Featured businesses

Taking its name from the initials of its founder, Peter Gordon Lawrence, PGL specialises in activity holidays for schools and families, as well as winter sports and a huge range of bespoke educational, cultural and language tours. ...more

In an age where sustainability issues should be at the top of every organisation’s agenda, Ross-based Muddy Boots Software develops software for the food industry that allows clients to demonstrate their ethical, ecological and food safety credentials at the click of a mouse. ...more

James Gourmet Coffee has been delivering premium coffee from around the world directly to its customers since 1999, but relocated to Ross-on-Wye around five years ago. ‘We had four of us trading out of a 550ft square shed,' says director Peter James. ‘We just needed some elbow room.' ...more

Ross-based Burton Systems offers Apple Mac support to the Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Welsh border areas, and is the only Mac support company for 30 miles. The company was set up in 2001 to address a clear gap in the local market. ...more

Specialising in kitchen, bathroom and bedroom design and installation, Minerva Interiors is run by award winning designer Helen Faulkner along with her partner Andy Stubbs - the couple set up the business after moving to Ross from London about six years ago. ...more

Walking through the Fritz Fryer antique lighting business is a remarkable experience - room after room of dazzling lights, from 200 year-old chandeliers to '60s Italian design classic lamps. It's one of many specialist businesses operating in the Ross area but selling online to further afield. ...more

Established in 1997, Ross-based Wyenet is one of the oldest independent internet service providers in the UK, with its own super speed fibre optic broadband source. It is also a real family business, not something usually found in the IT field. ...more

From metal fish to giant ants, the impressive sculptures of Alan Ross are extremely striking, to say the least. How would he describe them to someone who hadn't encountered them before? 'The formal description would be direct metal sculpture,' he says. 'I'm using the metal to make things without hiding what they're made of. ...more

Until fairly recently if a business wanted to use video to promote themselves the only real option was to advertise on TV, at rates beyond the reach of any small or medium sized enterprise. ...more