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Barrow SN group becomes UKTI export champion

A family-run Barrow business, established in 1935, has become the latest Cumbrian company to join UKTI’s Export Champions programme, following a venture into overseas trade, which has made Canada one of its main export markets.

The result of this development has seen SN Group turnover increase 139% in the year 2011-2012, and a further 180% in 2012-13.

SN Group comprises four companies – Scurrah Nassau Engineering, St Andrew’s Engineering, SN Technical Services and SN Recruitment Services.

The core business is associated with the delivery of fabrication, mechanical and machining support contracts to the oil/gas, power generation and defence sectors.

The group employs 48 staff between its facilities located in Barrow and Millom.

The Export Champions programme, now in its third year, is unique to the North West, and involves recruiting successful international firms to help companies new to export, offering peer to peer support in addition to the wide range of individually tailored professional services available from the UKTI team.

Barrow based SN Group is now one of 60 Export Champions for the North West, other new Export Champions announced this week include Clark Door of Carlisle and Hawkshead Relish.

The Export Champions are being announced as part of Export Week, which is a bi-annual national event forming part of a drive to double UK exports to £1 trillion by 2020 and get 100,000 more companies exporting.

Managing director Anthony Keen said “We are delighted to have been asked to join the Export Champions and support other businesses who want to increase their overseas trade. “UKTI identified an area they could help us with, they got on and did this and I am pleased to be able to help them out in return.”

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