Morecambe company expands thanks to Business Development Scheme
A fast growing Morecambe-based company has expanded thanks to funding from Lancaster City Council’s Business Development Scheme.
A fast growing Morecambe-based company has expanded thanks to funding from Lancaster City Council’s Business Development Scheme.
C&G Recycling, which is based on the White Lund Industrial Estate, received £4,000 from the scheme to enable a move to bigger premises and to upgrade equipment.
This has helped the company to expand its customer base, benefiting the local economy.
Chris Roberts from the company said: “Without the help of this grant we would have been unable to grow our business any further, meaning we would have lost vital customers. We are now in a position to take on new customers and tender for larger contracts”.
C&G Recycling was formed in 2003 when two former Forbo workers, Chris Roberts and Gavin Allonby, joined forces to fill a gap in the local market for the secure destruction and recycling of confidential and sensitive data.
Data Protection legislation means UK businesses must ensure that any sensitive information is securely destroyed. C & G collect confidential data and take it to their secure depot for cross-cut shredding - a destructive process which means that documents cannot be reconstituted, unlike those that have been put through the traditional strip shedder seen in most workplaces. The paper waste is then sent to a nearby mill for pulping.
C&G quickly established a good reputation and are now recommended by local authorities, the NHS, solicitors, accountants, care homes, schools, and many small local businesses. Although the company’s turnover and profits were increasing each year just through operating in the Lancaster District, work from further afield in Preston, Blackpool and Accrington was being turned away due to a lack of space and resources.
As well as the move to larger premises, the £4,000 from the Business Development Scheme helped the company upgrade the shredder/ baler system in order to triple their output. They have also been able to offer full time employment to their two temporary employees, and hope to create one more permanent position.
Coun Abbott Bryning, cabinet member with responsibility for economic development, said: "C&G Reycling is an example of how a business can be successful through hard work and determination.
"I'm glad the council could give the company a helping hand and help to grow the business."
The Business Development Grant, which was part-funded through the European Regional Development Fund, has now closed and has been replaced with a Rent Grant scheme for newly established businesses who are moving into commercial premises. For further information please call 01524 582279.
Date Updated: 19/03/09