Barnsley business sews seeds for the future
A grant from the LEP has helped sewing and light fabrication specialist MB Products expand its business and production by moving to a larger factory site, creating five new jobs.
A grant from the LEP has helped sewing and light fabrication specialist MB Products expand its business and production by moving to a larger factory site, creating five new jobs.
The business has been awarded a £50,000 grant which has enabled the company to purchase a bigger factory in Barnsley.
Growth creates new jobs
The business currently works in sectors ranging from healthcare to the military, supplying products that have been designed and manufactured in close collaboration with the end user.
MB Product’s previous factory was unable to cope with the company’s growing work-load demand and the grant, part of a £500,000 investment, has allowed the business to move sites to a larger factory, employ five new members of staff and develop bespoke working systems to enhance its expansion.
Roger Godfrey, managing director at MB Products, said: “Our move has enabled the flow of work on the shop floor to become much more efficient. In our previous factory work was stretched across three floors - now it is all on one. This time saving improvement has helped our company to meet the ever increasing demand we are seeing from our expanding customer base.
Bespoke facilities enables new business
Roger Marsh, Chair of the LEP said: “I am pleased to hear that as a result of the new investment, MB Products is now able to take forward work it initially had to turn down due to capacity issues, and now the business is able to continue its goal of increasing the unique services it provides.”
Roger Godfrey added: “Advice from both the LEP and business support programme Enterprising Barnsley was invaluable as we pursued our application and both organisations provided vital guidance which eventually led to the grant being successfully received.”
The company’s expansion has also been backed by European-funded business support programme Enterprising Barnsley, which is run by Barnsley Council. Its specialist business coaches guided MB Products through the funding application process to the Business Growth Funding.