Shropshire designers Yarrington move to new premises

Yarrington Ltd has upped sticks from the Sansaw Business Park, north of Shrewsbury, and is now settling into new surroundings at Silkmoor on Frankwell in the town centre.

The move comes after the company landed a number of contracts with high-profile national companies, and expanded its staff to 18.

The company has won the right to supply events for Edexcel, an examinations awarding company run by Penguin and Financial Times publisher Pearson.

On top of that, Yarrington is to provide marketing materials for Neal's Yard, a growing company with a national presence which specialises in organic health and beauty products. The Shrewsbury firm has also developed a viral video to help the firm promote its products.

The company put together the annual review for BBC Worldwide – which coincided with director general Mark Thompson's departure from the corporation – and compiled a new prospectus launched by Wolverhampton City Council promoting the city.

Managing director Mark Allsop said: "We looked at a property that had been vacant for a considerable amount of time, which was previously a wood workshop for Morris.

What attracted us to it was the opportunity it gives us, as there's a lot of warehousing space, a lot of parking for company vehicles and and a big loft-type area.

"Working with Morris we have managed to refurbish the building and make it quite contemporary and a very pleasant space to work from.

"Over the last three years we have taken on a lot of additional events and exhibitions which required storage space for stock and equipment, plus we have expanded part of the workforce so we now have 18 full-time staff, including an apprentice."

Yarrington is behind the organisation of the annual Shropshire Business Awards, and is a patron of Shropshire Chamber of Commerce.

The company celebrates its 15th birthday next month, having started out as a home-based one-man band.