2002 Profit Track 100
Rank: 96 Specialist Computer Holdings
Claims to be Europe’s largest private IT company
Founded in 1975 as a recruitment agency, Specialist Computer Holdings now claims to be Europe's largest private IT company, with sales of £844m in Britain alone. By supplying big customers such as British Airways with a complete range of IT services, the Birmingham firm has boosted its profits 25% a year from £11.6m in 1998 to £22.7m in 2001, when it had 2,221 staff.
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Founded in 1975 as a recruitment agency, Specialist Computer Holdings now claims to be Europe's largest private IT company, with sales of £844m in Britain alone. By supplying big customers such as British Airways with a complete range of IT services, the Birmingham firm has boosted its profits 25% a year from £11.6m in 1998 to £22.7m in 2001, when it had 2,221 staff.
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Company facts
Specialist Computer Holdings
IT systems integrator
Company website
| Profit growth | 24.97% pa |
| 2001 profit | £22.7m |
| 1998 profit | £11.6m |
| 2001 staff | 2,221 |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Location of HQ | Birmingham |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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