Over 55,000 sq ft of industrial space set in over 3.5 acres at Moor Lane Trading Estate in Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire has been let to Welfare Hire Nationwide Limited.
Part of Kelling Group, Welfare Hire is a rental and lease provider of specialist mobile welfare equipment to infrastructure markets including highways, rail and utilities.
The deal sees the firm double the size of its operational bases across Yorkshire.
Chief Financial Officer at Kelling Group, Matthew Jowett, said: “As our business continues to grow, it was essential to secure a facility that meets our operational demands and allows for future scalability. The Moor Lane Trading Estate site provides the perfect combination of space and accessibility to support our expanding hire services business.
“Establishing Welfare Hire’s regional footprint in this dedicated facility also facilitates further growth capacity for its sister company, Access Hire Nationwide Limited, the UK’s leading rental and lease provider of vehicle mounted access platforms for sectors including Telecoms, Street Lighting and Power.
“Separating out the two core businesses from our headquarters in Normanton represents a major milestone for the Group. The access business will remain there, whilst this new site is ideal for the welfare division.
“We will be investing around £250,000 in the new site to deliver a well-connected and highly secure facility, as well as creating new jobs, and work has already started on site. This exciting development for Welfare Hire follows on from the opening of a new purpose-built depot in Bristol in 2024 and a regional depot in Scotland in 2023.”
The site was brought to the market by the agency division of property consultancy, GV&Co.
Associate director of agency at GV&Co, Jonathan Jacob, said: “Moor Lane Trading Estate offers strong credentials to occupiers requiring well connected and cost-effective manufacturing and storage space, and we’re delighted to have facilitated Kelling Group’s expansion there.”
