentokil Initial plc Gatwick Pest control, business services 2,544,300 1.9 -50,500 -448.3 -2.0 0.6 40 BNK (UK) Ltd Sutton Oil importers from Belarus 2,420,276 354.9 2,008 672.3 0.1 0.0 41 Arval UK Ltd Swindon Fleet management 2,200,119 -19.2 142,254 195.3 6.5 1.8 42 Liverpool Victoria Friendly Bournemouth Insurance, financial service 2,196,500 26.8 -16,900 7.7 -0.8 -1.1 Society Ltd 43 Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd Chertsey Distribution of Samsung branded products 2,142,251 8.5 39,940 86.0 1.9 1.1 44 Primark Stores Ltd Reading Clothing retailers 2,096,422 5.6 168,062 -12.4 8.0 9.7 45 Friends Life Ltd Financial services, principally long-term 2,009,000 2.8 521,000 172.8 25.9 9.8 insurance 46 DS Smith plc Maidenhead Packaging supplier. Office products 1,969,400 11.9 21,700 -72.0 1.1 4.4 wholesaler 47 Cummins Ltd Staines-upon- Diesel engine manufacture 1,885,893 37.3 377,193 58.0 20.0 17.4 Thames 48 plc Wimborne Specialised systems for aerospace, defence, 1,854,400 -2.5 234,300 23.8 12.6 9.9 other markets 49 Interserve plc Reading Integrated business services 1,847,500 -1.3 67,100 4.7 3.6 3.4 50 Hutchison 3G UK Ltd Maidenhead Mobile communications t/a 3 1,843,685 9.5 -149,610 -62.6 -8.1 -5.5 51 Pfizer Ltd Tadworth Pharmaceutical mfg 1,831,528 14.8 -759,700 -2,905.2 -41.5 1.7 52 Unilever UK Ltd Leatherhead Detergent, perfume, icecream 1,828,642 3.2 112,900 -5.4 6.2 6.7 manufacturers (Lever Faberge) 53 Smiths News plc Swindon , magazine book distributors 1,803,900 4.0 36,600 14.0 2.0 1.9 54 WS plc Epsom Technology-based support services 1,769,800 9.8 135,500 48.9 7.7 5.6 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 55 Allianz Holdings plc Guilford Insurance 1,766,700 6.4 175,900 12.3 10.0 9.4 56 SSP Group Ltd Weybridge Travel food outlet concessions 1,721,000 5.7 -42,200 -137.4 -2.5 6.9 57 Barloworld Holdings Ltd Maidenhead Materials handling equipment sales 1,701,466 35.0 61,136 1,404.1 3.6 -0.4 58 Kemble Water Holdings Ltd Reading Water supply/ 1,700,200 3.6 -7,000 93.4 -0.4 -6.4 59 Capgemini UK plc Woking IT outsourcing, consulting 1,642,681 1.3 38,743 -33.8 2.4 3.6 60 Dairy Crest Group plc Esher Milk products manufacture/trading 1,632,100 1.7 -10,100 -113.0 -0.6 4.8 61 Nestle UK Ltd Croydon Nestle UK businesses in food, drink, pet 1,611,238 -1.5 23,552 1,284.6 1.5 0.1 foods 62 hibu plc Reading Yellow Pages directories, formerly Yell 1,609,900 -14.3 -1,417,100 -2,237.4 -88.0 3.5 63 Kimberly-Clark Europe Ltd Reigate Health and hygeine producer 1,524,600 2.3 66,160 111.8 4.3 2.1 64 QinetiQ Group plc Farnborough Defence security technology services 1,469,600 -13.7 331,600 1,146.6 22.6 1.6 65 plc Christchurch High performance component, system 1,455,300 25.2 226,000 31.0 15.5 14.8 66 New Look Group Ltd Weymouth Women's clothing retailer t/a New Look 1,447,500 -0.9 -54,500 -100.0 -3.8 0.0 67 Computer 2000 Distribution Ltd Basingstoke IT distributor 1,431,018 15.2 13,834 -12.1 1.0 1.3 68 Toyota GB plc Epsom Passenger, light commercial vehicles 1,362,817 -6.4 -34,789 -1,118.7 -2.6 0.2 69 WH Smith plc Swindon Retailers 1,243,000 -2.4 102,000 9.7 8.2 7.3 70 Wincanton plc Chippenham Logistics 1,202,800 -9.4 -47,400 -1,416.7 -3.9 0.3 71 CSC Computer Sciences Ltd Aldershot System consultants/integration 1,179,870 -0.4 176,078 23.5 14.9 12.0 72 Johnson Controls (UK) Ltd Farnborough Facilities management 1,148,013 -2.9 30,240 -22.5 2.6 3.3 73 Cargill plc Cobham Commodity trading, foodstuff processing 1,138,586 16.5 82,737 82.3 7.3 4.6 74 Just Retirement (Holdings) Ltd Reigate Financial services provider 1,131,700 26.7 62,200 67.7 5.5 4.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 75 American Express Services Europe Charge/credit card issuer/ service provider 1,110,034 4.4 88,341 29.6 8.0 6.4 Ltd 76 plc Egham Precision instrumentation/controls 1,106,200 22.7 166,000 38.4 15.0 13.3 77 The Morgan Crucible Company plc Windsor Carbon, ceramic component manufacture 1,101,000 8.2 111,400 64.5 10.1 6.7 78 URENCO Ltd Slough Uranium enrichers 1,094,016 3.4 386,652 -11.8 35.3 41.4 79 Mott MacDonald Group Ltd Croydon Engineering and consultancy services 1,074,487 3.8 48,611 -1.5 4.5 4.8 80 BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd Farnborough Naval shipbuilders 1,053,874 7.1 18,017 -10.4 1.7 2.0 81 Holtzbrinck Publishers Holdings Ltd Basingstoke Book, periodical publishers 1,046,283 1.8 102,680 10.0 9.8 9.1 82 Watson Petroleum Ltd Chippenham Oil wholesalers 1,041,364 24.8 441 -94.6 0.0 1.0 83 Berkeley Group plc (The) Cobham Housebuilders,commercial property 1,041,069 40.2 214,821 57.7 20.6 18.3 developers 84 Wates Group Ltd Leatherhead Construction 1,033,929 15.5 40,144 -7.8 3.9 4.9 85 Superdrug Stores plc Croydon Retailers 1,029,333 -2.4 5,413 -41.8 0.5 0.9 86 Michael Page International plc Weybridge Page Group recruitment 1,019,087 22.4 86,147 -14.4 8.5 12.1 87 First Greater Western Ltd Swindon Train operators - Paddington to West 1,018,928 12.9 68 100.1 0.0 -6.0 Country 88 Ageas Insurance Ltd Eastleigh Personal insurance, commercial lines 1,015,500 17.3 66,600 556.2 6.6 -1.7 89 Citroen (UK) Ltd Slough Importing Citroen vehicles 963,418 -2.7 4,456 -16.7 0.5 0.5 90 Accolade Winer Holdings Europe Guildford Wine distributors 958,300 50.1 22,995 875.5 2.4 -0.5 Ltd 91 Westcoast (Holdings) Ltd Reading Computer peripherals wholesalers 942,413 -0.8 6,216 17.6 0.7 0.6 92 Scotia Gas Networks plc Horley Gas distribution 928,700 15.8 -20,000 83.5 -2.2 -15.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 93 Merlin Entertainment Sarl Theme park/visitor attraction operator 927,857 15.9 94,581 270.8 10.2 3.2 94 Xyratex Technology Ltd Havant Digital storage/networking infrastructure 922,394 -8.0 12,121 -75.2 1.3 4.9 products 95 Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd Maidenhead Metal trader 916,840 56.8 4,610 -50.3 0.5 1.6 96 AWE Management Ltd Reading Atomic weapons establishment, 879,316 -1.2 128,199 25.6 14.6 11.5 Aldermaston/Burghfield 97 HMV Group plc Maidenhead Retailers 873,100 -20.8 -38,600 66.8 -4.4 -10.5 98 plc Maidenhead International civil engineers/construction 868,500 -6.1 23,900 -14.3 2.8 3.0 99 Mansell Construction Service Ltd Croydon Construction, housebuilders 867,700 12.4 14,100 -8.4 1.6 2.0 100 NATS Holdings Ltd Fareham 864,900 11.3 194,500 83.3 22.5 13.6 101 KuwaitPetroleum International Woking Aviation fuel 851,052 51.3 10,381 -26.2 1.2 2.5 Aviation Co (UK) Ltd 102 BP Shipping Ltd Sunbury-on- Shipping, ship management 841,677 3.5 -107,119 -16.5 -12.7 -11.3 Thames 103 Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings Ltd Leatherhead Energy engineering construction services 832,362 -4.0 219,906 53.9 26.4 16.5 104 Arqiva Broadcast Holdings Ltd Winchester Transmission infrastructure providers 831,679 0.6 -236,585 8.9 -28.4 -31.4 105 Eli Lilly & Company Ltd Basingstoke Pharmaceutical manufacture 823,031 1.3 339,948 -31.6 41.3 61.2 106 NSK Europe Ltd Maidenhead Bearings,components manufacture 822,384 6.4 25,669 -1.9 3.1 3.4 107 Subsea 7 Ltd Sutton Contracting services to off shore industry 812,917 36.2 10,356 -85.3 1.3 11.8 108 BAM Nuttall Ltd Camberley Civil engineering 808,667 16.4 14,087 -10.1 1.7 2.3 109 Doosan Power Systems Ltd Crawley Services to power generators 798,560 -6.7 73,727 -47.5 9.2 16.4 110 FM Insurance Co Ltd Windsor Underwriting property insurance risks 795,658 3.8 -50,719 -322.0 -6.4 3.0 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 111 Logicalis Grouo Ltd Slough IT Network integration 791,335 17.9 23,289 345.2 2.9 0.8 112 CEMEX UK Operations Ltd Egham Building materials, formerly RMC 774,450 4.0 4,626 107.2 0.6 -8.6 113 LeasePlan UK Ltd Slough Fleet management 769,305 4.8 34,824 43.4 4.5 3.3 114 Philips Electronics UK Ltd Guildford Manufacture/supply consumer electronic 750,500 2.9 15,500 -78.9 2.1 10.1 equipment 115 plc Fareham Electronic, engineering, chemical products 745,300 24.8 90,800 1.9 12.2 14.9 manufacturers 116 Nokia UK Ltd Farnborough Mobile phone manufacture 730,847 -38.9 -12,153 -132.6 -1.7 3.1 117 Saipem Ltd New Malden Engineering sces for oil/gas industry 727,285 222.1 122,031 1,104.1 16.8 -5.4 118 BOC Ltd Guildford Liquefied gases 725,800 5.1 122,500 -2.3 16.9 18.2 119 Southern Water Services Ltd Worthing Water supply, waste water services 716,200 10.7 84,900 601.7 11.9 1.9 120 OCS Group Ltd Crawley Property support services 711,167 3.2 13,397 21.0 1.9 1.6 121 Edwards Group Ltd Crawley Vacuum pump/exhaust management 700,500 9.3 69,800 8.2 10.0 10.1 system 122 Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd Maidenhead Construction materials supplier 691,564 11.1 35,819 299.2 5.2 -2.9 123 Kerry Foods Ltd Egham Savory food manufacture & distribution 678,565 19.5 6,773 -72.6 1.0 4.4 124 Fiat Group Automobiles Uk Ltd Slough Fiat vehicle import, distribution 675,618 5.8 -41,784 -244.3 -6.2 4.5 125 Hitachi Data Systems Ltd Slough Computer equipment 675,312 11.7 9,708 48.3 1.4 1.1 126 GKN Aerospace Services Ltd Cowes Aerospace structures mfg 669,101 11.3 67,766 277.2 10.1 -6.4 127 Matthew Clark (Holdings) Ltd Guildford Wine, spirits wholesalers 667,879 9.7 9,363 -2.7 1.4 1.6 128 Microsoft Ltd Reading Systems applications software marketing 663,198 0.5 66,538 -13.5 10.0 11.7 129 Holdings UK 3 Ltd Reading Oil-gas industry services 658,688 16.7 -950,010 -51.2 -144.2 -111.3 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 130 Bristow Aviation Holdings Ltd Redhill Helicopter services 655,059 12.9 -37,858 -62.1 -5.8 -4.0 131 Oracle Corporation UK Ltd Reading Software producer 652,911 43.5 -20,342 -361.5 -3.1 1.7 132 Micron Europe Ltd Bracknell Semiconductor memory products 648,753 18.5 7,853 21.4 1.2 1.2 133 MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd Swindon Truck, bus distribution 622,861 6.7 5,959 -61.8 1.0 2.7 134 Schlumberger Oilfield UK plc Crawley Technical services to the oil industry 614,905 -1.7 132,565 1,397.2 21.6 1.4 135 Jacobs UK Holdings Ltd Reading Consulting engineers 609,953 8.6 4,296 -27.2 0.7 1.1 136 Fitness First Group Ltd Poole Gym Clubs 608,277 3.4 -671,541 -710.5 -110.4 -14.1 137 NDS Group Ltd Staines Services to pay-television operators 605,814 8.2 24,933 -69.9 4.1 14.8 138 SITA Holdings UK Ltd Maidenhead Waste management 601,546 -1.0 15,388 -34.1 2.6 3.8 139 International Insurance Company of Bracknell Insurers except like policies 599,203 9.0 7,786 -13.0 1.3 1.6 Hannover Ltd 140 Ericsson Ltd Guildford Telecommunications equipment, network 597,016 -8.4 51,591 207.5 8.6 2.6 services 141 The Rank Group plc Maidenhead Gaming 596,333 5.0 144,067 96.0 24.2 12.9 142 TT Electronics Weybridge Electronic components systems, sensors 591,300 6.4 31,800 26.7 5.4 4.5 manufacture 143 Amari Metals Ltd Cobham Holding Company 590,959 12.0 12,579 -13.3 2.1 2.8 144 DHL Global Forwarding (UK)Ltd Staines Air, seafreight services 588,462 4.5 32,327 25.9 5.5 4.6 145 Southern Electric Power Reading Managing electricity distribution network 578,800 2.9 198,400 -13.5 34.3 40.8 Distribution plc 146 ITW Ltd Windsor Component Manufacture 576,565 0.8 36,917 -18.8 6.4 8.0 147 Nuffield Health Surbiton Health clubs/screening 572,200 3.6 3,800 660.0 0.7 0.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 148 Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd Camberley Pharmaceuticals manufacture 562,827 5.8 34,721 -12.8 6.2 7.5 149 ISS Facility Services Ltd Woking Facilities management 560,847 7.4 24,333 5.8 4.3 4.4 150 Vestey Holdings Ltd Coulsdon Meat trading/cattle farming 557,167 -6.2 7,622 74.7 1.4 0.7 151 Kia Motors (UK) Ltd Weybridge Kia vehicle distributor 547,229 -1.2 18,889 452.6 3.5 0.6 152 State Oil Ltd Weybridge Fuel, oil importer,re-seller 540,560 28.8 4,616 131.3 0.9 0.5 153 Abbott Laboratories Ltd Maidenhead Pharmaceutical/ nutrition products 536,325 -0.5 17,753 -43.3 3.3 5.8 154 Avnet Technology Solutions Bracknell IT distribution 532,466 133.6 1,586 93.2 0.3 0.4 155 De La Rue plc Basingstoke Security printers,papermaker 528,300 13.9 32,900 -54.8 6.2 15.7 156 Halliburton Manufacturing & Leatherhead Gas/oil well servicer 520,729 7.7 32,388 35.9 6.2 4.9 Service Ltd 157 Quintiles Ltd Bracknell Clinical services to pharma industry 518,953 8.7 44,882 18.7 8.6 7.9 158 Ltd Gatwick Airport operation 517,400 8.6 -48,600 22.2 -9.4 -13.1 159 Insurance Ltd Reigate Motor, home insurance 513,017 9.5 42,018 468.8 8.2 -2.4 160 Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Weybridge PC & consumer elctronic product 511,217 -1.2 11,222 683.1 2.2 0.3 Ltd distribution 161 3M United Kingdom plc Bracknell Product manufacturer 504,658 2.6 46,599 -11.4 9.2 10.7 162 Garmin (Europe) Ltd Southampton Navigational equipment 490,192 6.9 14,264 234.8 2.9 0.9 163 LG Electronics UK Ltd Slough Consumer electronic products 489,855 -32.5 -8,111 -270.8 -1.7 0.7 164 Afton Chemical Ltd Bracknell Lubricating oil/additives sales 482,758 17.3 40,715 -10.8 8.4 11.1 165 Verizon UK Ltd Reading Telecom services, formerly MCI Worldcom 481,289 -8.0 29,592 11.7 6.1 5.1 166 Toys "R" Us Holdings Ltd Maidenhead Retailer 476,314 -6.6 11,435 -48.5 2.4 4.