The Fastest 50 is a definitive list of Greater Manchester’s fastest growing privately-owned companies and is run by Ward Hadaway, one of the UK’s top 100 law firms and a major player in the North of England, with offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester. Established in 1988, they are among the to-ranked law firms in the UK.

1. Kingdom one of 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Greater Manchester
Kingdom is delighted to have been included in the Ward Hadaway Greater Manchester
Fastest 50 list for the second year in a row.
The Fastest 50 is a definitive list of Greater Manchester’s fastest growing privately-owned
companies and is run by Ward Hadaway, one of the UK’s top 100 law firms and a major
player in the North of England, with offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester. Established
in 1988, they are among the to-ranked law firms in the UK.
The initiative is backed by Greater Manchester Business Week and the Manchester Evening
News.
The Fastest 50 is described on Ward Hadaway’s website as “an initiative ... which recognises
outstanding business achievement by companies across the North of England.
“It highlights and celebrates the achievements of fast-growing, profitable companies in the
North East, Yorkshire and the North West by compiling and publishing annual lists of the 50
fastest growing privately-owned businesses in each of those three regions.
“Ward Hadaway has been holding Fastest 50 Awards in the North East since 1998, in
Yorkshire since 2011 and in Greater Manchester since 2014, reflecting the firm’s offices in
Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester.
“The characteristics of Fastest 50 companies – ambition, talent, hard work and
determination – are what we aim to exemplify in the work which we do with businesses.”
Jamie Martin, Managing Partner at Ward Hadaway, said: "We congratulate Kingdom and
every company in the Ward Hadaway Greater Manchester Fastest 50 for 2017 for their
achievements in making this year's list.
"The Fastest 50 shows what terrific companies we have in the region and underlines what a
great place the Greater Manchester area is to do business."
Kingdom is looking forward to attending the awards event at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Manchester on Friday 19th
May, where it will be announced who are Greater
Manchester’s fastest growing small, medium and large businesses, as well as who has won
the overall award for the fastest growing business of the year. The ceremony aims to

2. celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Greater Manchester business community and
to award the fastest growing companies in the region. Eamonn Boylan, the incoming Chief
Executive for Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be a guest speaker at the event.
Innovative, independent and driven to explore new ways, Kingdom successfully manage
thousands of service personnel to the highest standard specialising in security, cleaning and
environmental protection. Our national network of regional support offices manage
thousands of service personnel to the highest standard, benchmarked by all the major UK
quality accreditation bodies.
Established in 1993 and operating nationally, commercial and service strength supported
with organic and acquisition growth has seen Kingdom become one of the largest
independently owned companies in the UK within their areas of service expertise.
Commercially strong they have a strategy to continually grow and strengthen by expanding
their services and offering a complete support service to their customers.
Kingdom take a fresh approach to the support services market: adapting to the proliferation
of new technologies and emerging security threats, whilst also offering their customers a
leaner, smarter and more connected way of working.
For more information about Kingdom and all their services, please visit www.kingdom.co.uk
or call 0845 051 7702.