Top 100: Huge rise in turnover unveiled with cautious message for the year ahead

A firm from Gloucestershire which supplies the UK construction industry has delivered impressive annual results showing a 24 per cent increase in turnover, but coupled it to a note of caution about th

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You might think a 24 per cent increase in turnover to more than £48 million points to a market ripe for more growth, but Hydro Building Systems UK is playing down its recent success.

The Tewkesbury-headquartered business, part of the worldwide Hydro Group, has, operations in Gloucester and Cheltenham and supplies aluminium doors, windows and curtain walling.

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