Founded in 1994 by Edwin Bessant, 63, and Annette D’Abreo, 54, this group provides sales, marketing and consultancy services to manufacturers in the health, beauty and grocery sectors, including Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever. Ceuta has also built a network of health and beauty distributors, which is active in more than 100 countries. Exports hit £9.5m in 2016, and the Bournemouth-based company will set up an office in Singapore this year after opening one in Rotterdam in March.