Horner Brothers Print Group Limited - www.hornerbrothers.com

Horners are based on 3 sites across South Yorkshire covering 75,000 sq ft and centrally placed in the country just minutes from the motorway network. They are an £11m turnover business employing 140 people. As a manufacturer of Operational Print, Horners offer best in class manufacturing for items printed on demand and delivered or for stock and call off to order. They specialise in very high volume personalisations and can take up to 800 orders per day, many of which are received on line.

Making full use of their 21 presses, sheet fed and mini web, both Litho and Digital, Horners produces, A4 Cut Sheet - small or large volume, NCR Pads - Sets, Business Forms, Cards, Personalised Stationery, Letterheads, Compliment slips, Labels, Envelopes (overprinting), Booklets, Brochures, Leaflets, Folders, Flyers, and much more, in fact all your Corporate Printing needs.

The company was founded in 1983 by 2 brothers, Dennis and Trevor Horner and was successfully acquired by the current MD as a Management Buy Out over three years ago. Since then the company has undergone a significant re-structure and re-focus on the development of new markets sectors. Currently they print for major blue chip companies, many are financial services company, and 16 of their customers are FTSE 100 listed businesses.

Lexiconnect Limited - www.lexiconnect.co.uk

Lexiconnect is a internet strategy and new business development strategy business. Formed in 2004 as a High Growth Start Up Buisness, with a dedicated management team, Lexiconnect Limited has generated over £250 million of additional turnover for their client portfolio. This has generated significant wealth and return on investment for all stakeholders involved. Lexiconnect Limited operates in joint partnership with the unique business models of each client with a view to create an investment project which will in turn generate an increase in sales and Return On Investment.

Typical returns experienced by their clients are:

• Business model sales of Products gives 10 to 1 ratio Return on Investment.
• Business model sales of Knowledge & Services gives 20 to 1 ratio Return on Investment.

Lexiconnect is a knowledge based business, which generates maximum returns by deploying world class knowledge and using leading edge tools and techniques. The strategy is to target businesses to work with that are already winners and have the potential and desire to make further exponential growth, through a true win-win relationship.

Furniss and White Foundries Limited - www.f-w-f.co.uk

Furniss and White Foundries Limited is specialist foundry supplying companies mainly working within oil and gas and related industries. They turnover well in excess of £5m and continue to grow profitably. They have in recent years successfully undergone a transfer of ownership and management from first to second generation of the Furniss family.

Established in 1980, Furniss and White has sustained growth through outstanding quality and service. The company employs more than 120 people in five separate divisions and can now offer higher levels of quality and service than ever before.

In a time when most foundries ‘did what it said on the tin’ Furniss and White saw the need for more added value services on top of pure casting services. Since that realisation a number of years ago, a major part of their growth strategy has been the development of more added value services incudling metallurgical services, machining and upgrading to support the castings division. This has allowed them to significantly grow both turnover and profits in recent years, when many other foundries have struggled or not even survived.

The company is situated in a modern foundry specifically designed for the efficient manufacture of castings. Valve and pump castings make up the main types of castings produced although other types are made and all types are considered. Their extensive range of products have a wide application in the Chemical, Petro-Chemical and Mining Industries together with Oil Exploration, Marine and Power Generation.

Castings range in size from 0.5 - 2000 Kgs in the following materials:

• Carbon Steels.
• Low Alloy Steels.
• Austenitic Stainless Steels.
• Duplex Stainless Steels.
• Nickel Base Alloys.

Amber Industries Limited - www.amber-industries.ltd.uk

Amber Industries Limited is a designer, manufacture, and supplier of conveyor equipment and systems with its origins going back over 30 years. It also provides system design and integration, installation and commissioning, and maintenance and repair services. The company has its factory premises in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where its manufacturing and assembly operations are based. Amber Industries carries an extensive stock of replacement parts to service the equipment it manufacturers.

Trading Divisions within the company include MCM Conveyors, Amber Automation and Gramac Quartz Systems, each of which specialise in specific mechanical handling solutions utilising their own dedicated portfolio of products.

Within their specific market sector they are number 1 in the UK.

The current owners undertook a successful Management Buy In in January 2006, with an aim of stabilising the business, re-structuring, then implementing a significant growth strategy. A new vision and strategy have been developed and implementation is being undertaken.

Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce - www.brchamber.co.uk

The Chamber of Commerce is the local body for Barnsley and Rotherham, being a powerful and influential member of a Network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK; a Network that directly serves not only its member businesses but the wider business community.

The Chamber sits at the very heart of the local business community providing representation, services, information and guidance to its members.

High on the Chamber’s agenda is helping Barnsley and Rotherham businesses thrive so the Chamber works with Local and Regional Government to shape policy affecting businesses, and focuses on key areas of activity including International Trade, Skills Development and Business Services.

The separate Barnsley and Rotherham Chambers merged nearly 2 years ago following a period of consultation on how they could best work together for the common good of Businesses in Barnsley and Rotherham. Following the official merger the company’s culture and ways of operating have also merged, this has including a significant restructuring programme to optimise service delivery and reduce administration and duplication.