Bosses at a Billingham depot are hoping their £250,000 investment in a new building will lead to more Teesside jobs and help the company grow.
Britcab, a company which began at a home desk just seven years ago, is one of the fastest-growing providers of portable accommodation in the UK.
Directors of the company are father and sons Dale, Richard and Greg Wilsdon, and Andy Wilkinson.
Britcab, which specialises in the sale and hire of new and second-hand portable buildings, operates out of four main sites, including one in York, and employs around 40 people across the Billingham and York sites. It also takes on average two local Teesside apprentices each year.
The new workshop and office building is part of Britcab’s ongoing UK expansion plans, which also involve establishing further depots across the UK.
Stockton North Labour MP Alex Cunningham visited Britcab’s Billingham depot, on the Cowpen Industrial Estate, to officially open its new buildings today.
Director Dale said: “The construction industry has really come back over the last few years, and with the new workshops and offices we’re ready to cope with the increase in demand. We’ve put about a quarter of a million pounds into this site in the last year.
“I have to mention the help we get from Middlesbrough College, who have been great in putting through apprentices over the last year or so.
“In this region there’s a really good skill base an there’s definitely a hard work ethos and it’s great to tap into that.”
Britcab recently launched two new products which they say have proven popular - an eco-friendly range or cabins and a range of anti-vandal security units.
Mr Cunningham said he was pleased to have been invited to open and view the building, saying: “Anything that provides real skilled jobs for people is so important.”
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