Manchester marketing and data company hailed as one of the UK’s top 100 small businesses in the Elite Business 100
29 January 2024 – Award winning data and marketing experts Go Live Data is proud to announce yet another accolade, having been ranked at number 50 in the Elite Business 100 – Britain’s official list celebrating excellence in the SME community. The Manchester team of twenty, beat thousands of entries to be included in the top 100.
Launched just over three and a half years ago by Adam Herbert and Co-founder Tim Langley, Go Live Data has created unique technology, enabling them to provide the highest quality data available, for client marketing campaigns. Since launching the business they already boast numerous corporate clients such as Talk Talk, Amazon Business, AxA Health and many SME’s.
Adam Herbert, CEO and Founder of Go Live Data said: “Overjoyed is an understatement and I’m extremely pleased to have won this place on the Elite Business 100. Not only is EB highly regarded within the UK business community, it is testament to the hard work of the Go Live Team. We’ve grown in leaps and bounds quite quickly so to be recognised in this way is a huge reward and motivates us to continue our journey.”
The EB100 are ranked on a series of categories, from community engagement to innovation and growth. These businesses are highlighted as sheer excellence within the SME community and showcased for their dedication.
“The EB100 is evidence of the overwhelming entrepreneurial spirit in Britain. Across every sector, we have seen truly impressive businesses that are devoted to achieving in all areas,” said Piers Linney, Former investor on BBC’s Dragon’s Den and Co-Founder of Implement AI.
“Go Live Data are innovators in the British SME community and deserve the spotlight shone on them from the Elite Business 100,” said Scott English, Brand Director of Elite Business. “This definitive league illustrates the crème de la crème of UK SMEs.”
This is the second year of the competition, with a dramatically increased number of applicants entering since 2023. Judges noted the impressive sales and growth figures, community spirit and engagement and overall high standard of entries this year.
Go Live Data’s ranking in the EB100 2024 continues the company’s success after being ranked 31 in the Techround 100 and being a finalist in the GBEA Awards.
Before Go Live Data, Adam worked for over two decades within fast-paced sales and marketing environments where he learnt the ability to create top-class data solutions with measurable benefits for clients. Priding himself on integrity and nurturing long-term partnerships, he saw a gap in the market for superior marketing data – which he seized. The company is now thriving and looking to expand into America where it has recently clinched it’s first US client, wanting to market to UK corporations.
There will be a celebratory and awards evening held on 13 March at Leonardo Royal, St Paul’s, in London for those ranked on the EB100 list to attend.
Go Live Data works with some of the biggest names in the corporate world as well as many SMEs in the UK and overseas in the provision of the most up-to-date and precise data available. This in turn, ensures the delivery of targeted, effective and profitable marketing campaigns for GLD clients, through the supply of data consisting of approximately 1.6 million Plc. And Ltd. UK companies, with new and innovative solutions currently in development. Based in Manchester and consisting of a team of 20, the data supplied is cleaned every 30 days, as opposed to once a year to 18 months and resulting in more effective results for clients and a better end-user experience of the campaign. Prioritising client support throughout their whole journey, Go Live Data is proud to be led by technology and powered by humans.