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 167 Future Electronics Ltd Egham Electronic component distribution 471,897 4.5 17,545 1.2 3.7 3.8 168 SSE Generation Ltd Reading operator 469,200 31.1 136,500 -21.7 29.1 48.7 169 Nestle Purina Petcare (UK) Ltd Croydon Pet food manufactuer 468,256 2.5 26,426 -17.9 5.6 7.0 170 SSE Contracting Ltd Reading Electrical contractors 457,892 -2.4 24,954 -17.2 5.4 6.4 171 Chapman Freeborn Holdings Ltd Gatwick Aircraft chartering, support services 456,704 -1.2 14,241 -29.5 3.1 4.4 172 Dow Chemical Company Ltd Staines Chemical, plastic products 456,689 5.5 8,194 -42.9 1.8 3.3 173 Pace Fuelcare Ltd Egham Bulk fuel oil distributor 454,310 22.7 2,153 42.1 0.5 0.4 174 Sanden Internation (Europe) Ltd Basingstoke Sale of automotive air conditioning 453,022 1.1 14,672 62.5 3.2 2.0 compressors 175 Unum Ltd Dorking Group risk insurance 442,938 2.9 49,695 -68.7 11.2 36.9 176 Lombard North Central plc Redhill Banking and financial services 442,600 -8.0 143,100 111.1 32.3 14.1 177 Premier Tax Free (UK) Ltd Merstham Duty free sales 441,485 42.2 1,790 89.0 0.4 0.3 178 Alker Holdings Ltd Walton-on- Pipeline plant machinery wholesalers 436,955 232.3 37,668 617.9 8.6 4.0 Thames 179 UK Mail Group plc Slough Delivery services 429,000 8.4 12,900 -19.9 3.0 4.1 180 Prysmian Cables & Systems Ltd Eastleigh Cable manufacture 425,595 18.8 17,572 -5.6 4.1 5.2 181 Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd Bracknell Pharmaceutical development, sales 422,296 4.7 19,777 53.5 4.7 3.2 182 The Body Shop International plc Littlehampton Product developers/retailers 420,500 3.8 49,300 8.1 11.7 11.3 183 OKI Europe Ltd Egham Office printing machines 417,807 -12.2 -16,848 -856.7 -4.0 -0.4 184 Thales (UK) Ltd Weybridge Defence electronics 413,733 21.0 -683 98.5 -0.2 -13.6 185 Gist Ltd Basingstoke Supply chain services 406,523 7.2 18,790 -23.3 4.6 6.5 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 186 Westbury Street Ltd Reading Catering services (Baxter Storey) 406,141 14.2 6,509 11.5 1.6 1.6 187 2e2 Holdings Ltd Newbury IT outsourcing 403,633 24.1 -24,699 -9.4 -6.1 -6.9 188 JVM Equipment Ltd Pulborough Construction equipment to eastern europe 402,655 106.3 37,172 168.2 9.2 7.1 189 Enterprise Rent-A-Car European Egham Vehicle rental in the UK 400,457 24.4 10,139 -75.8 2.5 13.0 Holdings Ltd 190 NACCO Materials Handling Group Fleet Fork-lift truck sales 400,262 57.6 11,658 240.0 2.9 -3.3 Ltd 191 Nutricia Ltd Trowbridge Nutritional product manufacturer 397,785 7.9 13,978 -49.2 3.5 7.5 192 Syngenta Ltd Guildford Agrochemicals manufacture 397,000 13.8 87,000 1,350.0 21.9 1.7 193 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Woking Fast-food restaurants 394,244 6.2 47,232 23.0 12.0 10.3 Britain) Ltd 194 Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd Fareham Cosmetics manufacture/sale 392,924 7.4 65,838 9.4 16.8 16.5 195 Guardian Digital Communications Slough ICT to public safety organisations 390,299 -6.2 -64,399 66.8 -16.5 -46.6 Holdings Ltd 196 Fluor Ltd Farnborough Engineering construction services 388,461 -31.4 -2,495 98.9 -0.6 -41.8 197 Petrochem Carless Ltd Leatherhead Petrochemical products 385,276 21.1 24,626 3.7 6.4 7.5 198 Bayer plc Newbury Healthcare product sales 384,526 2.7 45,645 16.1 11.9 10.5 199 Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd Crawley Semi-conductor distribution 380,076 87.0 54,547 292.3 14.4 6.8 200 Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd Fareham Opticians 378,438 -3.2 21,265 0.0 5.6 5.4 201 Lucite International UK Ltd Southampton Methacrylate monomers manufacture 375,800 12.3 56,900 33.9 15.1 12.7 202 Aventis Pharma Ltd Guildford Pharmaceuticals distribution 375,683 -21.5 27,544 17.5 7.3 4.9 203 Hogg Robinson Group plc Basingstoke Business travel, benefits services 374,200 4.5 34,100 18.0 9.1 8.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 204 BMW Financial Services (GB) Ltd Hook Vehicle financing 374,074 -2.4 144,732 11.1 38.7 34.0 205 Cambria Automobiles plc Swindon Retail automotive 373,303 -4.8 4,656 78.6 1.2 0.7 206 Matchtech Holdings plc Fareham Recruitment consultants 371,366 23.0 7,965 24.7 2.1 2.1 207 Air Products Plc Walton-on- Industrial gas manufacture 369,145 2.5 74,210 32.4 20.1 15.6 Thames 208 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd Chichester Assembly of Rolls-Royce 368,674 15.1 15,049 91.8 4.1 2.4 209 Tech Date Mobile Ltd Basingstoke Phone, computer distribution 368,301 258.9 8,706 71.8 2.4 4.9 210 Aspire Defence Holdings Ltd Tidworth New living accommodation for mod 367,542 -17.7 13,117 7.7 3.6 2.7 211 Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd Reading Car importers/retailers 364,708 1.1 23,927 183.2 6.6 2.3 212 AVX Ltd Camberley Electronic component supplier 360,627 -2.6 66,810 -18.0 18.5 22.0 213 The Sunlight Service Group Ltd Basingstoke Workwear, linen hire, laundry services 359,749 2.1 33,722 139.3 9.4 4.0 214 ADT Fire and Security plc Sunbury-on- Electronic security systems 356,528 -1.6 17,633 854.7 4.9 0.5 Thames 215 Elekta Ltd Crawley Medical equipment mtg 352,547 15.5 50,595 73.9 14.4 9.5 216 The Vitec Group plc Richmond- Broadcast systems 351,000 13.4 23,800 9.7 6.8 7.0 upon-Thames 217 Basingstoke Bovine genetics 341,800 10.3 54,400 33.3 15.9 13.2 218 Aramark Ltd Farnborough Food, Vending Services 341,447 -7.0 16,502 613.1 4.8 0.6 219 Towers Watson Ltd Reigate Actuarial services, financial services 339,705 9.6 53,815 161.4 15.8 6.6 220 ISS Mediclean Ltd Woking Support services 339,239 9.2 22,098 21.5 6.5 5.9 221 Chanel Ltd Croydon Perfume, cosmetics, fashion distributors 339,100 20.3 112,400 8.8 33.1 36.6 222 Spirent Communications plc Crawley Test and measurement systems 338,048 9.5 78,912 9.9 23.3 23.3 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 223 BAE Systems Global Combat Farnborough Defence contractor 335,000 -14.3 42,000 -16.0 12.5 12.8 Systems Ltd 224 Honeywell Control Systems Ltd Bracknell Environmental control equipment 334,882 -3.9 15,697 0.6 4.7 4.5 225 Simplyhealth Group Ltd Andover Healthcare cash benefit plans, (HSA, 333,400 7.1 -100.0 0.0 5.8 BCWA, Denplan) 226 Ridgeway Garages (Newbury) Ltd Newbury Automotive retailers 332,817 8.1 6,201 12.2 1.9 1.8 227 Foster Wheeler Ltd Reading Engineering construction project 330,000 -31.6 23,961 -64.4 7.3 13.9 management services 228 Skandia Life Assurance Company Southampton Life assurance,pensions,savings 324,500 -32.1 41,500 -73.3 12.8 32.5 Ltd 229 Combined Independents (Holdings) Andover Buying consortium for independent 322,386 -6.9 629 -19.6 0.2 0.2 Ltd electrical retailers 230 Marine & General Mutual Life Worthing Long term life assurance, annuity business 320,584 46.5 -32,824 -373.6 -10.2 5.5 Assurance Society 231 Gannett UK Ltd Weybridge Newspaper publishers 319,761 -5.8 -16,104 -369.5 -5.0 1.8 232 Crest Nicholson Holdings Ltd Chertsey Sustainable houring developers 319,100 12.2 -27,000 1.5 -8.5 -9.6 233 Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd Staines Pharma distrubution 316,541 -42.0 -5,308 -105.7 -1.7 17.0 234 Newbury Investments (UK) Ltd Newbury Electrical equipment distribution 316,452 4.4 14,167 -13.5 4.5 5.4 235 OW Bunkers Ltd Windsor Marine fuel oil trading 316,064 10.7 1,472 161.0 0.5 0.2 236 Huawei Technologies (UK)Co Ltd Basingstoke Communication equipment sales 315,226 12.2 7,855 18.3 2.5 2.4 237 Novo Nordisk Ltd Crawley Pharmaceutical product distribution 314,573 3.8 10,843 470.4 3.4 0.6 238 Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Ltd Maidenhead Communications equipment 313,666 0.9 -1,304 98.7 -0.4 -32.3 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 239 Synergy Health plc Swindon Outsourced services to healthcare 311,954 8.6 32,477 -11.6 10.4 12.8 providers 240 Motorola Solutions UK Ltd Basingstoke Integrated communications, embedded 311,100 -44.6 14,500 -86.9 4.7 19.7 electronic solutions 241 Southern Co-operatives Ltd Portsmouth Retailers, funeral directors 309,057 9.2 9,826 7.8 3.2 3.2 242 Lenovo Technology (UK) Ltd Hook PC wholesalers 303,650 40.5 3,163 67.1 1.0 0.9 243 Kuoni Travel Ltd Dorking Travel agents/tour operators 300,032 -4.7 -6,378 58.0 -2.1 -4.8 244 Santander Consumer (UK) plc Redhill Vehicle/equipment finance 299,332 9.2 85,544 4.0 28.6 30.0 245 Kenwood Ltd Havant Small domestic appliance manufacture 298,206 0.3 14,658 -26.2 4.9 6.7 246 Micheldever Group Ltd Winchester Tyre, automotive products distributor 297,902 7.9 264 -45.6 0.1 0.2 247 Fiberweb plc Richmond- Industrial fabrics supplier 297,800 10.6 -7,200 -388.0 -2.4 0.9 Upon-Thames 248 Eurovia Group Ltd Horsham Road maintenance services, products 291,548 -8.1 4,807 369.1 1.6 -0.6 (Ringway) 249 Chep (UK) Ltd Addlestone Pallet/container operations 290,810 6.5 67,521 2.3 23.2 24.2 250 McCarthy & Stone Bournemouth Retirement apartment developers 289,200 23.2 -3,300 -130.8 -1.1 4.6 251 Sunseeker International (Holdings) Poole Boatbuilders 288,820 4.6 17,069 337.9 5.9 -2.6 Ltd 252 Hitachi Europe Ltd Maidenhead Sale of Hitachi branded products 285,690 -1.6 -21,938 -578.0 -7.7 1.6 253 Electronic Arts Ltd Guildford Electronic entertainment 284,189 4.8 -4,760 -113.8 -1.7 -0.8 254 London General Insurance Company Egham Extended warranties 282,266 12.0 18,944 -6.8 6.7 8.1 Ltd THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 255 Canon (UK) Ltd Reigate IT, communications, consumer electronic 281,316 1.1 14,876 -14.8 5.3 6.3 products 256 BAE Systems Electronics Ltd Farnborough Military programmes/underwater systems 281,000 -40.1 63,000 887.5 22.4 -1.7 257 Geoffrey Osborne Ltd Chichester Building constractors/civil engineers 280,666 -2.2 1,036 -70.6 0.4 1.2 258 Micro Focus International plc Newbury Enterprise application management 278,296 -0.3 95,520 30.3 34.3 26.3 systems 259 Fidessa Group plc Woking Front office applications software 278,264 6.1 42,452 6.9 15.3 15.1 260 Kingston Technology Europe Ltd Sunbury on IT memory products 277,153 -28.8 3,387 -31.0 1.2 1.3 Thames 261 ON Semiconductor Windsor Sales of electronic devices 273,682 13.8 5,240 -42.6 1.9 3.8 261 Castrol Ltd Swindon Lubricants 273,176 7.7 227,823 130.4 83.4 39.0 263 SK Hynix UK Ltd Weybridge Semiconductor sales 273,164 -21.5 1,504 37.7 0.6 0.3 264 Automobile Association Insurance Basingstoke Insurance intermediary 273,062 3.5 136,067 13.9 49.8 45.3 Services Ltd 265 Air Charter Service plc Surbiton Aircraft leasing/chartering 272,707 19.7 4,761 4.8 1.7 2.0 266 Lush Cosmetics Ltd Poole Cosmetics manufacture & retailers 272,202 10.1 21,321 -4.4 7.8 9.0 267 Harwoods Ltd Pulborough Car dealerships 270,814 2.4 4,267 -24.9 1.6 2.1 268 Polimeri Europa UK Ltd Southampton Synthetic materials manufacture - 269,526 23.5 20,517 53.0 7.6 6.1 formerly Enichem 269 Societe Generale Equipment Richmond HP & lease finance provider 267,826 24.3 10,095 50.4 3.8 3.1 Finance Ltd 270 R Twining & Co Ltd Andover Tea & Coffee blenders 264,496 14.4 25,236 195.2 9.5 3.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 271 Wartsila Hamworthy Ltd Poole Fluid Handling Systems, formerly 259,864 43.1 15,306 8.6 5.9 7.8 Hamworthy plc 272 Hanson Building Products Ltd Maidenhead Brick manufacturers 258,530 0.5 -7,417 -9,532.5 -2.9 0.0 273 Acal plc Guildford Sales of electronic/IT/industrial control 257,800 -2.6 2,100 23.5 0.8 0.6 products 274 Trader Media Group Ltd Thatcham Magazine publishing, printing, online 257,200 1.1 21,700 -76.8 8.4 36.8 275 Dick Lovett Companies Ltd Swindon Vehicle automotive retailer 256,528 -2.1 4,011 -34.8 1.6 2.3 276 Walkers Snack Foods Ltd Reading Snack product manufacturers 256,433 1.1 21,620 383.5 8.4 1.8 277 Dell Corporation Ltd Bracknell Computer sales 255,847 29.8 -5,992 -249.7 -2.3 2.0 278 Black & Veatch Ltd Redhill Water, sewage plants 255,218 9.6 -9,348 25.2 -3.7 -5.4 279 Contego Packaging Holdings Ltd Bagshot Packaging (formerly Nampak) 252,525 6.0 7,110 -21.9 2.8 3.8 280 Hendy Holdings Ltd Southampton Motor vehicle retailers 251,454 2.2 437 158.0 0.2 -0.3 281 Motorola Mobility UK Ltd Basingstoke Mobile communication devices 250,910 28.5 8,479 363.6 3.4 -1.6 282 EDU UK Topco Ltd Brighton Study group language schools 250,380 107.7 -27,104 -23.4 -10.8 -18.2 283 Roche Diagnostics Ltd Burgess Hill Chemical analysis equipment & distribution 244,844 8.5 8,804 125.4 3.6 1.7 284 Verbatim Ltd Egham Data, image storage media product sales 244,168 2.5 -333 -102.9 -0.1 4.8 285 Fyffes Group Ltd Basingstoke Fresh produce distribution 243,524 12.3 10,803 1,665.2 4.4 0.3 286 Crawley Integrated road contruction services 242,634 -7.5 2,622 -50.9 1.1 2.0 287 Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Weybridge Administrative services 240,378 1.7 14,195 1,990.1 5.9 -0.3 Ltd 288 McLaren Group Ltd Woking Motor racing, electronic products 239,110 18.6 19,738 63.7 8.3 6.0 289 Pall Manufacturing UK Ltd Portsmouth Filter manufacture 236,194 -17.2 38,682 -34.5 16.4 20.