Sales £142.5m U 9% Profit £23.6m U 18% The Ritz hotel and Barratt Developments are just two names on the 3,000-strong client list of this London-based network and communications business. Set up in 2002 by chief executive Lee Wade, 62, it offers cloud, IT, security and data-centre services from its offices in London, Manchester, and Chippenham, Wiltshire. At the start of the pandemic it helped connect 5,000 NHS staff to the Health and Social Care Network in just 48 hours, enabling them to carry on working remotely. In 2020, sales rose to £142.5m.