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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