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 290 Havells Sylvania Europe Ltd Newhaven Lighting products 233,436 -2.3 9,978 930.8 4.3 0.4 291 Advantage Technical Resourcing Ltd Basingstoke Recruitment consultancy 233,111 22.9 1,142 697.9 0.5 -0.1 292 Tyco Electronics UK Ltd Swindon Electronic component manufacture 232,403 11.2 22,247 51.4 9.6 7.0 293 Bacardi Martini Ltd Winchester Drinks distribution 232,272 6.7 5,499 0.7 2.4 2.5 294 Covea Insurance plc Reading Transactional non-life insurance (was 230,478 4.5 7,385 497.5 3.2 0.6 MMA Insurance) 295 SDL plc Maidenhead Globalisation service solutions 229,001 12.5 33,761 17.2 14.7 14.2 296 Air Partner plc Crawley Aircraft chartering/Brokering 227,556 -19.3 4,139 -21.4 1.8 1.9 297 DSTI Group LLP Surbiton Software/consultancy 226,766 66.5 -26,280 -135.8 -11.6 -8.2 298 Colgate-Palmolive (UK) Ltd Guildford Household, personal care products 226,663 2.5 12,436 -80.6 5.5 29.1 manufacture 299 Britax Group Ltd Chertsey Car Seat manufacturers 222,154 9.5 2,888 -73.4 1.3 5.3 300 Wellness Foods Ltd Chertsey Food brands 221,641 2.9 3,732 4,876.0 1.7 0.0 301 Dyson Ltd Malmesbury Domestic appliance sales 219,900 0.2 45,000 251.6 20.5 5.8 302 URS Infrastructure & Environment Basingstoke Consulting engineers, formerly Scott 216,073 -4.1 -8,723 31.8 -4.0 -5.7 UK Ltd Wilson 303 KONE plc Chertsey Escalator installation 214,755 -6.6 31,593 769.4 14.7 1.6 304 Chubb Fire & Security Ltd Sunbury Fire protection equipment 214,519 77.1 -39,638 -559.7 -18.5 7.1 305 Exel UK Ltd Bracknell Distribution services 214,344 -23.6 7,591 -2.4 3.5 2.8 306 Group 1 Automotive UK Ltd Brighton Car dealerships 214,108 8.5 1,789 66.4 0.8 0.5 307 Investment Solutions Ltd Croydon Life insurance products 213,085 -59.1 987 43.3 0.5 0.1 308 Aker Subsea Ltd Maidenhead Oil/gas production equipment 210,814 15.5 10,150 34.2 4.8 4.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 309 Flight Centre (UK) Ltd New Malden Travel agents 210,808 3.1 6,538 117.8 3.1 1.5 310 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Europe Melksham Tyre manfacturer 209,681 14.6 19,167 76.8 9.1 5.9 Ltd 311 Empresaria Group plc Crawley Recruitment consultants 208,900 1.0 1,900 -70.8 0.9 3.1 312 Photo-Me International plc Bookham Mini-lab/coin-operated photo booths/rides 207,841 -5.4 20,140 11.9 9.7 8.2 313 Amazon.co.uk Ltd Slough Internet retailer 207,696 41.0 3,092 223.4 1.5 -1.7 314 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Chichester Publishing 207,360 -1.9 52,361 -3.7 25.3 25.7 315 PGS Exploration (UK) Ltd Weybridge Marine seismic surveys 206,786 68.5 7,360 145.7 3.6 -13.1 316 Agilent Technologies UK Ltd Wokingham Analtsis equipment manufacture 206,401 60.8 10,312 39.0 5.0 5.8 317 Ryder plc Devizes Logistics, vehicle hire 204,643 39.5 19,373 68.2 9.5 7.9 318 Valiant Petroleum plc Woking Oil, gas exploration 203,308 79.6 82,477 149.5 40.6 29.2 319 Procter & Gamble Product Supply Weybridge Detergent, healthcare, baby care products 202,980 -3.2 27,272 -0.9 13.4 13.1 (UK) Ltd 320 Reed Business Information Ltd Sutton Business magazine publishers 202,966 -2.6 15,176 356.2 7.5 -2.8 321 National Car Parks Ltd Croydon Car park operators 202,675 -0.8 -6,999 -203.5 -3.5 3.3 322 Arjowiggins Sourcing Ltd Basingstoke Wood pulp purchase 202,154 -8.0 4,658 4.7 2.3 2.0 323 Ricardo plc Shoreham by Powertrain, vehicle engineering technology 197,400 0.5 17,600 14.3 8.9 7.8 Sea 324 Direct Wines Ltd Reading Importing/distributing wines 197,217 -7.2 9,532 -8.2 4.8 4.9 325 IHS Global Ltd Bracknell Information providers 196,522 23.9 21,879 14.5 11.1 12.0 326 Stannah Lifts Holdings Ltd Andover Lift/starlift manufacture 195,937 6.5 9,969 12.5 5.1 4.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 327 James Walker Group Ltd Woking Packing, jointings, seals, gaskets 194,444 12.0 11,718 -13.7 6.0 7.8 manufacture 328 Detica Ltd Guildford IT services 193,963 -8.8 9,536 -46.3 4.9 8.3 329 Alphabet (GB) Ltd Hook Vehicle funding/management services 193,163 34.8 6,772 -34.5 3.5 7.2 330 Day Lewis plc Croydon Pharmacies 192,704 8.2 9,758 10.4 5.1 5.0 331 HCL Great Britain Ltd Egham Software consultancy 191,702 38.3 11,084 345.0 5.8 1.8 332 Barclays Mercantile Business Fi- Basingstoke Leasing, finance to business 191,000 62.3 139,100 67.8 72.8 70.4 nance Ltd 333 AJ Walter (Aviation) Ltd Horsham Aircraft component suppliers 184,514 29.0 18,531 -4.8 10.0 13.6 334 Petrofac Engineering Ltd Woking Oil, gas field engineering 184,482 334.9 11,968 1,411.1 6.5 1.9 335 Hotelplan (UK) Ltd Godalming Tour operator, inc Esprit, Inghams 181,196 21.2 -998 75.8 -0.6 -2.8 336 MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd Chippenham Clean room, manufacturing plant 180,620 162.9 8,329 280.8 4.6 3.2 337 The Little Group Ltd Book wholesalers 180,377 -2.6 5,317 -11.2 2.9 3.2 338 Longcross Construction Ltd Ashtead Management of construction projects 180,113 -24.2 630 -4.4 0.3 0.3 339 IMCD UK Ltd Sutton Chemical Merchants 177,434 12.7 7,396 11.9 4.2 4.2 340 Purple Foodservice Soutions Ltd Petersfield Food wholesalers to MoD 176,014 -7.5 38 40.7 0.0 0.0 341 The Innovation Group Fareham Insurance software 175,868 8.5 10,207 701.8 5.8 -1.0 342 OTC Direct Ltd Epsom Pharmaceutical wholesaler inc cordia 175,500 12.6 17,100 14.0 9.7 9.6 healthcare 343 Cochlear Europe Ltd Addlestone Implantable hearing device sales 175,300 13.3 19,351 473.0 11.0 2.2 344 P&G Prestige Products Ltd Weybridge Perfumes, cosmetics inc Parfums Rochas 173,665 11.1 2,664 -6.2 1.5 1.8 345 Biwater Holdings Ltd Dorking Water industry services 173,300 -43.8 22,500 245.2 13.0 -5.0 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 346 Park Garage Group plc Croydon Petrol station operations 172,269 10.1 474 4.2 0.3 0.3 347 HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Ltd Worthing Finance, credit, debt management services 171,966 12.9 106,778 24.0 62.1 56.5 348 Philip Morris Ltd Richmond- Cigarette distributers 171,356 -8.0 3,862 -42.1 2.3 3.6 Upon-Thames 349 H Young Holdings plc Newbury Branded consumer products 171,333 3.1 10,499 -8.8 6.1 6.9 350 Furniture Village Ltd Slough Retailer 170,533 -5.6 -1,359 -136.4 -0.8 2.1 351 Caffyns plc Eastbourne Motor retailers 170,192 -15.5 1,456 443.3 0.9 0.1 352 Avaya UK Guildford Communications systems 170,118 3.9 -2,700 83.0 -1.6 -9.7 353 Binomial Group Ltd Dorking Motor underwriting (Sabre) 170,103 8.4 23,819 -6.5 14.0 16.2 354 Hannover Life Reassurance (UK) Ltd Virginia Water Life, health reassurance 169,230 -0.3 -4,491 -434.0 -2.7 -0.5 355 HSS Hire Service Group Ltd Mitcham Tool/equipment hire 168,550 5.3 12,955 -12.8 7.7 9.3 356 Kofax plc Basingstoke Software 167,988 7.6 17,556 5.5 10.5 10.7 357 Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers Ltd Basingstoke Paper distributer 167,444 2.1 7,229 -48.6 4.3 8.6 358 Capital Home Loans Ltd Fleet Buy-to-let morgages 166,419 -11.9 -52,557 -72.6 -31.6 -16.1 359 Baglan Operations Ltd Bracknell Electricity production 163,185 13.4 -19,710 -4,302.6 -12.1 0.3 360 Westover Holdings Ltd Bournemouth Car dealerships 162,999 -2.9 4,408 -26.0 2.7 3.5 361 Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Materials handling equipment 162,758 13.1 4,618 -71.9 2.8 11.4 manufacture 362 TCFG Holdings Ltd Redhill The compleat food company supply chain 162,011 ? 4,305 ? 2.7 363 Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions Newbury Contract hire/fleet management services 161,449 20.6 14,014 22.4 8.7 8.6 364 Sterling Insurance Group Ltd Richmond- Long-term general insurance 161,379 65.7 4,163 16,111.5 2.6 0.0 upon-Thames THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 365 Colborne Garages Ltd Woking Car dealerships 161,210 5.8 2,044 -34.8 1.3 2.1 366 Nikon UK Ltd Kingston upon Camera, imaging equipment distribution 161,146 8.0 2,428 -21.4 1.5 2.1 Thames 367 Wilhelmsen Lines Car Carriers Ltd Southampton Ocean-going ships management 160,909 34.4 26,064 381.4 16.2 -7.7 368 Fat Face Group Ltd Havant Clothing retailers 160,535 5.1 470 109.4 0.3 -3.3 369 Symantec UK Ltd Reading IT intermation security 160,386 3.8 3,181 5.1 2.0 2.0 370 Colt Investments Ltd Havant Building services products manufacture 160,384 9.6 3,830 -32.4 2.4 3.9 371 ING Lease (UK) Ltd Redhill Leasing 158,851 -1.7 53,416 79.9 33.6 18.4 372 SGI Group Ltd Woking Chemical trading/management consultancy 158,149 51.5 66 127.6 0.0 0.0 373 British Car Auctions Ltd Farnham Vehicle re-marketing 157,986 3.9 31,879 109.5 20.2 -220.8 374 Harsco Metals Group Ltd Leatherhead Metals production 154,972 6.6 -6,671 -340.3 -4.3 1.9 375 Swindon Pressings Limited Swindon Automotive industry components 154,371 4.8 13,195 298.0 8.5 2.2 376 Scottish Widows Unit Trust Andover Unit trust/savings account managers 153,532 -7.9 54,337 -5.6 35.4 34.5 Managers Ltd 377 Gould International UK Ltd Leatherhead Paper merchants, formerly WWF 152,880 8.2 1,807 -29.7 1.2 1.8 International UK Ltd 378 OSG Holdings Ltd Croydon Stationery/office supplies 152,144 -4.9 -18,568 -16.5 -12.2 -10.0 379 Sun Life Assurance Company of Basingstoke Life assurance, pensions (run-off) 151,818 -6.8 53,422 38.3 35.2 23.7 Canada (UK) Ltd 380 Openwork Ltd Swindon Financial services distribution 151,597 -16.7 -6,825 19.5 -4.5 -4.7 381 F5 Networks Ltd Chertsey IT load balancing technology 151,585 22.8 5,635 37.4 3.7 3.3 382 Dalkia plc Staines Integrated building services management 150,688 10.5 2,960 -62.8 2.0 5.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 383 UCB Pharma Ltd Slough Pharmaceutical marketing 149,646 6.0 6,911 -73.7 4.6 18.6 384 Ocean Trawlers Ltd Maidenhead Frozen fish products 148,508 45.2 1,796 -15.0 1.2 2.1 385 Lego Company Ltd Slough Childrens construction toys 148,134 22.5 4,250 23.6 2.9 2.8 386 Rydon Holdings Ltd Forest Row Construction,property developers 147,832 28.9 229 -84.1 0.2 1.3 387 Toyota Material Handling UK Ltd Slough Materials handling equipment 146,958 9.6 13,092 -4.2 8.9 10.2 388 Affinion International Ltd Slough Affinity schemes 146,500 -6.3 -7,000 -511.8 -4.8 1.1 389 Covidien Commercial Ltd Gosport Surgical/medical care products 143,260 0.5 6,669 75.7 4.7 2.7 390 Talaris Ltd Basingstoke Cash handling systems 142,706 20.0 -6,288 17.6 -4.4 -6.4 391 Avis Rent a Car Ltd Bracknell Vehicle rental services 142,523 6.5 -26,594 -123.0 -18.7 -8.9 392 Ordnance Survey Southampton Surveying/topological mapping 141,759 9.6 32,032 201.4 22.6 8.2 393 Zenimax Europe Ltd Reading Video games distribution 141,731 230.7 28,884 662.3 20.4 8.8 394 Eaton Aerospace Ltd Fareham Aerospace systems 141,677 6.6 1,301 -71.7 0.9 3.5 395 Travelport International Ltd Langley Automated distribution services 140,604 5.3 5,196 -0.2 3.7 3.9 396 Coopervision Manufactering Ltd Fareham Contact lens manufacturers 140,205 -5.9 7,945 -63.2 5.7 14.5 397 LSI Logic Europe Ltd Bracknell Integrated circuits design, supply 137,910 -7.2 1,345 -16.7 1.0 1.1 398 Novar ED&S Ltd Bracknell Electrical/electronic products 136,266 -0.7 16,311 14.3 12.0 10.4 399 UTI (UK) Holdings Ltd Reading Freight forwarding, logistics 135,384 1.6 -1,651 35.1 -1.2 -1.9 400 Fairchild Semiconductor Ltd Swindon Component distribution 135,183 -3.5 4,408 1,042.0 3.3 0.3 401 Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Camberley Vaccine manufacturers 134,800 -62.1 -77,300 -160.5 -57.3 35.9 Ltd 402 Yoplait UK Ltd Esher Food distributors 133,743 0.5 21,882 24.8 16.4 13.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 403 B&W Group Ltd Worthing Loudspeaker manufacture 133,430 4.3 11,141 71.7 8.3 5.1 404 Bartholomews Holdings Ltd Chichester Agricultural merchants 132,240 23.0 2,646 11.0 2.0 2.2 405 Yeomans Ltd Worthing Car dealership 131,698 0.3 2,390 -35.3 1.8 2.8 406 Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd Newbury Telephone services 131,441 4.1 6,749 72.9 5.1 3.1 407 Sigma-Aldrich Company Ltd Gillingham Specialist/chemical manufacture 131,437 2.5 18,124 10.8 13.8 12.8 408 Wincor Nixdorf Ltd Wokingham IT for retailers/banking 131,364 17.6 7,091 -92.5 5.4 84.7 409 Biogen Idec Ltd Maidenhead Genetically engineered pharmaceuticals 131,180 26.0 4,769 18.7 3.6 3.9 410 TAG Aviation Farnborough Aircraft management 131,087 24.3 672 268.0 0.5 -0.4 411 SHL Group Holdings One Ltd Thames Ditton Employee assessment services 130,700 59.4 -800 83.0 -0.6 -5.7 412 GB Group Holdings Ltd Sunbury on Construction, development, fm 130,109 4.0 204 9.7 0.2 0.1 Thames 413 Parabis Law LLP Croydon Legal support services 129,972 14.6 21,433 43.2 16.5 13.2 414 Segen Ltd Aldershot Renewable energy systems 129,876 403.7 8,384 -29.2 6.5 45.9 415 Idis Group Holdings Ltd Surbiton Pharmaceutical distributors 129,652 8.6 9,890 4.2 7.6 8.0 416 CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company Fareham Catalyst sales to petrochem/refining 129,465 -14.8 567 -89.5 0.4 3.6 417 Close Asset Finance Ltd Tolworth Business instalment credit 129,370 25.5 30,676 -6.2 23.7 31.7 418 Guildford Portfolios Ltd Guildford Car dealerships inc vines 129,309 ? -693 25.1 -0.5 ? 