13 SHI International

Key points

Revenue: £280m (-13%)

Net profit: N/A Staff: 190

Although a shade smaller than fellow three-lettered, US-based reseller behemoths CDW and WWT, SHI claims it is on course for global revenue of $11bn in 2020 - making it the largest minority and woman-owned business in the US.

The Milton Keynes hub the Microsoft, HP and Dell partner set up in 1998 to fulfil the EMEA needs of international clients is now its third largest office. Market sources suggest COVID has left a 10 to 15 per cent dent in trading at its UK-based operation, which we estimate draws roughly 60 per cent of its £280m annual sales from the wider EMEA region.