Stone Group honoured in Sunday Times - Deloitte ‘Buyout Track 100’ and

9th February 2010: Staffordshire-based technology solutions provider Stone Group has been awarded a place in the prestigious Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 awards for the second consecutive year.
 
James Bird, CEO of technology solutions provider Stone Group said, "It’s always great to be recognised at a national level and our inclusion in the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 awards are a clear indicator of our growth and success over the last year.”
 
Previous winners of the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 include Virgin Atlantic, Arcadia and Dyson.
 
The Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 is a unique league table that tracks Britain’s top 100 private equity-backed companies with the fastest growing profits, placing them in order of rank according to their annual growth in EBITDA over the last two years. Stone Group ranks at 75 in this year’s league table demonstrating the company’s continued growth as a technology solutions provider within the Education and Public sectors.

Bird adds, “The awards are judged over two years of performance, demonstrating that Stone Group has confirmed its position as one of the fastest growing technology solutions providers to the public and private sectors. This type of recognition really highlights the difference that the team of people at Stone Group make to the business. As a solutions and services provider it’s the quality of our people that really counts.”

Bird concludes, “Having been ranked in consecutive years within the league table of private equity backed companies, our position this year reflects our continuing profitability and revenue growth in what has been a difficult market place.”