419 Brookfield Aviation International Epsom Provision of air crew services 127,918 19.6 836 93.1 0.7 0.4 Ltd 420 Sally Salon Services Ltd Wokingham Hairdressers supplier/equipment 127,699 18.8 3,488 45.2 2.7 2.2 421 Mabey Holdings Ltd Reading Steel fabrication, construction, 127,662 10.0 8,612 3,301.5 6.7 -0.2 groundwork, bridges THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 422 Aon Consulting Ltd Farnborough Employee benefits consultancy 127,613 4.3 9,277 -19.6 7.3 9.4 423 Flowserve GB Ltd Hayward Heath Pump manufacturer 127,287 4.9 9,547 88.8 7.5 4.2 424 Orange Business Holdings UK Ltd Slough Telecom/formally equant holdings 126,685 -7.3 -4,312 -618.9 -3.4 0.6 425 Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Basingstoke Prescription medicine development 126,646 7.3 4,992 -26.5 3.9 5.8 426 First Drinks Brands Ltd Hook Drinks distributor 126,024 3.3 479 -8.1 0.4 0.4 427 Dyson Technology Ltd Malmesbury Consumer product design 125,900 9.5 50,400 35.5 40.0 32.3 428 C Brewer & Sons Ltd Eastbourne Retail decorators, builders merchants 125,777 6.9 -778 -118.6 -0.6 3.5 429 H&T Group plc Sutton Pawnbrokers 125,516 -0.7 23,466 -8.0 18.7 20.2 430 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Chichester Book/ journal/ electronic publishers 125,148 10.9 20,243 71.4 16.2 10.5 431 PGA European Tour Virginia Water Professional golf management/promotion 124,106 -30.6 -2,248 -116.0 -1.8 7.8 432 Stonegate Holdings Ltd Chippenham Egg producers 122,642 -10.7 72 -98.3 0.1 3.0 433 Anite plc Slough Consultancy, software, systems integration 122,546 30.8 22,187 81.5 18.1 13.0 434 Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd Redhill Automatic fare collection/surveillance 122,299 26.9 27,758 9.7 22.7 26.3 systems 435 RE Bath Travel Service Ltd Bournemouth Travel agents, tour operators 122,294 -9.7 -514 74.2 -0.4 -1.5 436 Gemalto UK Ltd Fareham Plastic/smart card manufacture 122,029 9.5 2,826 -38.2 2.3 4.1 437 PLB Group Ltd East Grinstead Wine, beer, spirits distribution 121,886 14.6 606 381.0 0.5 0.1 438 GGI Holdings Ltd Whyteleafe Retailers (Ann Summers), property 121,076 -3.9 6,630 1,644.7 5.5 0.3 439 Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd Maidenhead Pharmaceutical product marketing 120,718 1.8 6,101 4.5 5.1 4.9 440 Alpha Capital Ltd Windsor Foreign exchange service 120,446 26.1 130 -34.0 0.1 0.2 441 Lifestyle Europe Ltd Horsham Automotive retailers 119,952 -0.2 1,421 -47.8 1.2 2.3 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 442 Nextpharma Technologies Holding Send Pharmaceuticals mfg 118,944 -0.9 -29,316 -72.8 -24.6 -14.1 Ltd 443 Wiggle Ltd Portsmouth On-line cycle retailer 118,617 36.7 12,580 23.2 10.6 11.8 444 The National Lighting Company Ltd Poole Lighting distributor 118,472 -2.3 3,468 -28.5 2.9 4.0 445 Foray Holdings Ltd Salisbury Car dealerships 118,186 9.5 505 -72.3 0.4 1.7 446 Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc Reading Pawnbroker 117,697 15.6 21,372 1.7 18.2 20.6 447 Ericsson Television Ltd Southampton Video compression solutions (formally 116,781 -19.3 10,916 -56.5 9.3 17.3 Tandberg) 448 The Crown Agents for O'seas Govs. Sutton International trade services 116,506 -21.0 5,224 -23.0 4.5 4.6 & Admins Ltd 449 Stanbridge Group Ltd Southampton Fuel distribution/property development 116,501 21.5 440 2.8 0.4 0.4 450 Snows Business Holdings Ltd Southampton Motor dealerships 116,289 1.1 789 -41.2 0.7 1.2 451 Search Consulting Group plc Crawley Recruitment services 115,683 7.6 -1,457 -212.7 -1.3 -0.4 452 Kier Facilities Services Ltd Basingstoke Facilities management/maintenance 115,282 2.2 8,664 39.5 7.5 5.5 453 Celerant Consulting Investments Richmond Management consultants 114,598 8.0 2,355 339.6 2.1 -0.9 Ltd 454 RCL (UK)Ltd Addlestone operators 114,224 -27.6 -4,255 -116.1 -3.7 16.8 455 Intersurgical Ltd Wokingham Medical products manufacturers 112,935 2.8 15,026 -4.6 13.3 14.3 456 Vector Aerospace International Ltd Gosport Aircraft maintenance 112,734 17.6 8,933 -4.7 7.9 9.8 457 Trifast plc Uckfield Industrial fasterners manufacture 112,510 6.1 4,759 88.7 4.2 2.4 458 Elbrook Cash & Carry Ltd Mitcham Food & drink wholesaler 112,383 11.7 2,513 18.8 2.2 2.1 459 Radian Group Ltd Eastleigh Social housing landlord 111,827 6.6 6,119 -40.2 5.5 9.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 460 Lactalis Nestle Chilled Dairy Esher Chilled dairy product sales 111,258 3.8 -2,691 40.9 -2.4 -4.3 Company Ltd 461 QA-IQ Holdings Ltd Slough Education services group 111,211 17.9 1,300 520.7 1.2 -0.3 462 Newship Ltd Weybridge Buildings/packaging products 111,076 1.7 5,981 12.1 5.4 4.9 463 Natures Way Foods Investment Chichester Fruit & vegetable growers 110,811 16.1 14,738 -79.1 13.3 73.8 464 Pepsi Co International Ltd Richmond- Management sevices to group companies 110,136 6.7 10,228 710.5 9.3 1.2 upon-Thames 465 Weight Watchers (UK) Ltd Maidenhead Weight management services 110,083 16.7 17,263 15.3 15.7 15.9 466 Beale plc Bournemouth Department stores 110,027 26.1 543 181.3 0.5 -0.8 467 Cunningham Lindsey United Reading Claims handling 109,964 0.6 8,167 -19.8 7.4 9.3 Kingdom 468 TH White Holdings Ltd Devizes Agricultural equipment supplier 109,771 14.0 2,352 4.7 2.1 2.3 469 The Ambassador Entertainment Woking Theatre management 109,032 14.7 184 105.7 0.2 -3.4 Group Ltd 470 Ubisoft Ltd Chertsey Games software distribtution 108,722 -19.7 610 -55.4 0.6 1.0 471 Keltbray Group (Holdings) Ltd Esher Demolition/civil engineering 108,296 24.3 -225 2.6 -0.2 -0.3 472 Bunduq Company Ltd Sunbury-on- Production/export of crude oil 107,969 20.3 25 -16.7 0.0 0.0 Thames 473 Avon Rubber plc Melksham Polymer product/respirator manufacturers 107,600 -8.5 10,212 43.1 9.5 6.1 474 Ecolab Ltd Swindon Hygiene products manufacturers 107,133 2.6 -499 15.3 -0.5 -0.6 475 Hobbycraft Group Ltd Christchurch Retailers 106,522 34.1 -7,603 -2.6 -7.1 -9.3 476 Rygor Group Ltd Westbury Commercial vehicle dealership 106,128 8.5 963 -30.5 0.9 1.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 477 Taylor Made Golf Ltd Basingstoke Golf equipment distribution 106,085 20.4 -783 -137.2 -0.7 2.4 478 Robert Dyas Holdings Ltd Leatherhead Home garden product retailers 105,911 2.2 -230 -115.6 -0.2 1.4 479 Heritage Automotive Ltd Salisbury Car dealership 105,270 11.8 214 -61.2 0.2 0.6 480 Hammer plc Basingstoke Computer storage products 105,163 15.8 6,863 111.3 6.5 3.6 481 Hastings (Holdings) Ltd Bexhill-on-Sea Insurance broking 105,091 18.8 18,380 155.6 17.5 8.1 482 Oxoid Ltd Basingstoke Diagnostic products to microbiology 104,751 4.4 25,110 9.4 24.0 22.9 laboratories 483 Harris Systems Ltd Wokingham Communications equipment 104,366 29.3 12,148 366.0 11.6 3.2 484 Lyons Seafoods Ltd Warminster Sale of prawns/speciality seafoods 104,175 1.0 7,312 -35.8 7.0 11.0 485 Leasedrive Group Ltd Wokingham Vehicle leasing 103,973 83.5 1,656 211.9 1.6 -2.6 486 Interport Ltd Croydon Pharmaceuticals importers 103,728 47.0 4,084 -19.4 3.9 7.2 487 CGG Veritas Servcies (UK) Ltd Crawley Seismic data processing 103,702 9.6 6,117 -60.4 5.9 16.3 488 SMR Automotive Mirrors UK Ltd Fareham Formally Schefenacker/Visiocorp 103,600 14.1 3,042 108.1 2.9 1.6 489 Gartner UK Ltd Egham IT research, advisory services 103,568 -0.6 2,673 0.0 2.6 2.6 490 Wingas UK Ltd Richmond- natural gas to business 103,449 -6.0 1,087 -85.0 1.1 6.6 upon-Thames 491 Constantine Group plc Godalming Caravan manufacture, property 103,075 -13.9 -1,838 -189.3 -1.8 1.7 investment,specialist logistics 492 QIComm Ltd Richmond Digital communications equipment 102,992 9.6 180 -93.5 0.2 3.0 493 Yattendon Investment Trust plc Yattendon Newspaper publishers, property 102,918 -5.5 3,780 182.8 3.7 -4.2 development, THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last 494 Mattel UK Ltd Maidenhead Toy distriubutors, inc Barbie, Fisher Price, 102,372 10.1 5,104 -28.3 5.0 7.7 Matchbox 495 apetito Ltd Trowbridge Frozen meals/pastry products 101,859 4.2 15,313 7.4 15.0 14.6 496 Advanced Computer Software plc Cobham Healthcare software 101,825 6.7 6,918 121.4 6.8 3.3 497 Premium Credit Ltd Epsom Financing of insurance premiums 101,758 5.6 55,884 -4.0 54.9 60.4 498 The Caravan Club Ltd East Grinstead Caravan services to membership 101,054 4.7 7,142 64.4 7.1 4.5 499 Amari Plastics plc Weybridge Plastic stockholders/distributors 100,912 ? 6,503 37.3 6.4 ? 500 Daikin Airconditioning UK Ltd Weybridge Air conditioning unit distributors 100,823 16.5 4,897 24.6 4.9 4.5

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Iris Software Group Ltd Datchet Business critical software 100,673 -15.2 -85,490 -962.2 -84.9 8.3 Northamber plc Chessington IT products distribution 100,615 -16.9 37 134.9 0.0 -0.1 United Oilseeds Marketing Ltd Devizes Commodity trader/seed merchant 100,346 51.0 819 6.4 0.8 1.2 Southampton Container Temrinals Southampton Cargo handling t/a DP World 99,687 2.4 10,351 3,596.8 10.4 0.3 Ltd Aviva Health UK Ltd Eastleigh Healthcare insurance products 99,672 4.6 1,210 -20.6 1.2 1.6 HH Associates (Holdings) Ltd Sutton Print management 99,230 4.4 176 -74.0 0.2 0.7 Serocor Holdings Ltd Havant Advanced resource managers recruitment 98,840 30.2 3,707 152.0 3.8 1.9 PUMA United Kingdom Ltd Leatherhead Sports goods distributor 98,805 -1.8 278 -94.4 0.3 4.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last HWH Group Ltd Southampton Primary offender healthcare 98,718 10.0 -1,341 15.8 -1.4 -1.8 Bytes Software Services Ltd West Ewell IT Services/corporate networks 98,714 -33.5 3,133 -25.8 3.2 2.8 Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine New Malden Marine radar manufacturers 98,615 -12.8 -7,466 -298.4 -7.6 -1.7 Ltd Apex Car Rental Ltd Eastbourne Vehicle hire 98,559 58.2 10,423 70.7 10.6 9.8 Vivid Toy Group Ltd Guildford Toy development distribution 98,471 9.0 -819 -213.1 -0.8 0.8 Intrinic Financial Services Ltd Swindon Mortgage/financial advisers 97,999 12.2 -2,476 -8.5 -2.5 -2.6 Fonterra (Logistics) Ltd Swindon New Zealand dairy produce importers 97,945 -12.9 145 35.5 0.1 0.1 FDM Group Ltd Brighton It training services provider 97,266 16.3 16,235 51.4 16.7 12.8 Del Monte (UK) Ltd Staines Fruit Distribution 97,236 -11.4 -5,269 -4,603.4 -5.4 0.1 OHOB Group Ltd Morden Groundworkers 96,994 37.9 5,468 40.4 5.6 5.5 Rebrod Holdings Ltd Trowbridge Car dealership (Platinum brand) 96,506 -2.6 792 -50.7 0.8 1.6 CSL Behring UK Ltd Haywards Pharmaceutical marketing 96,068 13.7 2,135 -27.9 2.2 3.5 Heath The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd Goldalming Horticultural product manufacture 95,924 -16.6 -26,899 -6,428.9 -28.0 -0.4 Alcon Eye Care UK Ltd Frimley Contact lens sales, formerly Cibavision 95,159 4.0 5,377 4.8 5.7 5.6 Ltd Crawley Vent-Axia product manufacture 95,122 16.3 -1,124 78.1 -1.2 -6.3 The Character Group plc New Maiden Branded character licensed product 94,947 11.4 9,045 19.8 9.5 8.9 The Book People Group Ltd Godalming Direct sale of books 94,445 4.5 1,443 -14.1 1.5 1.9 FW Evans Cycles (UK) Ltd Crawley Cycle retailer 94,343 12.1 893 -5.1 0.9 1.1 Hall & Woodhouse Ltd Blandford Brewers,soft drinks, licensed premises 94,129 4.0 5,557 -0.7 5.9 6.2 Forum THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Warsila UK Ltd Havant Marine seal manufacture 93,908 2.8 6,667 -20.8 7.1 9.2 SAVVIS UK Ltd Wokingham IT services 93,459 18.2 6,705 531.5 7.2 -2.0 Food Partners Ltd Slough Sandwich suppliers 92,400 3.5 -5,262 -247.1 -5.7 -1.7 Barfoots of Botley ;td Bognor Regis Semi-exotic produce distributor 91,395 -3.3 2,344 81.4 2.6 1.4 Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd Kingston Upon Business reference publishers, conferences 91,013 -6.4 2,511 261.1 2.8 -1.6 Thames Belron International Ltd Egham Autoglass - windscreen services 90,208 4.2 21,081 122.4 23.4 10.9 Cotswold Outdoor Ltd Malmesbury Retail 90,179 1.4 1,521 -63.5 1.7 4.7 Genesys Telecommunications Labo- Camberley Software for contact centres 90,174 6.1 17,103 50.7 19.0 13.4 ratories - Europe Ltd ANA Aviation Group Holdings Ltd Crawley Services to 89,435 -1.2 2,409 -0.2 2.7 2.7 DCL (Holdings) Ltd Bagshot Council leisure facilities managment 88,007 -7.9 2,689 -64.0 3.1 7.8 RIAS plc Bournemouth Insurance marketing for over 50's 87,988 4.3 28,396 10.4 32.3 30.5 Concha Y Toro UK Ltd Windsor Wine importers 87,947 -7.4 1,404 -12.8 1.6 1.7 Petroplan Ltd Guildford Services to energy industrier 87,903 56.9 652 197.7 0.7 0.4 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd Guildford Satellite construction/services 87,597 12.2 3,238 34.4 3.7 3.1 Varian Medical Systems Ltd Crawley Radiotherapy equipment mfg 87,069 -10.6 11,278 -32.9 13.0 17.2 Fish Brothers (Holdings) Ltd Swindon Car dealership 86,308 11.2 1,429 -3.1 1.7 1.9 AIM Aviation Ltd Bournemouth Aircraft interiors 86,119 34.0 7,179 112.3 8.3 5.3 Vitacress Salads Ltd Eastleigh Watercress, salad, vegetable growing, 85,509 -6.1 1,052 264.0 1.2 0.3 marketing Genuine Solutions Group plc Chessington Mobile phone accessories 85,314 378.5 3,733 430.3 4.4 3.