Gravity9
Rank 69Annual sales growth over three years 75.69%Digital transformation consultancy
From supporting a defence organisation to measure public opinion on Nato operations to helping a retailer to track its beauty concierge consultations and sales, Gravity9 helps diverse organisations to modernise their IT systems. Where necessary, it provides them with its own bespoke software. Noel Ady, 48, founded the company in 2017 and was joined by Andy Ross, also 48, two years later. Turnover reached £10.7 million last year when Gravity9 opened an office in Canada, its tenth overseas site.
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