________________________________________________________________________________________________ Creightons PLC
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Since 1954 , Creightons PLC ( Creightons ) has been proudly designing , creating , and manufacturing a wide range of skincare , haircare , personal care , and wellbeing products in England . In its earlier days , during the 1950s and 1960s , the company was best known as being the leading supplier of premium products to high-end barbers such as Trumpers , and Truefitt and Hill in London .
“ Today , we ’ re probably known more as Potter and Moore ( P & M ),” laughs Martin Stevens , Group Managing Director of Manufacturing .
“ However , it ’ s simply our largest trading company . To be fair , for many years it was the main company in Creightons plc , and dates back to 1749 . We actually acquired the business in 2003 , and , ever since , it ’ s been a key player in driving the overall group ’ s turnover .”
Creightons was incorporated as a PLC in August 1994 , at which point it was working closely with Anita Roddick of Body Shop . The business operated as one of her largest suppliers during Body Shop ’ s early days , and continued to support the enterprise for some time after . Besides P & M in 2003 , the organization also acquired Broadoak Toiletries in 2016 , which now stands as Creightons ’ Devon location , as well as Emma Hardie , and Brodie and Stone in 2021 .
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“ Over the last ten or so years ,” he adds , “ we ’ ve increased our turnover from £ 12 million to £ 61 million . We have two manufacturing sites , one in Peterborough and one in Tiverton , as well as Emma Hardie offices in Rickmansworth , and around 400 employees across the business . The majority of that growth has been organic ; the acquisitions only account for around £ 10 million .
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