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last UOP Ltd Guildford Catalysts/absorbents/chemicals 85,061 -13.5 18,587 -21.6 21.9 24.1 manufacture Rockwell Collins (UK) Ltd Reading Avionics electronic equipment 84,817 -15.4 3,503 124.5 4.1 -14.3 GDC GroupLtd Southampton Domestic heating appliance distribution 84,798 10.5 399 -78.4 0.5 2.4 Towry Holdings Ltd Bracknell Investment management 84,168 6.0 8,254 223.9 9.8 -8.4 Beam INC UK Ltd Horsham Scotch whisky distribution 84,160 9.6 31,887 130.9 37.9 18.0 Robinson Webster (Holdings) Ltd Richmond- Clothing retailer (Jigsaw, Kew) 84,070 3.7 -9,983 -8,150.4 -11.9 -0.1 upon-Thames Trant Holdings Ltd Southampton Construction development engineering 83,794 12.3 1,672 -10.6 2.0 2.5 Covance Clinical & Periapproval Maidenhead Clinical development services 83,729 6.9 4,898 15.9 5.8 5.4 Services Ltd SAS Holdings Ltd Reading Ceiling systems 83,582 5.3 6,793 -2.9 8.1 8.8 Forum Products Holdings Ltd Redhill Chemical product (biocide) distribution 83,531 -5.6 2,365 61.2 2.8 1.7 EDF Production UK Ltd Richmond- Petroleum exploration 83,340 -22.3 5,371 103.3 6.4 -151.1 upon-Thames Callaway Golf EuropemLtd Leatherhead Golf equipment distribution 83,185 -1.9 2,924 37.0 3.5 2.5 The Agricultural Mortgage Andover Long-term finance 83,134 12.3 28,217 20.5 33.9 31.6 Corporation plc Drift Bridge Garage Ltd Epsom Automotive retailers 82,853 -18.7 -397 -175.8 -0.5 0.5 Money Transfer International (UK) Whitchurch Foreign currency services 82,847 1.0 260 52.9 0.3 0.2 Ltd Fourfront Group Ltd Egham Commercial interiors 82,757 57.5 5,819 72.4 7.0 6.4 The Shaw Trust Ltd Trowbridge Employment charity 82,313 -26.9 -928 -117.3 -1.1 4.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Harris Federation Croydon School management 82,105 -17.7 12,298 -63.1 15.0 33.4 AIRCOM International Ltd Leatherhead Software tools for mobile network 81,965 0.9 2,246 40.7 2.7 2.0 operators Selecta UK Ltd Basingstoke Vending machines 81,836 8.4 -6,731 -49.9 -8.2 -5.9 Lonza Biologics Ltd Slough Chemical ingredients distributers 81,819 9.0 6,788 5.3 8.3 8.6 Magellan Aerospace (UK) Ltd Bournemouth Aerostructures mfg 81,617 14.4 390 -92.4 0.5 7.2 Crime Reduction Initiatives Brighton Charity 80,815 17.1 1,785 10.8 2.2 2.3 Birse Rail Ltd Redhill Rail contractors 80,634 7.9 4,713 157.3 5.8 2.5 Schindler Ltd Sunbury-on- Lift/escalator installations 80,444 -1.8 2,162 194.9 2.7 -2.8 Thames All Leisure Group plc Burgess Hill Cruise ship operators 80,361 -2.7 5,664 373.2 7.0 -2.5 Solventis Ltd Guildford Chemical sales 80,300 22.4 2,768 16.2 3.4 3.6 Getronics UK Ltd Farnborough ICT services 80,093 -20.7 -2,727 -697.4 -3.4 -0.3 John Crane UK Ltd Slough Mechanical seal mfg 79,666 7.8 15,198 -11.1 19.1 23.1 Warings Contractors Ltd Portsmouth Building contractors 79,593 26.2 1,801 19.0 2.3 2.4 Buckingham Foods Ltd Slough Sandwich, snack supplier 79,096 -2.8 1,500 -78.2 1.9 8.4 Whirlpool (UK) Ltd Croydon Domestic appliance distribution 78,842 -9.9 924 -65.4 1.2 3.1 SugaRich Ltd Farnborough Animal feed mfg 78,595 26.0 2,438 -24.5 3.1 5.2 Fairfield Energy plc Staines Oil field owners 78,362 -37.6 -134,293 -1,691.5 -171.4 -6.0 Cygnet 2008 Ltd Kingston-Up- Psychiatric care services 78,198 -4.3 -7,903 -40.6 -10.1 -6.9 on-Thames Industrial Acoustics Company Ltd Winchester Noise control system mfg 78,147 24.7 4,649 34.5 5.9 5.5 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last A Jones & Sons Ltd Eastbourne Shoe retailers 77,959 4.9 -168 -112.0 -0.2 1.9 Allegis Group Ltd Bracknell Recruitment consultants 77,834 28.7 290 138.7 0.4 -1.2 CH & Co Catering Ltd Reading Catering services 77,217 5.6 388 -63.8 0.5 1.5 Fulham Football Club (1987) Ltd New Malden Premier League football club 77,109 0.1 4,406 123.2 5.7 -24.6 Fusion People Ltd Eastleigh Recruitment consultants 76,986 86.9 -2,691 -167.5 -3.5 -2.4 Equiniti Ltd Lancing Share registration services 76,919 -11.0 -32,617 -27.9 -42.4 -29.5 Interglobal Insurance Company Ltd Farnham International medical insurer 76,875 -12.1 -10,240 -92.7 -13.3 -6.1 Herman Miller Ltd Chippenham Office furniture mfg 76,740 10.2 -2,544 -673.3 -3.3 -0.5 Patheon UK Ltd Swindon Pharmaceuticals mfg 76,508 12.2 24,384 132.8 31.9 15.4 Sanofi Synthelabo Ltd Guildford Pharmaceuticals 76,446 14.6 11,514 94.0 15.1 8.9 Huntswood CTC Ltd Reading Support recruitment services 76,200 86.8 7,492 521.2 9.8 3.0 Rebound Technology Group Newbury Electronic componant distributor 75,702 -5.7 1,589 -20.2 2.1 2.5 Holdings Ltd Cohort plc Reading Defence contractors 75,408 15.8 4,156 54.2 5.5 4.1 Hy-Ten Group Ltd Richmond upon Wire manufacture 75,148 14.9 2,045 5.6 2.7 3.0 Thames Adare International Ltd Basingstoke Marketing services 74,700 18.4 1,995 49.1 2.7 2.1 T&R (Holdings) Ltd Guildford Transformer, rectifier mfg 74,601 -1.8 210 25.0 0.3 0.2 Caley Ltd Croydon Insurance/housing management 74,543 -1.2 -17,239 -666.2 -23.1 -3.0 City Sprint (UK) Group Ltd Redhill Courier services 74,308 ? -4,598 ? -6.2 Links (London) Ltd Guildford Jewellery retailers 74,301 -10.0 4,370 -73.6 5.9 20.0 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last UPS SCS (UK) Ltd Slough Freight forwarding 74,106 2.8 2,235 83.8 3.0 1.7 Bilfinger Berger Civil UK Ltd Maidenhead Construction, civil engineering 73,985 -32.4 12,202 316.1 16.5 -5.2 Reed Exhibitions Ltd Richmond- Event organising 73,907 2.3 7,168 137.1 9.7 -26.8 upon-Thames i3 International (UK) Ltd Maidenhead Formerly Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services 73,835 -9.5 6,797 430.6 9.2 -2.5 CP Equity Co Ltd Hastings Holiday homes 73,807 7.9 -552 -139.7 -0.7 2.0 Knorr-Bremse Nail Systems Melksham Braking system mfg 73,769 -26.5 4,780 -55.9 6.5 10.8 (UK) Ltd Saftdwin Ltd Basingstoke Automotive retailers 73,700 -2.9 850 -30.3 1.2 1.6 Interactive Hotel Services Ltd Theale Software/equipment provider 73,628 -9.2 -11,690 -31.6 -15.9 -11.0 RP Europe Ltd Bourne End Telecom products 72,884 -26.7 969 55.0 1.3 0.6 Raymond Brown Group Ltd Ringwood Construction, civil engineering, aggregate 72,844 8.7 1,381 -41.3 1.9 3.5 extraction Avios Group Ltd Crawley Travel/leisure award schemes (The Mileage 72,673 -19.7 -8,413 -121.1 -11.6 44.1 Company) The Conair Group Ltd Fleet Personal care product distribution 72,561 9.6 608 54.3 0.8 0.6 Systagenix Wound Management Gatwick Professional wound care products 72,383 -10.7 -15,340 -17.5 -21.2 -16.1 Ltd Manitou UK Ltd Verwood Materials handling equipment 71,842 43.6 2,016 78.4 2.8 2.3 Pandrol Ltd Addlestone Nail track fastening systems 71,728 0.2 8,079 16.4 11.3 9.7 Newmarket Promotions Ltd Worcester Park Holiday tour operators 71,713 4.0 1,628 -20.9 2.3 3.0 Crawley Down Holdings Ltd Crawley Retail automotive, airport parking 71,704 0.7 133 -84.1 0.2 1.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Righton Ltd Cobham Metals distributor 71,248 -3.4 943 -14.1 1.3 1.5 Scandinavian Tobacco Group Reading Cigar importers 71,093 3.1 5,855 14.6 8.2 7.4 UK Ltd Kelly Services (UK) Ltd Kingston Upon Recruitment consultancy 70,971 -14.6 -1,841 -27.8 -2.6 -1.7 Thames Bisley Office Equipment Ltd Woking Office furniture manufacture 70,589 8.0 -687 -281.7 -1.0 0.6 Snell Corporation Ltd Reading Digital media content management 69,356 5.9 -7,567 -102.8 -10.9 -5.7 Portchester Equity Ltd Winchester Bedding mfg/traffic management/door mfg 69,135 0.6 467 -60.5 0.7 1.7 Turbomeca UK Ltd Fareham Turbine, engine designers 69,078 1.7 3,418 43.7 4.9 3.5 Monier Redland Ltd Crawley Roof tile mfg 68,953 ? -4,727 -6.3 -6.9 ? Arient Ltd Amesbury Air freight services 68,765 -3.2 -1,942 -200.6 -2.8 2.7 MCM Select Foods Ltd Bracknell Food product importer 68,617 -29.7 -2,989 79.2 -4.4 -14.7 Eurac Holdings Ltd Poole Automotive componant mfg 68,472 2.4 8,212 5.9 12.0 11.6 Marchwood Power Ltd Southampton Power station operation 68,463 7.6 29,806 11.1 43.5 42.2 DB Foods Ltd Poole Meat wholesalers 68,376 11.8 888 -25.8 1.3 2.0 CLC Group Ltd Southampton Painting/building maintenance 68,325 -2.4 1,838 -28.6 2.7 3.7 A24 Group Ltd Sutton Healthcare staffing 68,274 4.8 4,995 -52.1 7.3 16.0 RMAC Securities Holdings Ltd Bracknell Securitisation 68,195 -4.8 19,373 335.6 28.4 6.2 Zimmer Ltd Swindon Orthopaedic product distribution 67,980 3.4 3,739 -7.6 5.5 6.2 Aqueduct Capital UK Ltd Redhill Water companies 67,875 4.2 1,523 32.1 2.2 1.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Integralis Ltd Reading IT Security 67,802 -2.4 -321 -124.8 -0.5 1.9 Atex Group Ltd Reading IT for printermedia 67,401 14.4 4,260 119.9 6.3 -36.3 Hatch Mansfield Agencies Ltd Ascot Wine importers 67,394 -3.9 1,225 78.8 1.8 1.0 Static Control Components Reading Imaging materials 67,269 3.3 361 5.2 0.5 0.5 (Europe) Ltd Gucci Ltd Hayward Heath Luxury goods distribution 67,236 7.3 -1,770 -344.5 -2.6 1.2 H+S Aviation Ltd Portsmouth Aviation enginer 67,202 3.2 8,016 15.2 11.9 10.7 Jacksons Bournemouth Ltd Poole Car dealership 66,803 -2.7 1,243 -24.7 1.9 2.4 Lens-Online Ltd Fareham Wholesalers 66,786 5.1 876 -62.6 1.3 3.7 Nike Land Securities Ltd Bracknell Leisure operators, motor retailers, property 66,437 -7.7 -1,809 0.1 -2.7 -2.5 developers Cornerstone International Holdings Maidenhead Accident-health insurance 66,200 5.0 940 -82.1 1.4 8.3 Ltd Mercury Pharmaceuticals Ltd Croydon Pharmaceuticals distribution,formerly 65,938 15.9 11,152 136.7 16.9 8.3 Goldshield Tridonic UK Ltd Basingstoke Light fittings mfg 65,920 -10.7 1,703 -51.9 2.6 4.8 Beck Group Ltd Chessington Interior fit-outs 65,913 -14.8 6,730 -8.1 10.2 9.5 Big Yellow Group plc Bagshot Self storage 65,663 6.1 -35,551 -615.2 -54.1 11.2 Prater Ltd Redhill Specialist building contractor 65,441 8.4 2,888 -15.2 4.4 5.6 Rayfix Ltd Redhill Roofing, cladding, curtain walling 65,441 8.4 3,318 -11.7 5.1 6.2 Snow + Rock Group Holdings Ltd Guildford Retailer 65,317 -2,517 -3.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Technetix Group Ltd Burgess Hill Telecommunications equipment mfg 65,185 8.2 4,534 -1.0 7.0 7.6 TC Cleaning Contractors Ltd Walton-on- Cleaning services 65,161 9.2 2,358 47,060.0 3.6 0.0 Thames The Nuance Group UK Ltd Southampton Duty free/tax free shops/speciality shops 65,143 -2.4 2,670 -76.1 4.1 16.8 BE Group Holdings (UK) Ltd Eastbourne Multi-media products, insurance claims 64,708 -3.8 3,362 100.6 5.2 2.5 handling Seiko UK Ltd Maidenhead Sale repair of watches, clocks 64,647 -1.2 2,601 -12.9 4.0 4.6 Kenneth Green Associates Ltd Weybridge Cosmetics distribution 64,620 27.2 4,164 20.4 6.4 6.8 Stanley Electric Holding Europe Bracknell Lighting products 64,613 -12.0 -890 -273.8 -1.4 0.7 Co Ltd DPAS Ltd Salisbury Private dental plans 64,270 6.9 1,520 49.6 2.4 1.7 Huhtamaki (UK) Ltd Gosport Catering disposables mfg 64,195 6.5 9,342 422.2 14.6 3.0 Andreas Stihl Ltd Camberley Garden machinery distributor 63,967 4.2 4,376 -40.0 6.8 11.9 Richmond Group Ltd Bournemouth Loan brokerage 63,865 37.6 29,810 54.3 46.7 41.6 Greenoaks (Maidenhead) Ltd Slough Motor dealership 63,774 -7.2 390 -33.3 0.6 0.9 Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd Havant Fire detector mfg 63,377 6.0 13,858 22.4 21.9 18.9 Friesland Camping UK Ltd Horsham Dairy product distributors 62,922 -4.1 2,374 18.9 3.8 3.0 Peek Traffic Ltd Basingstoke Traffic management products 62,917 -0.2 6,013 -6.2 9.6 10.2 Novartis Consumer Health UK Ltd Camberley Self-medication products sales 62,593 -1.4 1,464 -29.0 2.3 3.2 ADP Dealer Services Ltd Hungerford Computer systems 62,534 -7.3 5,979 -72.9 9.6 32.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Wireless Data Services Ltd Poole Wireless data services 61,762 9.5 2,999 213.0 4.9 -4.7 R&M Electrical Group Ltd Southampton Electrical distributors 61,688 28.6 2,042 171.2 3.3 1.6 Sansoz Ltd Camberley Generic medicine distribution 61,682 28.2 8,668 349.4 14.1 -7.2 Telindus Ltd Camberley ICT provider 61,366 50.2 -1,199 20.9 -2.0 -3.7 Securitas Security Services Ltd Richmond Security services 60,721 -37.4 -8,606 -744.6 -14.2 1.4 Wilsons Automobiles & Coachworks Epsom Motor vehicle sales 60,678 -0.9 439 -24.2 0.7 0.9 Ltd Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd Weybridge Yamaha motorised product distribution 60,451 -25.5 -703 62.5 -1.2 -2.3 David Cover and Son Ltd Chichester Builders merchants 60,311 1.6 495 2,993.8 0.8 0.0 The Draper Tool Group Ltd Eastleigh Tool wholesalers 60,253 -1.5 5,671 40.6 9.4 6.6 Swindon Commercial Services Ltd Swindon Construction waste management 60,045 -10.0 358 138.7 0.6 0.2 Singers Asset Finance Holdings Ltd Dorking Asset finance 58,929 -10.1 3,354 -62.0 5.7 13.5 Steljes Ltd Bagshot AV equipment, interactive whiteboards 58,896 1.2 625 -4.1 1.1 1.1 Robin Appel Ltd Bishops Grain, reed marketing 58,875 32.0 69 -73.2 0.1 0.6 Waltham MDNX Group Ltd Bracknell Managed networks, hosting 58,656 46.2 5,140 186.6 8.8 -14.8 Gurit (UK) Ltd Newport Composite materials mfg 58,502 31.8 5,173 30.8 8.8 8.9 The Goodwood Estate Company Ltd Chichester Leisure facilities,activities 58,186 11.8 1,813 259.0 3.1 -2.2 HFGL Ltd Basingstoke Asset finance 57,683 -2.1 7,978 -26.0 13.8 18.3 Aviation Training International Ltd Sherborne Army helicopter training 57,479 -0.2 14,282 1.6 24.8 24.