Surge in sales

Easilift secured important contracts with major UK and European retailers and also across a range of logistics providers.

Managing director Rob Fay said: "There is renewed confidence across UK industries, with greater investment and increased orders – and when that happens, companies need a reliable loading and unloading infrastructure. The steps we have taken over the past 12 months have put us in a superb place to support our customers’ growth."

Last year the company doubled the size of its design department, commissioned a new fleet of vans and recruited additional service engineers to accommodate customer support. Order intake, sales and profitability also grew substantially during the final quarter of 2014 following the appointment of Ray Phelan as commercial director.