Walsall manufacturer lands major funding deal

Posted on 18 Aug 2015 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Walsall-based wheelbarrow manufacturer, the Walsall Wheelbarrow Company, has secured a funding package worth £500,000 of funding from Lloyds Bank.

The 20-year-old firm, which sells its products both to distributors and directly to retailers like B&Q and Screwfix direct, has invested in new machinery to increase productivity. The manufacturer is also poised to expand to bigger premises as part of its growth plans. Director Jonathan Thacker said: “We realised that in the face of international…

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