Documents firm invests £250K in workplace expansion

WARRINGTON-based document management business the Sharples Group is investing  £250,000 in the expansion of its offices and warehouse space to meet increasing demand for its range of products.

The £3.2m turnover company, which employs 26 staff, is planning to expand it’s workspace by a third.

Sales Director David Griffiths said: “We are preparing the documentation for a planning application which, if accepted, would provide us with a third more floor space than we currently have. If our application gets the go-ahead we could start work on the expansion work in the New Year.

“The new space will be designed sympathetically with the existing lay-out and will be a positive improvement from the point of view of staff and customers.”

The company was  bought in a management buyout by Griffiths and managing director Mark Brocklehurst  in 2002.