NOW in its 18th year, The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 is the definitive ranking of Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales.
In past years the league table has featured names such as Carphone Warehouse; chip designer ARM Holdings; Cath Kidston, the homeware firm; the Cambridge Satchel Company; and Graze.com, the online food retailer.
The search is now on for companies to feature in this year’s Fast Track 100, which is compiled by the Oxford research and networking events company Fast Track, with sponsorship from Virgin, Barclays, and Business Growth Fund.
Companies have until October 3 to submit their details. The league table will be published in December, followed by a conference and awards dinner in May 2015, hosted by Sir Richard Branson, to which all 100 companies that feature in the rankings will be invited, free of charge.
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Find out if your firm qualifies by filling in the coupon on the right or by registering online at www.fasttrack.co.uk.
To be considered for inclusion in the Fast Track 100, companies must meet the following criteria:
■ Be UK registered, unquoted and not a subsidiary;
■ Have sales of at least £5m in the latest year (2013 or 2014) and more than £250,000 in the base year (2010 or 2011);
■ Have 10 or more employees in latest year (2013 or 2014);
■ Have an operating profit of at least £500,000 in the latest year (2013 or 2014);
■ Show year-on-year sales growth in the latest year (from 2012 to 2013, or 2013 to 2014), and they must also forecast sales growth.
Companies that do not meet all the criteria can be considered for our Ones to Watch programme, particularly if they forecast good sales growth.