2011 Tech Track 100
Rank: 91 Xbridge
Its chief executive previously ran the Match.com dating website
Small and medium-sized businesses can call this company, or visit its website Simply Business, for insurance quotes. As well as underwriting its own policies, Xbridge provides software for price comparison websites such as Gocompare and Moneysupermarket.com. Sales grew 39% a year from £6m in 2007 to £16.1m in 2010, when the firm made a profit for the first time since it was founded in 2000. Jason Stockwood, former managing director of the dating website Match.com, joined as chief executive in May last year and has shaken up the management team.
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Small and medium-sized businesses can call this company, or visit its website Simply Business, for insurance quotes. As well as underwriting its own policies, Xbridge provides software for price comparison websites such as Gocompare and Moneysupermarket.com. Sales grew 39% a year from £6m in 2007 to £16.1m in 2010, when the firm made a profit for the first time since it was founded in 2000. Jason Stockwood, former managing director of the dating website Match.com, joined as chief executive in May last year and has shaken up the management team.
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Company facts
Xbridge
Online insurance broker
Company website
| Sales growth | 39.05% pa |
| 2010 sales | £16.1m |
| 2007 sales | £6.0m |
| 2010 staff | 146 |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Location of HQ | Central London |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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