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Econocom plc Richmond- IT equipment formerly ECS United 56,950 2.7 1,631 98.4 2.9 1.5 Upon-Thames Kingdom Dextra Group Ltd Gillingham Light fitting mfg 56,154 -3.3 10,699 9.1 19.1 16.9 JP Kenny Ltd Staines Pipeline engineers 55,673 10.1 7,690 21.7 13.8 12.5 The Quarr Group Ltd Fleet Facilities managment 55,154 17.5 1,709 31.6 3.1 2.8 NVM Solutions Ltd Bournemouth Payroll services 54,821 45.5 608 32.5 1.1 1.2 Cleansing Service Group Ltd Fareham Waste disposal contractors 54,144 1.5 2,873 14.9 5.3 4.7 Foundation Developments Ltd Wallington Building, civil engineering 54,141 56.2 1,228 208.5 2.3 1.1 Ceuta Healthcare Ltd Bournemouth Healthcare products 53,697 2.4 2,430 -1.3 4.5 4.7 SHB Hire Ltd Romsey Vehicle hire 53,578 32.1 4,435 13.5 8.3 9.6 Parkeray Ltd Sutton Fitting out/refurbishment 53,129 21.7 49 -52.9 0.1 0.2 TDL Infomedia Ltd Farnborough Directory publishers 52,823 -16.3 -31,582 -219.1 -59.8 -15.7 Millbrook Industries Ltd Southampton Bed manufacture,vehicle,equipment 52,562 21.7 2,121 206.9 4.0 1.6 maintenance Euroforest Ltd Farnham Timber growing, marketing 52,520 43.2 1,431 39.9 2.7 2.8 Kondor Ltd Christchurch Consumer electronic product distribution 52,281 25.6 7,582 50.8 14.5 12.1 Aerotron Ltd Crawley Aircraft spares 52,193 17.8 4,031 16.1 7.7 7.8 FBS Ltd Basingstoke Defence helicopter training 52,174 1.9 13,781 10.1 26.4 24.4 FG Barnes and Sons Ltd Guildford Retail automotive 51,839 7.8 -337 -157.8 -0.7 1.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Octagon Developments Ltd East Molesey Residential property developments 51,524 -28.4 -1,887 -193.9 -3.7 2.8 ECI Telecom (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Telecom equipment supplier 51,089 479.4 284 3,055.6 0.6 0.1 Medreich plc Richmond- Pharmaceuticals 50,526 18.1 1,583 3.1 3.1 3.6 upon-Thames Daybreak Foods Ltd Ascot Own-label food products 50,415 -2.2 2,024 11.5 4.0 3.5 Dermalogica (UK) Ltd Leatherhead Skincare products distribution 50,249 0.7 947 -76.4 1.9 8.1 Waremoss Ltd Uckfield Pharmacies 50,147 4.9 3,849 10.3 7.7 7.3 Petty Wood & Co Ltd Andover Food product distribution 50,093 6.0 1,237 -3.6 2.5 2.7 Tony Purslow Ltd Basingstoke Motor dealerships 49,798 -0.6 656 -11.4 1.3 1.5 Now Motor Retailing Ltd Addlestone Motor dealerships 49,660 43.0 26 -96.3 0.1 2.0 Sondex Wireline Ltd Farnborough Instrumentation manufacture 49,455 30.8 12,728 110.0 25.7 16.0 Quantel Holdings (2010) Ltd Newbury Broadcast equipment mfg 49,250 15.6 5,718 290.3 11.6 3.4 Mondial Assistance (UK) Ltd Croydon Vehicle emergency services 49,058 0.6 5,925 -34.7 12.1 18.6 Dyer & Butler Holdings Ltd Southampton Civil engineering/construction 48,521 -3.7 -205 -181.7 -0.4 0.5 Airsprung Group plc Trowbridge Furniture manufacture 48,456 8.0 877 81.2 1.8 1.1 Adams Morey Ltd Southampton Truck dealerships 48,048 20.4 309 -16.0 0.6 0.9 Teachers Assurance Bournemouth Financial services 47,828 -3.8 1,484 -23.9 3.1 3.9 Peter Cooper (Southampton) Ltd Southampton Car dealerships 47,766 -2.6 220 -2.2 0.5 0.5 The Southern Motor Group Ltd Croydon Motor dealership 47,020 15.7 291 -14.2 0.6 0.8 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Lakesmere Ltd Winchester Building envelope contractors 46,874 10.9 343 -58.6 0.7 2.0 HPC Healthline UK Ltd Morden Disposable products for industry 46,657 22.3 3,300 18.3 7.1 7.3 The Enviromental and Process Southampton M&E services engineer 46,554 19.6 937 -30.4 2.0 3.5 Engineering Group Ltd Centerprise International Ltd Basingstoke IT products 46,414 -9.7 2,058 5.2 4.4 3.8 Bland Group UK Holdings Ltd Gatwick Hovercraft mtg, travel, property 46,171 -13.9 -16,724 -52.6 -36.2 -20.4 CSM Motor Group Ltd Basingstoke Retail automotive 46,124 -31.0 -572 45.6 -1.2 -1.6 Secom plc Kenley Security Systems 45,750 17.9 2,436 25.3 5.3 5.0 Selwood Holdings Ltd Chandlers Ford Industrial services, equipment hire 45,607 17.3 4,142 85.3 9.1 5.7 Reach Contract Ltd Woking Marketing services 45,458 6.2 5,344 0.7 11.8 12.4 Family Assurance Friendly Society Brighton Tax-efficient savings & protection 45,441 -10.7 6,961 59.7 15.3 8.6 Ltd products Wick Hill Group plc Woking Computer software distribution 45,283 14.0 805 -8.1 1.8 2.2 Siva Holdings Ltd Southampton Packaging mfg 45,263 31.0 1,880 97.5 4.2 2.8 Sydenhams Ltd Bournemouth Timber merchants 45,137 5.9 2,348 79.9 5.2 3.1 Feltham Group Ltd Newbury Building contractors 45,135 3.5 1,834 40.2 4.1 3.0 Penta Consulting Ltd Wallington Recruitment consulants 45,070 15.1 3,305 166.3 7.3 3.2 Chas A Blatchford & Sons Ltd Basingstoke Artificial limb component mfg 45,035 15.0 2,182 -8.0 4.8 6.1 Elliott Brothers (Builders Southampton Builders Merchants 44,881 3.9 752 17.7 1.7 1.5 Merchants) Ltd THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Collins Construction Ltd Croydon Refurbishment contractors 44,854 23.0 115 126.4 0.3 -1.2 Tate Bros Ltd Newhaven Motordealership, leisure centre operator 44,824 -17.2 -548 -99.3 -1.2 -0.5 Natatomisam Ltd Richmond upon Hoteliers, Saltrock leisurewear, Plymouth 44,743 118.2 -444 -302.7 -1.0 1.1 Thames Argyle FC Bridport Ltd Bridport Aviation, defence contractor 44,688 -2.4 344 -79.8 0.8 3.7 The American Community Cobham Schools 44,503 7.6 5,285 3.7 11.9 12.3 Schools Ltd Sembcorp Bournemouth Water Ltd Bournemouth Utility 44,485 2.1 9,113 -12.1 20.5 23.8 Lanston Ltd Liss Mde fitting out 44,376 -24.3 909 -25.1 2.0 2.1 Zotefoams plc Croydon Lightweight foam mfg 44,208 10.9 5,465 2.6 12.4 13.4 Birchwood Motor Group Ltd Eastbourne Motor dealerships 44,068 1.3 2,839 15,042.1 6.4 0.0 Lewmar Marine Ltd Havant Leisure marine equipment mfg 43,997 6.8 360 61.4 0.8 0.5 Dean & Wood Ltd Leatherhead Refrigeration product distribution 43,932 1.4 1,425 -3.1 3.2 3.4 Ocean Automotives Ltd Poole Retail automotive 43,809 31.2 152 -51.0 0.3 0.9 Lymington Precision Engineers Lymington Precision engineers 43,704 -2.0 5,503 -34.6 12.6 18.9 Co Ltd Caspian UK Group Ltd Camberley Burger King franchisee 43,675 -1.9 371 -67.9 0.8 2.6 Thales Missile Electronics Ltd Basingstoke Electronic component mfg 43,547 23.9 6,923 169.9 15.9 7.3 Churchill Retirement Living Ltd Ringwood Retirement apartment developer 43,080 30.2 5,725 62.0 13.3 10.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last The Manor House Hotel (Castle Bagshot Exclusive group 42,346 7.1 3,305 -9.4 7.8 9.2 Combe) Ltd Krispy Kreme UK Ltd Camberley Doughnut retailer 42,269 26.3 1,019 73.0 2.4 1.8 Imtech ICT Ltd Basingstoke Technology provider 42,072 61.5 1,900 106.1 4.5 3.5 MJ Gleeson Group plc Fleet Housebuilders 41,937 1.4 3,797 146.2 9.1 3.7 Geo Kingsbury Holdings Ltd Cobham Engineering, timber merchants 41,847 18.3 765 412.2 1.8 -0.7 S and M Tyres Holdings Ltd Horsham Petrol stations, fast fit centres 41,839 10.4 434 66.3 1.0 0.7 Martin Grant (Holdings)Ltd Dorking Housebuilders 41,791 27.2 3,641 65.8 8.7 6.7 Latchways plc Devizes Industrial safty equipment mfg 41,372 4.6 9,934 6.5 24.0 23.6 First Assist Group Holdings Ltd Sutton Insurance products 41,183 -5.5 11,963 272.4 29.0 -15.9 The ID Group Ltd West Byfleet Recruitment services 41,158 73.8 837 215.8 2.0 1.1 Magal Engineering Ltd Reading Automotive parts mfg 41,039 16.6 727 159.5 1.8 -3.5 Regard Holdings Ltd Kingston-upon- Disability, mental health care 40,668 0.6 -76 -103.8 -0.2 4.9 Thames Koch Media Ltd Basingstoke Multimedia products 40,558 20.8 369 332.1 0.9 -0.5 Ipsen Ltd Slough Products for pharmaceuticals industry 40,513 1.5 1,571 -56.5 3.9 9.1 Cubit Group Ltd Wimborne Retail bookselling 39,669 -3.3 402 -27.4 1.0 1.4 William Reed Holdings Ltd Crawley Business media 39,162 20.2 2,052 177.3 5.2 2.3 bioMerieux UK Ltd Basingstoke Laboratory supplier 39,009 12.3 1,268 249.3 3.3 1.0 Farrow & Ball Ltd Wimborne Paint, wallpaper mfg 38,754 12.2 9,869 2.4 25.5 27.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last The Jankel Group Ltd Weybridge Vehicle armourers 38,660 14.3 4,425 -9.2 11.4 14.4 HPS Heating Plumbing Supplies Ltd Newhaven Heating, plumbing merchants 38,656 -0.8 1,471 -19.1 3.8 4.7 Tindle Press Holdings Ltd Farnham Newspaper publishers, radio stations 38,555 -9.4 1,285 -61.1 3.3 7.8 Sumika Polymer Compounds Havant Thermoplastic compounding 38,536 18.7 -1,184 -41.6 -3.1 -2.6 UK) Ltd Lionel Hitchen (Essential Oils) Ltd Winchester Distillers, merchants 38,352 -14.6 700 -34.8 1.8 2.4 Organix Brands Ltd Bournemouth Organic baby/childrens food 38,122 12.3 2,867 30.9 7.5 6.4 Hotchkiss Group Ltd Eastbourne Ductwork manufacture 37,736 -6.2 1,345 373.6 3.6 0.7 Tomy UK Ltd Sutton Toy distributor 37,386 -22.3 -3,077 -182.0 -8.2 -2.3 Drivetech (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Training services 37,170 68.7 793 65.9 2.1 2.2 Penny & Giles Controls Ltd Christchurch Systems controllers mfg 37,085 18.4 2,398 -6.4 6.5 8.2 Exelis Defence Ltd Basingstoke Formerly itt defence-mfg 36,976 -3.3 7,712 -22.9 20.9 26.2 Care South Poole Nursing Home operators 36,664 10.3 1,480 -76.3 4.0 18.8 Colten Care Ltd Lymington Care homes 36,573 7.7 1,674 44.3 4.6 3.4 Bourne Group Holdings Ltd Poole Construction engineering contracts 36,477 -2.9 893 -51.0 2.4 4.8 Arrowedge Ltd Bournemouth Pharmacies 36,464 8.2 1,264 4.6 3.5 3.6 Mitchellson Formworks & Civil Slough Groundwork contractor 36,004 -16.0 311 -68.2 0.9 2.3 Engineering Ltd Xtrac Ltd Thatcham Precision component mfg 35,703 14.6 5,287 48.1 14.8 11.5 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Eastbourne Motoring Centre Ltd Eastbourne Motor traders 35,600 -11.7 683 -39.3 1.9 2.8 Barbon Insurance Group Ltd Croydon Commercial insurance broking 35,184 5.3 -547 -107.0 -1.6 23.5 Simon Holdings plc Walton-on- Recruitment services 35,021 8.0 209 564.4 0.6 -0.1 Thames Thomas Eggar LLP Chichester Law firm 34,726 0.1 9,310 -10.4 26.8 29.9 Saywell International Ltd Worthing Aircraft spares 34,644 12.1 3,013 145.4 8.7 4.0 Hamworthy Combustion Engineer- Poole Industrial combustion equipment mfg 34,567 -34.7 -3,983 -180.5 -11.5 9.3 ing Ltd Blenheim House Construction Ltd Chertsey Building contractor 34,380 9.1 117 -50.0 0.3 0.7 JM Scully Ltd Wimborne Retail, leisure building contractors 33,900 8.1 1,234 70.0 3.6 2.3 Hansgrohe Ltd Esher Bathroom fittings 32,914 6.3 3,986 48.2 12.1 8.7 Lowara UK Ltd Basingstoke Pumping equipment 32,170 1.3 31,693 499.7 98.5 16.6 Sonardyne International Ltd Yateley Instrument mfg 32,154 17.7 7,211 36.0 22.4 19.4 Elliott Turbomechinery Ltd Reading Machinery spares 32,144 -13.0 1,998 -66.8 6.2 16.3 Urbis Lighting Ltd Basingstoke Lighting street furniture mfg 32,078 -4.0 443 -82.0 1.4 7.4 Broadway Malyen Ltd Weybridge Architects 32,062 27.3 -246 84.3 -0.8 -6.2 JAS Forwarding (UK) Ltd Stanwell Freight forwarding 32,054 14.4 -3,346 -199.9 -10.4 12.0 Southdown Kitchen Furniture Ltd Lancing Kitchen manufacture 32,051 22.0 1,855 13.0 5.8 6.2 Hiflex Europe Ltd Salisbury Hydraulic hose mfg 31,433 22.7 887 136.5 2.8 1.5 Horizon Motor Company Ltd Poole Motor Dealership 31,348 -12.4 162 -73.0 0.5 1.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Langham Industries Ltd Dorchester Marine engineering/ manufacturing 31,319 5.5 2,172 -43.8 6.9 13.0 Trane (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Heating, ventilation systems 31,319 -1.7 320 -67.8 1.0 3.1 Wessex Group Ltd Shaftersbury Mechanical electrical contracting 31,303 25.2 1,777 196.2 5.7 2.4 Albright International Ltd Whitchurch Soleroid switch mfg 31,126 39.5 -1,887 -381.2 -6.1 3.0 Alderson Print Group Ltd West Molesey Printers 31,042 9.8 117 105.1 0.4 -8.1 Cuffe plc Surbiton Building contractors 31,020 -20.0 638 -75.1 2.1 6.6 Liquid Friday Ltd Portsmouth Payroll sevices 30,935 73.2 266 166.0 0.9 0.6 Wingate Electrical plc Basingstoke Electrical contracting 30,814 15.4 1,485 17.2 4.8 4.7 Curtiss-Wright Flow Control (UK) Bridport High performance valve mfg 30,340 170.8 10 102.0 0.0 -4.4 Ltd Metso Automation Ltd Basingstoke Control, measurement systems 30,319 0.6 2,298 179.6 7.6 2.7 Condor UK Holdings Ltd Poole Ferry Operations 30,199 2.1 -2,265 15.0 -7.5 -9.0 Rollalong Ltd Wimborne Modular building mfg 30,120 -15.0 3,029 59.8 10.1 5.3 Premier Aset Management Guildford Investment managers 29,966 3.3 -7,062 -31.9 -23.6 -18.5 Group Ltd Q Associates Ltd Newbury IT Services 29,365 -7.1 -1,746 31.1 -5.9 -8.0 Techtrade Computers Ltd Godalming IT services 29,163 6.9 1,005 110.7 3.4 1.7 Hama (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Digital medic distribution 28,793 -8.1 -269 -715.2 -0.9 -0.1 ID Business Solutions Ltd Guildford Software 28,557 -5.4 -2,630 -150.0 -9.2 17.