Virtual and video tours and online reservations were offered to house hunters during the lockdown by this Edinburgh-based housebuilder, which closed its sites in March and donated facemasks to the NHS. After expanding into the West Midlands and Teesside, the company has increased its overall business capacity to 5,000 homes a year. Founded by the Miller family in 1934, its chief executive is Chris Endsor, 59. He led a 2017 management buyout backed by private equity firm Bridgepoint, which acquired a majority stake in the £655m deal.