‘Britain’s entrepreneurs are the true heroes of the British economy,’ says business magazine Management Today. ‘They are the people flying the flag for business and giving us a future, and we laud them at MT in our first-ever listing of those we consider to be the Top 100 entrepreneurs of today.’

The listing and the company valuation was produced by Philip Beresford.

On the strength of Synseal’s outstanding performance over the past five years Management Today ranks its chairman Gary Dutton equal 14th in its list of Britain’s top 100 entrepreneurs in January’s edition of the respected magazine.

The ranking is based on turnover growth of 206% from £17m five years ago to £52m in its latest accounts. Number of employees rose by 171% from 162 to 439.

In 2003 Synseal was featured in the Sunday Times Profit Track top 100 companies.