Workwear supplier Portwest is usually to expand its operation at Thurnscoe near Barnsley because they build a 2nd large warehouse.
The development, backd by Enterprising Barnsley, will allow the 200m turnover company to broaden its consumer base even more, expanding over the 120 countries it already supplies.
Portwest supplies workwear cover anything from chefs’ aprons and welders’ gloves to high-visibility jackets and over-trousers. Almost all the garments come in asia, with special orders made along at the Thurnscoe site, which also serves as the distribution centre for all of Europe.
The company, which had been started in Ireland in 1904 by Charles Hughes, the grand-uncle of the current owners, presenting a catalogue which is translated into 26 languages. Additionally, it has warehouses in Ireland, Poland, Dubai, and New Zealand, and contains recently moved into Australia and Panama.
Global sales director Richard Jones said: “The transformation since transfer to to South Yorkshire Thirty years ago may be enormous. And we are confident the subsequent 3 decades are going to be amazing too. But we couldn’t did it with no fantastic staff in Barnsley.”
A lot more than 200 staff have attended an event that 66 received awards for service, cover anything from five to 20 years. And this includes was Joanne Oldfield, who has been the 1st employee taken on should the company opened a warehouse in Barnsley in 1988.
Back than the warehouse was at Goldthorpe. In 2006 Portwest gone to live in a purpose-built 15,000 square-metre facility at Fields End Business Park in Thurnscoe. The corporation is considering building on spare land once your there, by using a view to your second purpose-built warehouse and dozens more jobs.
Portwest has long been based on Enterprising Barnsley, the cost-effective development arm of Barnsley Council, since right before the proceed to Thurnscoe with advice in from strategic planning, sales processes, quality systems, admission to finance and recruitment.
Richard said: “Enterprising Barnsley happen to be an incredible resource for many people over time. They can be there mobile to turn to when we finally need them and are generally always the first people we pay a visit to for advice.”
Enterprising Barnsley aims that can help businesses throughout the borough develop and expand; generating economic growth and creating jobs.
Judy Sidebottom, of Enterprising Barnsley, said: “Portwest is actually among the list of testimonials of Barnsley. It offers grown with a few staff at Goldthorpe to like a major employer from the borough.
“The support we’re also able to supply the company just shows just how the public sector can certainly profit the private sector for making new jobs and increase the local economy.”
