Manchester-based, creative collective Inc & Co is celebrating a year in business by announcing it has had a £10 million turnover and grew its agency businesses from one to six in 12 months.
Boasting an impressive increase of 11% in month on month income, Inc & Co was created by Jack Mason who had a vision to support digital business and agencies in the UK.
Starting with five members of staff in 2019, Inc & Co now employs 120 staff across the collective. Inc & Co is recruiting for an additional 20 staff across the businesses, which operate across Leeds, London and Manchester.
Founder and CEO, Jack Mason, says “We’ve invested heavily in the last 12 months and I like to think we’re inventing the new normal for doing business in the creative sector.”
“The secret to our success is not focusing on only one type of business, we currently have a software development company, digital marketing agencies, and our most recent acquisition of Skylab, a digital strategy and production company working with some of the biggest names in sport – we are ensuring we have variety.”
“Last year we brought on board Laundrapp, a service that offers on-demand laundry and dry cleaning, who experienced huge growth during lockdown. Laundrapp has recently partnered with Mumsnet and we are looking forward to progressing with the Mumsnet platform partnership.”
The creative collective provides each of the businesses access to centralised resources such as business strategy, finance, HR and marketing. This allows each member of the Inc & Co creative collective to grow and develop by allowing them the time needed to focus on what they’re best at.
Nigel Collier, joins as Head of Innovation at Inc & Co, from recent acquisition Skylab and says of the move: “Our vision at Skylab is world-class work on a world stage. Joining forces with Inc & Co gives our staff and clients the additional resources we need to achieve that vision.”
Inc & Co recently launched a property investment group, Inc & Co Property, that has acquired the serviced office accommodation specialists, Prospect Business Centres. Rebranded under incspaces, it offers managed office space in Leeds, London and Manchester with plans to expand throughout the UK.
Mason continues, “It’s an exciting time for the Inc & Co brand. Our collective is going from strength to strength and we’re aiming to double turnover in the next 12 months and bring a diverse set of companies into the group.”
