New Warrington office provides lift for business park

Paul Dixon, second from left, and team members

One of the North’s largest independent lift companies has continued its rapid expansion by investing in a new site in Warrington – creating jobs in the process.

Pickerings Lifts, whose head office is in Stockton-on-Tees, wants to extend its footprint in the North West and the new site, on Taylor Business Park, Risley, will complement its existing facility in Manchester.

The family-owned firm has a tradition repairing, maintaining and installing lifts, escalators, loading systems and mobility equipment since 1854. The opening of the Warrington site, the company’s 12th office, is the next phase in the company’s organic growth.

The move has created five jobs, including a role for an apprentice.

Newly-appointed regional manager, Paul Dixon, said: “This investment and expansion will allow us to serve existing and potential customers in Liverpool and Cheshire, as well as North Wales and Stoke.”

It is part of a wider strategic plan to grow the business with a focus on winning more mobility service contracts.

Currently servicing 3,000 mobility units across the UK, Pickerings Lifts works with public and private sector customers, including care homes, local authorities and the NHS, to supply, install, repair and maintain stairlifts, hoists, medical beds and other mobility products.

Paul Brooks, managing director of Pickerings Lifts, said: “Our Warrington branch marks the latest milestone in our exciting journey. We now have 12 regional offices and are planning more at a time when our bigger competitors are closing theirs down and smaller competitors can’t cover the whole country.”

As part of its expansion, the company has introduced other services, including the installation and maintenance of escalators, loading bay lifts and systems and mobility lifts for businesses.

It works with a wide range of customers across several industries and types of buildings – from modern new-builds to Grade II-listed buildings, bustling city developments and quiet country retreats.

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