Fifty new jobs at Blackburn pet food company

A PET food company is increasing and developing 50 new jobs.

Blackburn-primarily based Pets choice is recruiting greater group of workers after a massive expansion became made viable because of a personal loan from NatWest financial institution.

When the property subsequent to Pets alternative on reduce Philips street became attainable, managing director John Walgate saw the probability to extend the business extra.

at the side of NatWest advisors Andy Kay and Simon Howard, they got here up with a funding plan, backed by using the government's Funding for Lending Scheme.

The dollars from NatWest have helped support the company growth with the purchase of a larger factory house, giving the enterprise the means to boost production of latest items, in addition to widening the product strains.

Pets option produces widespread brands similar to Webbox and Davies.

Mr Walgate observed: "When the opportunity came up to purchase new premises throughout the highway from our reduce Philips highway site, we knew it become some thing we couldn't move up.

"Now the new manufacturing facility is a whole lot better than our old premises so we'll even have the capability we should expand the enterprise."

The expansion will assist drive the company forward, with a forecast of a 50 per cent enhance in turnover over the next three years. The enterprise additionally plans to boost the company extra by means of investing £5 million in new equipment over the next five years.

Simon Howard stated: "We were in a position to present Pets option a reduced rate loan of £2.2million with the Funding for Lending Scheme. We share the ambitions of the management team and this funding will aid the business to improve its manu-facturing operations, giving it greater foundations to extend additional going forward.

"It's been wonderful working with John and his group to aid support a familiar company within the area."