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Eschmann Holdings Ltd Lancing Medical equipment mfg 28,462 8.6 3,200 8.7 11.2 11.2 Eco Animal Health plc New Malden Animal health products 28,322 4.6 2,320 1.2 8.2 8.5 Deutch UK St Leonards- Component manufacture 27,927 16.9 4,693 -13.1 16.8 22.6 on-Sea Merityre Specialists Ltd Andover Tyre retailers 27,613 0.2 738 38.2 2.7 1.9 Thierry's Wine Services Ltd Romsey Wine brokerage 27,402 -39.7 220 4,300.0 0.8 0.0 CG Fry & Son Ltd Dorchester Building contractors developers 26,571 36.2 1,251 15.8 4.7 5.5 International Process Technologies Farnham Plastic engineering 26,268 9.0 2,000 4.3 7.6 8.0 Ltd CHG-Meridian UK Ltd Egham IT servicer 26,216 -4.2 851 141.1 3.2 1.3 The Pump Group Ltd Hailsham Pump manufacture 25,747 15.2 2,955 26.7 11.5 10.4 Emerge Ltd Bournemouth Advertising agency 25,664 22.8 525 50.0 2.0 1.7 Panther 1919 Ltd Bagshot Groundwork contractor, (Wooldrige) 25,592 -10.1 1 -99.9 0.0 2.7 Omitec Group Ltd Devizes Diagnostic machines 25,389 15.7 -412 -2,523.5 -1.6 0.1 John Reid & Sons (Struesteel) Ltd Christchurch Steel-framed buildings 25,354 5.0 687 -71.5 2.7 10.0 RW Armstrong & Sons Basingstoke Building contractors 25,260 15.3 475 154.0 1.9 0.9 Caterpillar Marine Power UK Ltd Ferndown Marine engine mfg 25,083 11.6 207 -22.5 0.8 1.2 NCMT Ltd Thames Ditton Machine tool supplier 24,865 8.6 686 182.7 2.8 -3.6 New Earth Solutions Group Ltd Verwood Waste treatment contractor 24,687 122.3 -4,964 41.4 -20.1 -76.3 Agincare Ltd Weymouth Care Services 24,646 10.3 902 38.6 3.7 2.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Dytecna Ltd Weybridge Electronic product design, mfg 24,600 -41.8 -1,733 -181.7 -7.0 5.0 Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc Haywards Brick manufacture 24,268 4.0 530 106.9 2.2 -33.1 Heath Modelzone Ltd Lancing Model retailing 24,046 43.6 126 120.1 0.5 -3.7 Key Industrial Equipment Ltd Verwood Mail order catalogue 24,031 2.6 265 -26.4 1.1 1.5 Sperian Protection (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Honeywell safety equipment distribution 23,894 3.2 -43 -253.6 -0.2 0.1 Hoburne Ltd Christchurch Holiday Park Operator 23,836 8.2 3,443 1.4 14.4 15.4 AA Media Ltd Basingstoke Travel guide publishing 23,791 -7.9 -8,070 -322.0 -33.9 14.1 Clearview Group plc Camberley Water air treatment services 23,682 8.9 2,013 7.2 8.5 8.6 SPI Lasers (UK) Ltd Southampton Laser sources 23,236 -19.0 -10,617 -90.6 -45.7 -19.4 Papa Johns (GB) Ltd Chertsey Pizza stores 22,943 21.4 -1,028 47.7 -4.5 -10.4 288 Group Ltd Poole Mail order collectables 22,804 9.9 1,312 205.2 5.8 -6.0 MedicX Holdings Ltd Godalming Healthcare property developer 22,584 69.4 4,100 186.7 18.2 10.7 Inductotherm Heating & Welding Basingstoke Equipment manufacture 22,530 64.3 2,301 824.1 10.2 1.8 Ltd Kinetrol Ltd Farnham Activator mfg 22,448 16.1 3,300 24.5 14.7 13.7 Heating Products Ltd Poole Commercial boiler supply 22,433 4.1 3,495 -0.5 15.6 16.3 Majestic Garage (Dorset) Ltd Bournemouth Car dealerships 22,356 2.2 42 -83.3 0.2 1.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last CareFusion UK305 Ltd Basingstoke Toll manufacturing 22,270 -6.8 2,386 52.6 10.7 6.5 C&C Marshall Ltd St Leonards on Cable management mfg 22,268 8.4 -2,032 -189.7 -9.1 11.0 Sea Clinical Solutions International Ltd Basingstoke Healthcare software 22,172 -2.3 -136 86.7 -0.6 -4.5 Bowlplex Ltd Bournemouth Leisure operator 21,874 -1.1 -2,595 39.0 -11.9 -19.2 Data Installation & Networking Farnborough Cable infrastructure 21,860 10.2 249 170.7 1.1 0.5 Services Ltd Castle Cover Ltd Bournemouth Insurance for over fifties 21,813 -0.6 2,253 275.9 10.3 -5.8 Haskins Holdings Ltd Ferndown Garden centre retailer 21,797 -10.8 1,609 -54.2 7.4 14.4 Tchibo Coffee International Ltd Epsom Commercial coffee suppliers 21,654 10.5 1,132 13.5 5.2 5.1 JDSU UK Ltd Basingstoke Electronic test equipment 21,618 -8.1 376 -71.1 1.7 5.5 Neal's Yard Holdings Ltd Gillingham Natural health products mfg 21,596 15.6 841 110.8 3.9 2.1 Offshore Sourcing Ltd Dorchester Steel stockholders processors 21,506 67.3 597 -2.1 2.8 4.7 Superior Group Ltd Wimborne Rubber seals moulding mfg 21,431 20.3 4,469 47.6 20.9 17.0 Digico UK Ltd Chessington Digital sound equipment 21,314 13.6 6,098 19.0 28.6 27.3 Caskade Caterers Ltd Christchurch Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisee 21,282 7.6 467 60.5 2.2 1.5 Sumitomo (SHI) Cyrogenics of Basingstoke Cyrogenic products 21,165 13.9 794 46.2 3.8 2.9 Europe Ltd Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Ltd Shaftesbury Dairy products 21,086 1.7 442 -43.3 2.1 3.8 Birchclaim Ltd Christchurch Keilm motors automotive dealers 21,053 -0.6 294 14.4 1.4 1.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Prestige Nursing Ltd Wellington Nursing, care agency 21,038 4.2 303 -33.1 1.4 2.2 Dometic UK Ltd Blandford Air conditioning product distribution 20,999 8.9 -377 -178.5 -1.8 2.5 Forum Coastline Produce Holdings Ltd Christchurch Produce wholesalers 20,859 5.4 -84 48.1 -0.4 -0.8 Diva Europe Ltd Crawley Specialised paper supplies 20,829 3.0 331 173.6 1.6 0.6 Keith Motors (Christchurch) Ltd Christchurch Motor dealer 20,778 -1.9 140 12.0 0.7 0.6 Pets Corner (UK) Ltd Crawley Pet stores 20,568 13.2 416 -28.4 2.0 3.2 Otto Bock Healthcare plc Egham Orthopaedic, rehabilitation products 20,428 -0.6 1,033 13.1 5.1 4.4 Pyroban Ltd Horsham Flame protection mfg 20,334 9.3 -75 -105.6 -0.4 7.2 Learning Tree International Ltd Leatherhead Management training 20,233 11.7 682 -25.7 3.4 5.1 Spire Technology Ltd Verwood Computer Sales 20,170 9.0 254 103.2 1.3 0.7 Marden Edwards Ltd Wimborne Wrapping equipment mfg 20,148 68.2 1,366 1,765.9 6.8 -0.7 Pearce Seeds Ltd Sherborne Agricultural suppliers 20,132 16.9 -110 -226.4 -0.5 0.5 VES Andover Ltd Chandlers Ford Ventilation equipment mtg 19,983 -1.8 1,371 -38.2 6.9 10.9 Spheric-Trafalgar Ltd Storrington Ball bearing mfg 19,971 33.0 856 26.8 4.3 4.5 Earlex Ltd Guildford Power decorating equipment mfg 19,864 11.2 704 94.5 3.5 2.0 C Smart Agricultural Services Ltd Dorchester Agricultural machinery supplies 19,815 59.3 401 -27.9 2.0 4.5 Curtis-Wright Controls (UK) Ltd Christchurch Systems controllers 19,781 -7.3 823 -88.7 4.2 34.1 DEK Printing Machines Ltd Weymouth Screen printing machine mfg 19,599 16.4 1,852 -6.2 9.4 11.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last UKIP Media & Events Ltd Dorking Publishing, exhibitions 19,403 10.8 2,476 13.5 12.8 12.5 Bournemouth Ltd Bournemouth Bus operator 19,359 7.3 774 -34.6 4.0 6.6 Keith Spicer Ltd Wimborne Tea blenders, pakers 19,332 0.2 -940 -137.8 -4.9 12.9 Britannia Parking Ltd Bournemouth Car park operation 19,290 -2.1 -80 94.3 -0.4 -7.1 Imagine Publishing Group Ltd Bournemouth Consumer magazines 19,046 13.3 4,650 52.7 24.4 18.1 Devine Holdings Ltd Cheam Civil engineering, house building 19,013 -33.3 820 2.8 4.3 2.8 The Logic Group Enterprises Ltd Fleet IT services 18,753 0.2 313 123.3 1.7 -7.2 Arrow Business Weybridge Telecoms provider 18,652 10.2 809 58.0 4.3 3.0 Communications Ltd Double H (Holdings) Ltd New Milton House plant production 18,508 2.4 91 -84.1 0.5 3.2 RDL Corporation Ltd Woking Formerly Aust Recruitment Group 18,266 100.3 -202 -134.9 -1.1 6.4 Honeywell Analytics Ltd Poole Contract manufacturing 18,146 45.4 -2,032 -184.7 -11.2 19.2 Robert Heath Ltd Weybridge Central heating installation 18,007 24.8 1,105 229.9 6.1 2.3 Vision Engineering Ltd Woking Optical instrument mfg 17,876 15.1 3,045 67.3 17.0 11.7 Blue Chip Data Systems Poole Computer Services 17,821 10.4 974 10.2 5.5 5.5 Portsmouth Aviation Holdings Ltd Portsmouth Engineering contrators 17,805 50.5 2,499 2,111.5 14.0 1.0 GP & J Baker Ltd Poole Fabrics distribution 17,735 1.6 346 -43.8 2.0 3.5 The Kendal Group Ltd Lightwater Swimwear distributor 17,546 0.9 884 -37.4 5.0 8.1 Mildren Construction Ltd Christchurch Building cival engineering 17,416 12.3 299 95.4 1.7 1.0 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Smith & Byford Ltd Cheam Building services engineers 17,272 -4.9 601 107.2 3.5 1.6 Office Canopy Group Holdings Ltd Chessington Office supplies,lighting,managed print 17,243 -4.9 150 -28.9 0.9 1.2 P-D Interglass Technologies Ltd Sherborne Glass Fibre Fabrics mfg 17,141 4.3 2,521 40.7 14.7 10.9 The Wandsworth Group Ltd Woking Electrical & multi-media systems mfg 17,061 52.8 250 105.5 1.5 -40.6 Glendower Holdings Ltd West Molesey Futurama Corporate identity services 16,955 46.9 396 238.5 2.3 -2.5 RA Berry Holdings Ltd Christchurch Aircraft dealers, finances 16,930 -5.1 335 -58.1 2.0 4.5 Formaplex Group Ltd Havant Rapid prototyping, tooling 16,894 28.5 1,911 72.9 11.3 8.4 Bishop & Sons' Depositories Ltd Chessington Removal services 16,892 14.2 -660 30.8 -3.9 -6.4 Friday - Ad Ltd Sayers Advertising magazines websites 16,770 -6.5 1,627 -32.5 9.7 13.4 Common Amsric Foods Ltd Woking Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee 16,762 12.7 1,059 33.4 6.3 5.3 CCL Vehicle Rentals Ltd Verwood Vehicle rental 16,634 31.5 759 106.3 4.6 2.9 Hartwood Services Ltd Basingstoke Telecom contracting 16,503 21.2 -64 -134.0 -0.4 1.4 HMD Seal/less Pumps Ltd Eastbourne Pump manufacturer 16,427 22.6 2,397 -1.1 14.6 18.1 Real Digital International Ltd Dorking Printing, data processing 16,329 16.9 3,078 296.1 18.8 5.6 Kamkorp Ltd Mytchett Bristol cars mfg, electronic drive-train mfg 16,234 29.2 9,622 206.9 59.3 -71.6 John Dennis Coachbuilders Ltd Guildford Fire engine mfg 16,144 -39.0 488 39.8 3.0 1.3 Pill Box Chemists Ltd Egham Pharmacies 16,124 25.9 -216 -220.0 -1.3 1.4 Clipper Tea Holdings Ltd Beaminster Tea,coffee distribution 16,042 6.5 -2,102 62.8 -13.1 -37.5 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Steamer Trading Ltd Lewes Kitchenware stores 15,924 10.6 1,070 -33.6 6.7 11.2 Vishay Measurements Group UK Ltd Basingstoke Strain sauses distributors 15,533 2.0 399 -38.8 2.6 4.3 Plexus Holdings Ltd Esher Oil, garfield wellheads 15,421 17.3 1,569 143.3 10.2 4.9 PC Cox Group Ltd Newbury Sealant, adhesive applicator mfg 15,329 0.3 2,414 -21.6 15.7 20.2 Thompson Valves Ltd Poole Valve manufacture 15,292 14.0 2,192 32.5 14.3 12.3 Fabris Lane Ltd Chessington Fasion eyewear 15,078 -3.8 2,067 1.8 13.7 12.9 Hospital Metalcraft Ltd Blandford Hospital furniture mfg 15,056 -16.4 2,466 -26.7 16.4 18.7 Forum Cranleigh Freight Services Ltd Cranleigh Road haulage, logistics 15,001 -1.1 -38 -113.7 -0.3 1.8 Naim Audio Ltd Salisbury Audio equipment mfg 14,819 -6.5 633 -24.6 4.3 5.3 Lester Aldridge LLP Bournemouth Law firm 14,804 4.6 4,772 19.8 32.2 28.1 Salterns Marina Ltd Poole Marina operator 14,775 5.7 310 -6.3 2.1 2.4 Cash Bases Group Ltd Newhaven Cash base manufacture 14,763 9.3 1,392 25.0 9.4 8.2 Parkeon Ltd Poole Parking meter installation 14,688 -5.0 1,308 136.1 8.9 3.6 Avon Valley Holdings Ltd Salisbury Carpet manufacture (wilton carpet fac- 14,686 15.8 819 12.2 5.6 5.8 tory) Smith Bradbeer & Company Ltd Romsey Department store furniture retailer 14,476 32.2 946 62.5 6.5 5.3 Bredy Agricentre (Dorset) Ltd Dorchester Agricultural engineers 14,450 -13.5 -215 -338.9 -1.5 0.5 Iracroft Ltd Blandford Tube engineering 14,444 37.9 998 116.5 6.9 4.4 Forum THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Cordek Ltd Horsham Construction products 14,376 12.1 1,770 -39.8 12.3 22.9 Blakell Europlacer Ltd Poole Component placement systems 14,282 -11.3 2,114 93.2 14.8 6.8 Parvalux Ltd Bournemouth Electric motor mfg 14,187 4.7 42 145.2 0.3 -0.7 TLS Group Holdings Ltd Wimborne Laminated board mtg 14,136 8.4 631 -3.5 4.5 5.0 Runnymede Homes Ltd Weybridge Residential property developments 14,134 38.2 2,750 11.5 19.5 24.1 4COM plc Christchurch Telecom equipment supply 14,092 9.4 -188 -115.2 -1.3 9.6 Telesoft Technologies Ltd Blandford Monitoring systems 14,031 1.7 1,899 239.1 13.5 4.1 Forum 21st Century Technology Ltd Mitcham CCTV supply,installation 14,006 29.2 1,481 70.2 10.6 8.0 Penton Securities Ltd Christchurch Motor dealership 13,988 2.5 43 103.6 0.3 -8.7 Commercial Recycling Ltd Wimborne Waste transfer station operation 13,897 22.3 432 -35.2 3.1 5.9 Structural Metal Decks Ltd Poole Metal deck floor installer 13,886 33.2 460 -14.8 3.3 5.2 Paragon Education & Skills Group Bournemouth Government funded vocational training 13,768 23.4 -792 -1,314.3 -5.8 -0.5 Holdings Ltd Lewis Wyatt (Construction) Ltd Poole Building contractors 13,732 13.2 2,297 23.8 16.7 15.3 Crescent Pharma Ltd Basingstoke Pharmaceutical wholesalers 13,705 88.6 3,626 1,592.2 26.5 -3.3 Harris & Bailey Ltd Croydon Building merchants 13,610 3.7 804 116.7 5.9 2.8 Innovate Services Ltd West Byfleet School catering 13,568 68.7 1,397 110.7 10.3 8.2 And So To Bed Ltd Bridport Bedroom furniture retailer 13,496 6.4 629 -50.9 4.7 10.1 Multitone Electronics plc Basingstoke Wireless communication systems 13,471 -8.9 -269 -143.8 -2.0 4.2 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Ankers and Rawlings Development Ferndown Property developers 13,464 66.7 2,660 271.5 19.8 8.9 Ltd Trade-Air Airline Support Ltd Crawley Aircraft spare parts 13,391 1.2 240 -37.2 1.8 2.9 AB Precision (Poole) Ltd Poole Mechanical electronic engineering 13,366 51.0 1,942 188.1 14.5 7.6 Reliance ScrapMetal Merchants Poole Scrap metal merchants 13,322 47.2 559 120.1 4.2 2.8 (Parkstone) Ltd Wentworth Computer Holdings Ltd Basingstoke IT supplier 13,276 26.4 55 205.6 0.4 0.2 Design Objectives (Holdings) Ltd Wimborne Craft materials distribution 13,266 -0.3 -245 67.3 -1.8 -5.6 tReds LLP Weymouth Footwear retailers 13,223 7.7 361 -60.8 2.7 7.5 Total Laminate Systems Ltd Wimborne Board manufacture 13,041 13.6 498 101.6 3.8 2.2 DigiPOS Store Solutions Ltd Basingstoke Electronic point-of-sale systems 12,890 -12.1 -512 -319.7 -4.0 1.6 Locators Ltd Ferndown Materials handling equipment 12,728 15.5 52 -74.9 0.4 1.9 ESPA International (UK) Ltd Farnham Spa design, skin care products 12,699 1.2 -894 -0.2 -7.0 -7.1 Smithie (UK) Ltd Basingstoke IT hardware distribution 12,696 67.4 273 118.4 2.2 1.6 Mercona (GB) Ltd Basingstoke Cosmetics 12,672 9.8 444 -52.2 3.5 8.0 Canford Healthcare Ltd Poole Elderly care services 12,668 32.1 1,218 1,318.0 9.6 -1.0 Electro Mechanical Systems Ltd Poole Component distributor 12,586 9.2 1,447 18.2 11.5 10.6 Forelle Estates Holdings Ltd Poole Property, service station retailing 12,536 2.6 1,688 -8.3 13.5 15.1 SPS Printgroup Ltd Ferndown Printers 12,500 0.9 105 -22.2 0.8 1.