Pictured: B&V Water Treatment MD Simon Ward
Northamptonshire based B & V Water Treatment has been named
one of the top 1,000 brightest businesses in Britain by the Daily
Telegraph - the only water treatment company to be selected.
B&V, one of the UK's leading legionella control and water
treatment companies, has been praised for weathering the economic
storm and is tipped to form the backbone of Britain's recovery,
according to the Telegraph.
The report was compiled with the help of NESTA, the innovation
agency, and business information specialist Dun &
Bradstreet.
The companies, whose annual sales are between £5m and
£50m, collectively generate more than £50bn in sales
and have all shown resilience during the recession.
Most of the Telegraph companies named increased sales and
employment between 2009 and 2011 - including B&V which last
year saw a turnover of close on £7 million.
Simon Ward, MD of B&V, the trading name of Global Chemical
Technologies, the name listed in the Telegraph report said: "We've
nearly doubled our workforce in the past four years and are on
target to increase year on year profits by 12 per cent this
year."
It recently opened a new factory which will increase its
manufacturing and operational capacity by by over 40%.
"We are fairly unique within the industry for our consistent R
and D to ensure we develop new products and services with a focus
on technology and environmental impacts. Our investment in
technical support for our UK and international customers has paid
dividends," he added.
"With an exceptionally high PhD count and an impressive number
of other scientific specialists including microbiologists among our
staff we offer more in terms of gravitas and technical support than
other players in this industry and our Daily Telegraph 1000
recognition highlights the fact that this is paying off in the
current difficult economic climate."
The company recently hit the headlines when it designed a top
secret product which kills legionella bacteria with BBC Apprentice
winner Tom Pellereau.
B & V has a growing number of blue chip international
customers and clients across the NHS, hotel, leisure, FM,
petrochemical, food and drink, commercial and industrial
sectors.