Named in the list of 1,000 wealthiest people in Britain this year in alphabetical order were:

• Lord Ashcroft, Impellam Group, £1.2bn (No 123)
• Lee Biggins, CV-Library, £165m (at No 743)
• Keith Dawe, Sanderson Group, Resource Solutions, TimesTwo Investments, £164m (No 751)
• Rob & Sheila Flavell, FDM Group, £214m (No 572 and identifying their sector as Business Services)
• Philippe Foriel-Destezet, founder of Ecco which became Adecco, £1.913bn (No 76)
• Paul Lukic & family, LA International, £134m (No 900)
• Ged Mason, Morson Group, £190m (No 654)
• Penny Streeter & family, A24, £201m (No 606)

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