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Founder Glenn Norman
Website www.bubblecreative.net
Why it made our list
Bubble, part of the Grab group, is a graphic design company that offers ‘agency-standard services at freelancer prices’ to small businesses as well as to top brands including Domino’s Pizza, Playboy and Hennessy Sports. Working in large agencies, self-proclaimed uni drop-out Glenn realised professional, responsive design is often out of the reach of smaller businesses and he thought he could make a better business model. Bubble works only with self-employed professional designers to deliver a decentralised agency-standard service.
How do our winners measure up? Regional split - London 60%, South East 15%, North West 8%, Midlands 5%, South West 4%, Scotland 3%, Wales 2%, East 2%, North East 1%. The North West is pulling its weight this year in position 3 as it didn't feature in the Top 5 regions in 2008.