Scott Fletcher (entrepreneur)
Scott Fletcher | |
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| Born | August 23, 1973 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Website | www.ansgroup.co.uk |
Scott Jonathan Fletcher (born August 23, 1973) , one of the country's leading entrepreneurs, has over 18 years experience in the IT industry. Starting in business at the young age of 17 he ran various small businesses alongside his main career in IT. In 1996 Scott founded ANS Group plc and has been responsible for its steady growth over the last 12 years. With Scott's business acumen, ANS Group has grown into a profitable IT solutions, design and support company with an annual turnover of £10m with £1.4m net profit. ANS is listed on PLUS markets, a process that was used by Scott to raise £1.5m of capital to assist the company in its growth. Turnover is predicted to grow to £15m next year.
Further to this, under Scott’s guidance ANS Group has made several successful acquisitions, most recently completing two acquisitions in one year. Software development company Rivington Street Software were added to the group, followed by Cisco Specialist BIOS Ltd. He has since founded sister-company, Smart Identity Plc, an identity management software development specialist that raised £750,000 on its floatation on PLUS Markets in September 2007. Demonstrating his passion for business, Scott holds various non-executive and angel investment positions with Mighty Me Investments Limited, Lowry Investments Capital Limited, Manchester Financial Solutions Limited, JLI Europe Limited and Primoris.
In July 2008 Scott was named Entrepreneur of the Year for the North West at the National Business Awards, and will compete in the National Awards in November 2008 in London. Scott personally donated £10,000 in ANS’ name to fund the first prize in the ‘New East Manchester Enterprize Competition.’ Their business advice service, a cause close to Scott’s heart as he was born and brought up in East Manchester, helped to set up 42 new companies in 2007. He is also active within the local community, sitting on the Board of FC United of Manchester and as a Governor of a local school, Manchester Academy. .<ref>[1]