Barrhead Travel among UK’s fastest growing private companies

The Real Business Hot 100 is compiled by data supplied by research company Jordans, measured by a three-year average annual growth in profitable sales turnover.

The companies featured are described as “leading the charge to economic prosperity”.

Scotland-based Barrhead Travel is ranked in eighth position in the list as the fastest growing travel agency in the UK.

Its latest turnover amounted to £54.4million with a three-year compound growth rate of more than 76% and latest earnings of £1.8 million.

The company employs 850 staff across 56 outlets, runs a stable of 13 websites and books more than 300,000 people on holiday a year.