Wren to create influx of new jobs
WREN Kitchens and Bedrooms is creating up to 90 jobs after investing almost £3m in a new fleet of lorries.
The £2.8m investment in a fleet of 43,18 tonne lorries to be based at its head offices in Howden, East Yorkshire, will help service an increased number of orders from Wren customers, driven partially by a rapid roll out of new stores across the country. There are currently 38 Wren outlets in the UK with a further 12 scheduled for launch between now and the end of 2013.
Kev Selby, operations director at Wren, which currently employs 1,100 people nationwide, said: “The new fleet represents a significant investment in the future for Wren Kitchens and Bedrooms and is further evidence of how the business is growing.
“We are a 100% privately owned family business and we don’t borrow a penny from any bank or financial institution. Rather than take money out of the business, we invest for the future, which enables us to fund major projects such as this expansion of our delivery capabilities.”
Wren Kitchens was founded in 2009 by Hull entrepreneur Malcolm Healey and is a sister company of East Yorkshire’s Ebuyer.com, which generates in excess of £200m of sales each year.
In July 2012, the firm, which manufactures its kitchens and bedroom furniture in its production plant in Scunthorpe, launched its bedroom range. This year, it invested an additional £5m into the production plant and its machinery in creating a further 100 jobs within North Lincolnshire.
