ACW has grown steeply from its inception in September 1989 giving rise to several business growth awards for being one of the UK's fastest growing independent companies, in addition to other accolades as an industry leader and for its management.

ACW has featured in the top 50 or 100 companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Price Waterhouse 100 Fastest Growing UK Independent Companies and the Virgin Atlantic/Sunday Times FastTrack 100.