County firms help lead UK's export drive
27th February 2017
Two Gloucestershire firms are listed amongst the country's SMEs with the fastest-growing overseas sales.
The annual Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100 league table features small and medium sized enterprises who are leading the field in exporting.
It is produced by Fast Track, which researches Britain's top performing private companies.
In 20th position in the SME Export Track 100 is catering equipment provider PKL of Bishop's Cleeve which saw international sales growth of almost 100 per cent over two years.
The provider of temporary kitchens at last year's Rio Olympics, the company achieved export sales of £6.8million last year and according to the Sunday Times plans future growth in the military and humanitarian sectors.
In 32nd position in the annual Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100 league table is Quedgeley based Parasense which manufactures refrigeration monitoring systems.
The company saw exports grow by almost 77 per cent over two years and its systems are used to monitor refrigeration on board US Navy vessels.
Exports grew to £4.7million in 2015. The company was founded in 1988 by Peter Radford and is now run by his son Dan Radford.
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