MAKING waves on the Yorkshire Coast is Dalby Offshore Services which is capitalising on the surge in offshore wind operations.

The vessel operating and crew providing business employs a team of 44, and has seen a 125 per cent increase in year-on-year pre-tax profits, growing from £866,000 in 2012, to £1.96 million in its latest set of accounts.

Now turning over £24.8 million, the business, which is based in Beverley and registered in Bridlington, was founded in 2007 and initially focused on the management of anchor handling vessels employed in the offshore oil and gas industry world wide.

In 2009 Dalby Offshore moved into the renewables sector providing crew transfer vessels and an offshore bunkering facility at Greater Gabbard.

In 2011 it took delivery of its first wind farm support vessel Dalby Esk, and during 2012 took delivery of three more; Dalby Humber, Dalby Tees and Dalby Trent.

It has since acquired four more wind farm support vessels, bringing the total fleet up to eight, with the business having worked with wind farm clients Greater Gabbard UK, Lynn & Inner Downsing UK, London Array UK, Karehamn, Sweden, Thanet UK, KentishFlats UK and many more.

With tourism one of the more obvious industries in Yorkshire's seaside towns it's not surprising to see caravan and holiday park operator Flower of May Holiday Parks coming second in the list of most profitable SME's on the coast.

Appearing at number 14 overall on the Top 50 list, Flower of May operates eight parks across Yorkshire, turning over £7.6 million.

Registered in Bridlington, with its original Flower of May holiday park located between Scarborough and Filey, the business saw a slight drop in pre-tax profits from £1.34 million in 2012 to £1.22 million in 2013.

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