ESSEX-BASED Sportsafe, which supplies sports and fitness equipment to schools, leisure centres, councils and businesses, has just opened its first base in the north of England after acquiring a two storey, 1,400-square foot, building at S Harrison’s Escrick Business Park.
The expansion has already created three new jobs in the local area and the company plans to recruit ten more people over the next 12 months.
Amin Dedhar, finance director at Sportsafe, said: “We decided to focus our expansion in the York area because it offers easy access to most parts of the north of England and it’s close to the A1 and the national motorway network.
“We were surprised by the shortage of available stock for sale within a ten-mile radius of York, but as soon as we were introduced to Escrick Business Park we immediately knew it was ideal for us.” Its ultrafast broadband was essential as they relied on high volume data transfers and video conferencing.
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