{"id":47009,"date":"2017-01-09T13:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T13:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=47009"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:37:01","slug":"climb-online-turns-over-4m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/news\/climb-online-turns-over-4m\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a34m turnover Climb Online \u201cmost successful\u201d Apprentice winner to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Climb Online, the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/22-climb-online\/\">Startups 100-featured<\/a> digital marketing agency founded by <em>The Apprentice<\/em> winner and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/mark-wright-climb-online\/\">Young Gun Mark Wright<\/a>, turned over &pound;4m in its second year of trading and claims to be the most successful winner of the BBC series to date.<\/p>\n<p>The company more than doubled the &pound;1.7m it made in year one and has grown from just seven staff to 40 across Essex, Central London and Bristol &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/climb-online-launches-bristol-office\/\">launched after reading Startups.co.uk&rsquo;s Start-up Cities Guide<\/a> &ndash; since launch in January 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Climb Online has a portfolio of more than 400 clients, including major names Groupon, Be Wiser Insurance and Imagine Cruising.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of this success, the company has plans to expand into Cape Town, South Africa during the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2016\/\">commended Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Startups Awards 2016<\/a>, said: &ldquo;I am extremely proud of everything Climb Online has achieved to date &ndash; aside from exceeding our own growth objectives, we have successfully aided the growth and development of hundreds of businesses from across the UK and overseas through innovative digital marketing campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This of course would not have been possible without the dedication of my hardworking team, and Lord Sugar&rsquo;s ongoing support. I now cannot wait to see what the next two years bring!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lord Alan Sugar continued: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been great to see everything Climb Online has achieved in the past two years. The digital marketing sector is booming as businesses realise how important marketing online is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climb Online, the Startups 100-featured digital marketing agency founded by The Apprentice winner and Young Gun Mark Wright, turned over &pound;4m in its second year of trading and claims to be the most successful winner of the BBC series to date. 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