Severn & Wye Smokery
The leading food and drink business to feature in the Investec Hot 100 was the Severn & Wye Smokery.
The Gloucestershire-based supplier of fish, game and other meat products achieved four-year compound sales growth of 39% and has grown turnover from £9.4M to £25.6M in just four years.
A high profile client list - including The Ritz, Claridges, Fortnum & Mason, Harvey Nichols and The Savoy - helped it achieve earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of £18.3M.
Run by Richard Crook from headquarters at Westbury-On-Severn, the firm operates a state-of-the-art fish processing plant.