McCarthy’s stores up success

A STORAGE business has expanded after seeing an increase in sales.

McCarthy’s Removals and Storage in Harrogate has announced a 40% increase in sales in six months and has added another 50 storage units to its Ripon Road site to meet the extra demand.

The family firm, which has been operating a removals and storage service in Leeds for 40 years, moved into Harrogate in 2011.

The site started with 10,000 sq ft and 140 units, which has now more than doubled to 25,000 sq ft and almost 300 storage rooms. Two new members of staff have also been taken on.

McCarthy’s managing director Mike McCarthy says the surge of interest in storage units is for a number of reasons.

“We’ve been delighted with how well business has gone in Harrogate since we launched in the town two years ago,” he said. “Storage units can be taken for a number of reasons. Often it’s a business looking for somewhere to safely keep surplus stock or store archives. Internet businesses trading on sites such as eBay are a growing market, as sometimes they don’t have any physical premises of their own.

“Other times the storage is used by homeowners looking to declutter their house, perhaps with a view to making it more sellable, or indeed in the current property market, many people are making the decision to sell their home, move into rented accommodation and then approach the market as a cash buyer. So in the meantime they want somewhere to store their possessions rather than unpacking everything multiple times.”

McCarthy’s also offers a range of business services including archived storage and confidential document shredding.