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Solarsoft Business Systems Ltd Basingstoke ERP software developer 12,463 4.2 3,149 -5.6 25.3 27.9 SME Invoice Finance Ltd Guildford Asset-based finance 12,442 4.9 3,167 13.0 25.5 23.6 Plastico Ltd Mitcham Disposable catering product mfg 12,430 0.4 338 172.6 2.7 1.0 Scott Brownrigg Group Ltd Guildford Architects 12,417 -26.0 341 -75.8 2.7 8.4 Woodmace Ltd Poole Civil engineering 12,325 -21.9 108 8.0 0.9 0.6 Artegy Ltd Basingstoke Vehicle rental 12,296 4.8 1,569 -6.7 12.8 14.3 Whelan & Grant (Holdings) Ltd Walton-on- Concrete frame contractors 12,295 -20.9 923 -14.5 7.5 6.9 Thames Sematron Ltd Basingstoke Station sound equipment 12,271 -9.1 109 -61.2 0.9 2.1 Perkins Group Services Ltd Ferndown Toys,gift distribution 12,269 -7.4 273 120.2 2.2 0.9 PamPurredPets (Holdings) Ltd Verwood Retailer 12,131 0.5 175 4.8 1.4 1.4 Wyvern Cargo Ltd Poole Haulage,parcel delivery 12,083 15.5 337 -4.3 2.8 3.4 Carford Group Ltd Ferndown Catering equipment mfg 12,023 -3.9 305 -40.2 2.5 4.1 Rimor Ltd Denmead Precision engineering 11,985 14.5 670 116.8 5.6 3.0 Aish Technologies Ltd Poole Electronic Systems mfg 11,900 -2.3 264 -47.3 2.2 4.1 Camp Hopson & Company Ltd Newbury Department store, removal business 11,863 -7.7 348 -54.1 2.9 5.9 Health-on-Line Company UK Ltd Bournemouth Insurance underwriters 11,661 7.6 -3,768 -2,369.9 -32.3 1.5 Alan Gibson Ltd Basingstoke Motor dealerships 11,568 -54.3 -460 -351.4 -4.0 0.7 Tice & Son (Dorchester) Ltd Dorchester Motor dealership 11,484 0.6 13 -83.3 0.1 0.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Bassaire Holdings Ltd Southampton Cleanroom mfg 11,409 37.9 546 45.2 4.8 4.5 Middlesex Group Ltd Basingstoke Precision component mfg 11,365 -1.9 222 -48.5 2.0 3.7 Spetisbury Holdings Ltd Wimborne Building Contractors 11,333 0.9 15 -91.2 0.1 1.5 De Dietrich Kitchen Appliances Ltd Basingstoke Domestic appliance wholesalers 11,283 -9.1 -20 37.5 -0.2 -0.3 Insurance Dialogue Ltd Bournemouth Insurance for over fifties 11,217 42.5 983 179.0 8.8 -15.8 Drilling Systems Ltd Christchurch Software control systems 11,216 33.4 1,823 87.4 16.3 11.6 Menkind Stores Ltd Dorking Giftware retailer 11,144 8.6 -16 -112.8 -0.1 1.2 Glossbrook Builders Ltd Bournemouth Builders, developers 11,109 16.1 724 94.1 6.5 3.9 Hosiden Besson Ltd Hove Electronic componant mfg 10,957 -58.4 121 -94.1 1.1 7.8 St Gresham Ltd Bournemouth Goadsby estate agents 10,946 -6.1 890 4.8 8.1 7.3 Dorset Auto Spares Ltd Wimborne Vehicle parts 10,882 22.5 736 -16.6 6.8 9.9 Wool and Bovington Motors Ltd Wool Motor traders 10,866 5.4 61 -49.6 0.6 1.2 Sven Christiansen plc Guildford Office furniture mfg 10,549 13.4 -501 70.2 -4.7 -18.1 TH Brickell & Son Ltd Shaftesbury Printers 10,469 7.7 -658 -141.9 -6.3 -2.8 Luxonic Lighting plc Basingstoke Lighting mfg 10,430 4.7 165 -66.9 1.6 5.0 Premier Stationary Ltd Basingstoke Stationary importers, wholesalers 10,303 14.3 232 603.0 2.3 0.4 Waterside Holiday Group Ltd Weymouth Caravan parks 10,234 2.4 1,533 27.0 15.0 12.1 Denhay Farms Ltd Bridport Dairy farming 10,077 10.7 254 15.5 2.5 2.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Southern Business Technologies Ltd Basingstoke Communication systems 10,011 1.9 455 -7.7 4.5 5.0 Hilife Construction Company Ltd Caterham Building contractors, developers 9,995 -29.5 10 101.1 0.1 -6.2 Simply Pleasure Ltd Wimborne Adult product retailer 9,994 13.7 264 -14.0 2.6 3.5 Metalex Products Ltd Wimborne Metal stockholder 9,920 41.2 681 119.7 6.9 4.4 Basingstoke Skip Hire & Southern Basingstoke Waste disposal 9,892 9.1 496 -22.6 5.0 7.1 Waste Management Ltd Morrish Builders (Poole) Ltd Poole Property development,construction 9,845 -9.0 -301 29.7 -3.1 -4.0 Focal Point Fires plc Christchurch Gas fire manufacture 9,803 -33.6 -73 -177.7 -0.7 0.6 The Wilky Group Ltd Guildford Property development, management 9,723 -5.7 582 -27.1 6.0 7.7 Tetra Pak CPS Ltd Sherborne Food processing plant mfg 9,667 -3.1 -267 -161.1 -2.8 4.4 Oventrop UK Ltd Basingstoke Valve distribution 9,656 7.5 -23 -103.9 -0.2 6.5 D Stewart & Son Ltd Christchurch Garden centres,plant wholesalers 9,655 3.2 266 -22.9 2.8 3.7 Reds Technologies Ltd Wimborne Solar energy system 9,638 307.4 -518 -358.4 -5.4 -4.8 Britannic Technologies Ltd Guildford Communication networking systems 9,512 -0.9 269 163.7 2.8 1.1 Francis Bugler Ltd Beaminster Agricultural machinery dealer 9,454 25.0 85 2.4 0.9 1.1 Bournemouth International Christchurch Airport operator 9,346 -14.2 -41,894 -2,982.7 -448.3 -12.5 Airport Ltd Henry Ling Ltd Dorchester Printers 9,244 0.3 566 -5.2 6.1 6.5 Hi - Technology Group Ltd Waterlooville Techinical injection moulding 9,225 3.6 908 29.3 9.8 7.9 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Swain & Jones Ltd Farnham Motor traders 9,193 -7.5 -227 -2.5 0.0 Parsons and Joyce Contractors Ltd Poole Property developers, builders 9,162 -25.5 280 -59.9 3.1 5.7 Marlin Group Holdings plc Wimborne Specialist equipment mfg 9,138 5.3 399 8.1 4.4 4.3 Walston Holdings Ltd Blandford Egg production 9,105 3.9 173 155.1 1.9 -3.6 Forum Wessex Homes Group Ltd Blandford Park homes mfg 9,082 0.1 -261 -229.2 -2.9 2.2 Forum Durable (UK) Ltd Wimborne Product distribution 9,011 1.9 176 -31.0 2.0 2.9 Dega Broadcast Systems Ltd Basingstoke Broadcast systems 9,010 99.5 216 -45.2 2.4 8.7 Pukka Pads 2000 Ltd Poole Paper pad manifacturer 8,942 8.3 452 -19.7 5.1 6.8 Intelliflo Ltd Kingston-upon- Software 8,873 37.8 1,494 -3.4 16.8 24.0 Thames Norco GRP Poole Glass fibre mouldings 8,870 8.3 277 793.5 3.1 0.4 Bistech Group plc Ferndown Integrated communication systems 8,837 12.1 2,572 111.2 29.1 15.4 Van Rees Ltd Basingstoke Tea dealers 8,788 87.3 377 96.4 4.3 4.1 Acheson Construction Ltd Dorchester Construction 8,787 26.4 293 -44.5 3.3 7.6 ViaSat UK Ltd Wareham Computer related security products 8,744 7.8 -490 -168.7 -5.6 8.8 Sauter Automation Ltd Basingstoke Buildng management systems 8,722 -15.3 629 -50.6 7.2 12.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Walston Poultry Farm Ltd Blandford Egg production 8,656 -24.5 -374 -120.0 -4.3 16.3 Forum Bell & Colvill Ltd West Horsley Retail automotive 8,622 -27.9 -339 -303.6 -3.9 -0.7 Bowmill Engineering Ltd Poole Precision engineers 8,556 23.5 360 176.9 4.2 1.9 U-Drive Ltd Poole Vehicle hire 8,424 -3.7 224 -15.2 2.7 3.0 Infortrend Europe Ltd Basingstoke IT data storage products 8,379 -12.0 94 -31.4 1.1 1.4 RFI Global Services Ltd Basingstoke Testing services for manufacturers 8,371 -0.6 -254 82.8 -3.0 -17.5 A Hammond & Sons Ltd Sturminster Building contractors,devlopers 8,327 -22.0 293 42.9 3.5 1.9 Newton Vectair Systems Ltd Basingstoke Hygiene equipment distribution 8,326 2.5 661 6.4 7.9 7.6 Golden Acres (Holdings) Ltd Ferndown Garden centres 8,294 9.4 302 -8.5 3.6 4.4 CSE Bournemouth Ltd Christchurch Aircraft engineering 8,279 6.1 1,063 -5.7 12.8 14.4 Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd Christchurch Landscaping products 8,250 16.8 751 227.9 9.1 3.2 Dorset Village Bakery Ltd Stalbridge Biscuit manufacture 8,212 16.2 551 26.4 6.7 6.2 Stackhouse Poland Ltd Guildford Insurance brokers 8,146 4.9 1,685 2.2 20.7 21.2 Lanehouse Service Station Ltd Weymouth Motor dealership 8,141 -7.7 -103 -178.4 -1.3 -0.4 Wessex Advances Switching Prod- Havant Electrical products mfg 8,133 -1.5 429 -56.8 5.3 12.0 ucts Ltd Dunham-Bush (Europe) plc Havant Heating equipment mfg 8,096 5.2 -230 64.4 -2.8 -8.4 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Hansatech (Holdings) Ltd Poole Electronic component mfg 8,038 17.4 77 123.1 1.0 -4.9 Holton Homes Ltd Poole Builders 7,972 13.5 576 -35.4 7.2 12.7 Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Weymouth Property developers 7,874 -29.7 3,001 20.3 38.1 22.3 Ltd FAAC (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Gate,door automotion systems 7,810 9.8 1,244 17.0 15.9 14.9 Crescent Motocycle Company Ltd Bournemouth Motorcycle dealer 7,732 -20.0 144 -40.7 1.9 2.5 Centronic Ltd Croydon Radiation detection equipment mfg 7,667 7.5 262 -60.0 3.4 9.2 Anglo-European College of Chiro- Bournemouth Training & research 7,617 -1.4 699 -35.8 9.2 14.1 practic Tecan Ltd Weymouth Machining, electroforming 7,567 29.7 1,505 90.0 19.9 13.6 Burry and Knight Ltd Christchurch Building electrical contracting 7,493 -6.4 1,513 -15.0 20.2 22.3 Terence O'Rourke Holdings Ltd Bournemouth Architects planners 7,463 -1.6 316 117.9 4.2 1.9 Tudor Williams (Holdings) Ltd New Malden Department stores 7,400 -4.4 233 -7.5 3.1 3.3 Brotherwood Automobility Ltd Sherborne Wheelchair accessible vehicle mfg 7,356 3.0 314 206.4 4.3 -4.1 Hagsplay Ltd Sturminster Playground equipment supplier 7,326 -14.6 426 -57.5 5.8 11.7 Newton Fairalls of Godstone Ltd Godstone Builders merchants 7,209 10.3 383 16.4 5.3 5.0 AP Chant Plumbing & Heating Ltd Bridport Plumbing, heating 7,087 5.7 149 -56.3 2.1 5.1 The Dorset Glass Co Ltd Poole Glazing contractors, glass merchants 7,073 4.6 -97 -144.1 -1.4 3.3 Clarity Retail Systems Ltd Basingstoke Customer engagement systems 6,971 -26.4 -1,931 -123.0 -27.7 -9.1 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last MEPC Ltd Basingstoke Property asset management 6,934 27.6 1,903 114.3 27.4 16.3 HCR Group Holdings Ltd Basingstoke Employee relocation, property 6,919 3.2 947 -9.4 13.7 15.6 management Tekne Holdings Ltd Poole Shopfitter 6,859 14.7 113 638.1 1.6 -0.4 Gordian Strapping Ltd Basingstoke Packaging equipment 6,559 3.2 215 60.4 3.3 2.1 Pacific Computers Ltd Basingstoke Computer suppliers 6,504 5.7 216 453.8 3.3 0.6 Gapbuster Europe Ltd Basingstoke Customer experience service 6,493 -16.7 -331 -244.8 -5.1 -1.2 Shield Service Group plc Caterham Cleaning services 6,364 4.2 194 56.5 3.0 2.0 Crouzet Ltd Basingstoke Automation equipment 6,335 -0.2 796 -32.7 12.6 18.6 Beagle Technology Group Ltd Christchurch Aerospace component mfg 6,273 -7.8 -29 -105.9 -0.5 7.3 Arnewood Estates Ltd Bournemouth Hoteliers (FJB) 6,232 -4.0 -336 -193.3 -5.4 5.5 Aurora World Ltd Basingstoke Soft toys distribution 6,160 -8.2 9 80.0 0.1 0.1 Inutec Group Holdings Ltd Dorchester Radio-active waste management 6,111 61.3 579 112.2 9.5 -124.9 FGP Precision Engineering Ltd Weymouth Precision engineering 6,009 -8.7 349 -33.5 5.8 8.0 Bindon Engineering Company Ltd Poole Precision engineers 5,664 26.0 424 13.1 7.5 8.3 Oswald Bailey Group Bournemouth Retail 5,652 -26.3 -731 -3,555.0 -12.9 -0.3 MHH Engineering Company Ltd Guildford Torque tool mfg 5,546 13.8 933 79.4 16.8 10.7 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

Company name Location Activity Sales £000s % change Pre-tax profit % Profit Profit over year £000s change margin margin over year last Air Bearings Ltd Poole Airbearing mfg 5,525 -61.8 -1,674 -150.9 -30.3 22.7 Jonlink Ltd Ferndown David Phipp Furnishers 5,276 -6.5 424 10.1 8.0 6.8 ICS Solutions Ltd Basingstoke IT products, services 5,130 3.0 -93 -17.7 -1.8 -1.6 Cassidian Test & Services Ltd Wimbourne Electronic test equipment mfg 4,318 -46.3 -156 -129.7 -3.6 6.5 Data Track Technology plc Christchurch Data recording equipment mfg 3,879 -4.0 -237 15.7 -6.1 -7.0 Access Computer Consulting plc Basingstoke Computer consultancy, staff recruitment 3,835 6.8 428 22.6 11.2 9.7 C&C Technology Ltd Basingstoke IT services 3,663 10.1 336 77.8 9.2 5.7 Accumuli Security Services Ltd Basingstoke IT security 3,593 -5.1 987 1,005.5 27.5 -2.9 RHAP Services Ltd Basingstoke Construction 3,507 216.5 51 5,200.0 1.5 -0.1 Teachers Building Society Wimborne Building Society 3,178 17.4 686 29.2 21.6 19.6 Independent Dustwork Ltd Basingstoke Sheet metal work 2,600 30.5 192 1,500.0 7.4 0.6 IT Power Ltd Basingstoke Energy consultancy 2,553 -23.3 -1,557 -21.4 -61.0 -38.6 CareFusion UK236 Ltd Basingstoke Respiratory diagnostics equipment 1,731 -26.7 -18 -104.3 -1.0 17.7 Novatel Wireless (UK) Ltd Basingstoke Wireless technology products 1,702 -24.2 102 175.7 6.0 1.6 THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH

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Southampton Savannah House, 3 Ocean Way, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 3TJ Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8033 0077

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