York Press

"We are a family-run company which was started up by me and my dad in a shed at the end of his garden. "We have 20 staff now. We have increased and grown." The Playbuilder scheme has also seen the company win a contract with Northumberland County Council and it is currently bidding for more. Mr Danby said the move to Elvington Industrial Estate meant the company could keep its suppliers local, working with other companies based on the site. "There's a chap here who does welding and we get our vans serviced here. There's even a sandwich shop." So far the company has provided, or is working on, new play equipment for parks in Elvington and Viking Road and Sowerby Road in Acomb, as well as Copmanthorpe playing fields. Mr Danby said: "We have employed an extra designer and two workshop carpenters, which has been nice for us too. Unfortunately some companies seem to be laying people off." He said: "For this year we are stable, and next year's looking pretty good too."