Seven companies with Brit-Asian connection have been featured in 'The Top Track 100' league table, published by The Sunday Times on July 2, that categorises Britain's biggest private companies by latest sales, which is considered as one of the best indicators of size, though not necessarily based on the basis of the company's performances.
The companies with British Asian connection, listed under the above mentioned league table are as follows:
Rank 2017 Rank 2016 Company Activity HQ Sales %annual growth Profit Staff Shareholders
6 72 Euro Garages (Intervias) Fuel Forecourt Operator Blackburn £3817mn 367.9 £226mn 9151 Suber Issa & Mohsin Issa and TDR capital (50%)
8 8 Bestway Group Conglomerate West London £3,341mn 9.2 £558mn 26,710 Sir Anwar Pervez and family (89.5%), management (10.5%)
9 7 2 Sisters Food Group Food producer Birmingham £3130mn -0.3 £176mn 22,664 Baljinder andRanjit Boparan (100%)
26 28 Westcoast Electronic products distributor Reading £1913mn 19.9 £25mn 1195 Joe Hamani (100%)
38 32 Newlook Fashion retailer Central London £1455mn -2.4 £138mn 18,493 Brait (80%) Tom Singh & other management (20%)
43 42 Lycamobile Prepaid mobile telecoms provider Central London £1300mn 8.3 - 5800 Subaskaran Aliirajah (98%), others (2%)
93 87 Dhamecha Foods Cash and Carry wholesaler West London £684mn 2.2 £17mn 531 Dhamecha family (100%)
Companies are ranked by unrounded sales figures, need to have at least 100 full-time staff but are not required to be in profit. Sources for this report include Bureau van Dijk's Fame and Experian's Market IQ, up-to-date draft accounts, management account extracts, pro forma accounts and accounts filed in overseas territories.
