KRL Group targets 10pc growth after move to new HQ

KRL Group’s move to new headquarters in Hull, which brings together sales, warehousing and maintenance teams under one roof, is part of a growth plan put in place after a management buyout in 2009.

The company, which has a turnover of £2.5m, is targeting growth of ten per cent this year.

George Baker, managing director of KRL Group, said: “The move to these larger premises presents our customers with a more professional, up-to-date, impression of KRL Group, proves we have excellent resources and are here to help them for the long term.

“When a company purchases print and copier technology it’s an investment of between three and five years.

“With this relocation we are demonstrating – to whatever 
type of businesses that come through our door – we have the capacity and capability to look after them and we’re not going to disappear.

“These first impressions do count and allows us to compete with the largest of rivals.”

KRL Group delivers copier and print technology, as well as related support and document management services, across the Hull, Leeds and Manchester areas, and from Newcastle in the north, to as far south as Nottingham.

It works with manufacturers including Konica Minolta, Kyocera and Ricoh, and now has more than 3,000 machines in the field. Customers comprise small and large businesses, across various sectors, such as Sewell Group, MKM Building Supplies and Spencer Group.

The company’s new 9,000 sq ft base, Billwin House, in Malmo Road, Hull, features a showroom, stores area, repair and maintenance workshop and office space, and replaces premises in Willerby, west of the city, that KRL Group had outgrown.

KRL Group has invested £60,000 into tailoring the building to its needs.

The firm, whose management buyout was led by Mr Baker and fellow director Glenn Parrish, employs 25 people and is now looking to recruit two more sales staff as it expands.

Mr Baker said: “The move to new premises was always part of our five-year plan when the management buyout happened.

“It gives us the space to grow, continue to attract the best staff members and will also improve workflow and internal communications because all of the offices are now on the same level.”