Council support made to measure

With the help of a small business grant from Warwickshire County Council, Procter & Chester (Measurements) Ltd has been able to expand its premises, increasing from 3,000 to 9,000 square feet!

“The grant enabled to expand just when we needed to,” said Gordon Chester, Managing Director. “Last year we reached the point where every square inch of our premises was being utilised. Sometimes for visitors that didn’t look optimal and it certainly wasn’t ideal.

“We were at full stretch to do all the work that we had on and were certainly in no position to grow.

“Now we have the capacity to aim for growth in line with the pleasing amount of demand there is for our services. We are in the process of taking on three new staff, two of which will be production apprentices. Our work is very specialist, so they will receive bespoke training here while also being sent through college.”

Warwickshire County Council wrote a piece on the expansion in their “Warwickshire Means Business” publication. The full article can be read here: https://business.warwickshire.gov.uk/july-2018/news-in-brief/council-support-made-to-measure-for-procter-chester.