Restrap, a Leeds company that has manufactured cycle luggage in the city for over a decade, has experienced such a steep rise in demand for its products in the last six months that it has doubled both staff numbers and the size of its production capacity to keep pace with a 270% increase in orders.
The business, which expanded its Leeds workforce from 20 in April to 42 this month, has benefited from a mass boom in cycling during the pandemic, which has seen the numbers of people travelling and exploring by bicycle climb by up to 300% on some days, according to Government data. Started from the back bedroom…
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