Goldshield is in the business of wellbeing and has been in operations for more than 15 years. It is a profitable, marketing-led, British Pharmaceutical and Healthcare company listed in the London Stock Exchange since 1998. Goldshield Group commenced trading in 1991 and since then growth has been rapid and achieved both organically and through astute product acquisition. The group has grown to its present size with equity funding of £1.8 million up to 31 March 1998, having commenced trading in 1991. Goldshields turnover for the year ended 31 March 2006 was £80 million (Rs 680 crore). The groups equity share with a nominal value of 5 pence was being quoted in London Stock Exchange at £2.60p as of Jan 2005. In October 2002, Forbes Global magazine voted Goldshield as one of the top 200 best small companies out of the 20,000 companies outside the US with $1 billion or less in revenue – at par with Indian companies like Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Satyam, HDFC Bank, Indo Gulf, Britannia and Rolta. In 1999, Readers Digest magazine voted Goldshield as the 4th biggest brand in England — and all this without any form of corporate advertising. Amongst the many firsts to its credit, Goldshield was the first company to start a third party call centre operations in India. The company has been a market leader in mail-order nutritional and vitamin products in the UK and has been marketing pharmaceutical and healthcare products in more than 60 countries worldwide. Besides wellbeing products business, Goldshield has recently expanded their scope to cover Wellbeing Centres, Wellbeing Villages, Wellbeing Resorts and Wellbeing Media & Education. Goldshield aims to continue to grow organically, through acquisition and through the formation of strategic alliances. Goldshield is accredited ‘Investor in People and lays a significant emphasis on continuous training and development of its employees.
