Enterprises in Hull
There are a number of great businesses in Hull which establish the city, and the whole of Yorkshire, as a thriving place for enterprise.
- Arco - the UK’s leading supplier of personal protective equipment, work-wear and workplace safety products
- Ascope Shipping – providing shipping services for people travelling abroad who want to bring their cars and possessions
- Associated British Ports (ABP) - the UK’s leading ports group, handling around a quarter of the country’s seaborne trade
- Aunt Bessies - famous for their delicious Yorkshire puddings, Aunt Bessies produce over two million from their Hull factory every day
- Cranswick plc - a leading UK food supplier providing the consumer with a range of great-tasting food
- Crown Paints - have one of their major paint production operations based in the city
- Ideal Standard - a leading provider of innovative and design-driven bathroom and kitchen solutions. Ideal Standard has been manufacturing in Hull since 1936 and employs 500 people
- Kcom (Kingston Communications) - providers of a range of information and communications technology services including internet. With its head offices based in Hull it employs around 850 staff
- Reckitt Benkiser - world number one in household cleaning and one of the city’s oldest and largest employers, employing around 800 people in Hull
- Res-Q - is one of the UK’s largest providers of specialist outsourced call centre services. Working with many blue chip organisations Res-Q employs over 650 people in the city of Hull.
- Smith and Nephew - developers and marketeers of advanced medical devices that help healthcare professionals treat patients more effectively. Hull is the global headquarters for Advanced Wound Management division
- Willerby Holiday Homes - one of the largest private sector employers in the city and market leaders in the design and manufacture of holiday homes
There are also many
jobs under the National Health Service available in Hull and Yorkshire.