Shredding group makes major investment in Yorkshire

DOCUMENT disposal business McCarthy’s Safe Shred has invested £500,000 in new facilities and vehicles.

The business has expanded into a new shredding site opposite the McCarthy’s Removals and Storage premises on Meanwood Road in Leeds and has grown its fleet to three shredding vehicles.
 
The vehicles collect waste from desks and confidential waste consoles in offices across Yorkshire, before weighing it and destroying it on site. To help meet demand for the disposal of larger quantities of confidential documents, such as one-off bulk clearances or an annual clear-out at the end of the financial year, McCarthy’s Safe Shred has invested in new 5,000 sq ft premises and specialised machinery. The company is now able to take waste from businesses to the facility, where it is immediately shredded and bailed, dealing with up to five tonnes an hour. All of the company’s waste is sent to UK paper mills to be recycled into toilet and tissue paper.
 
A new sales manager for Safe Shred has also been appointed. Steve Hargadon, from Doncaster, brings with him seven years of experience in the shredding industry.
 
McCarthy’s managing director, Mike McCarthy, said: “Creating the new shredding plant, the procurement of extra on-site shredding vehicles and the appointment of Steve as sales manager, will all allow us to provide services to even more businesses. We’re delighted that the shredding side of the business is doing so well after just 18 months of operation.”
 
McCarthy’s Safe Shred clients include Leeds City Council, Bradford City Council, Clarion solicitors, Nuffield and Wakefield District Housing.
 
Safe Shred compliments other business services available from McCarthy’s including archive storage, self-storage and commercial removals.

McCarthy’s is based in Meanwood, Leeds and has a 150,000 sq ft self-storage site.  An additional self-storage facility opened in Harrogate in 2012.
Traditionally a removals firm, the McCarthy’s fleet consists of 15 vehicles of varying size, along with Britain’s oldest working commercial vehicle – the 1938 Bedford.