Arco listed in Sunday Times Top Track 250

The UK’s leading safety equipment supplier Arco is one of Britain’s top performing, mid-market, private companies according to the Sunday Times Top Track 250, published 14 October. The league table ranks family-owned business Arco as the 148th on the list of 250 companies, based on its 2005-2006 sales figures.

Hull-based Arco joins household names such as Weetabix, Selfridges, McLaren and Arsenal Holdings in the Top Track 250 and is one of the 59% of companies listed whose head office is in the North of England.

With the highest percentage of Top Track 250 private companies in the food and drink (17%), building-related (14%) and automotive (15%) businesses, it comes as no surprise that the use of occupational health and safety products and workwear are on the increase. According to Thomas Martin, Joint Managing Director, Arco’s rising sales figures are indicative of Arco’s expansion into the corporate clothing and workwear market, its growing network of 34 local branches and its reputation as the nation’s safety experts.

Thomas said, “With increasingly strict regulations surrounding occupational hazards, Arco is well placed as the UK’s biggest supplier of safety equipment and workwear to help guide companies through legislation, whether they employ a few people or a few thousand people. We have a large team of safety specialists, the best range of products and many value added services to help people protect their workforces whatever their safety issues or working environments”

The company has teamed up with top manufacturers from all over the world to offer over 16,000 products that include workwear, corporate clothing, safety equipment and environmental safety products. Just drop in to your local Arco branch or call for a copy of Arco’s catalogue - the Big Red Book.

For details of your local branch, visit www.arco.co.uk