The 2023 list of the top 200 businesses in Derbyshire has been released, featuring some of the biggest employers in Britain. Toyota again tops the annual list which has been put together by the University of Derby’s Business School.
The list uses annual accounting figures from July 1, 2020, to June 3, 2021 – a period when Covid lockdowns were having a profound impact on the global industry. The car giant had revenues of £2.11 billion for the year to March 31, 2021, and employed 2,725 people, maintaining its place as the county’s biggest business by turnover.
Bloor Investments, based at Measham, on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire border, came in second. The business, started by former plasterer John Bloor, takes in Bloor Homes and Triumph Motorcycles, which is based in Hinckley. The group had a turnover of £1.94 billion for the year to the end of June 2021 – which subsequently rose to £2.22 billion the following year – and employed 3,341 people.
