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Big Technologies - Starts growing again

September 2026

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At its AGM, BIG had already said 85% of the entire year’s expected sales were already under contract before the year had even begun. So there was no surprise that as new contracts won last year began mobilising, H1 saw it start growing again with ARR up 5% to £53.2m. Revenue was up 6% to £26.9m. Gross margin dipped a solitary percentage point to 67%, largely because of a full-service Northern Ireland job but EBITDA leapt 14% to £14.2m. The EBITDA margin’s now sitting at a frankly indecent 53% (up 3%) - so when the top line moves, the bottom line really will. Yes, margins will probably drift a tiny bit lower over the next few years as they pile into the lower-margin US market, but BIG has already started cutting costs in H ...

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