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100 jobs created as Winsford’s Tiger Trailers roars ahead

New commercial vehicle body and trailer manufacturer Tiger Trailers has secured funding facilities from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the bank’s asset finance partner Lombard.

The company, which was launched by John and Steven Cartwright who were previously joint managing directors at the Cartwright Group, commenced full production in September.

More than 100 jobs have been created during the period to date, and more jobs are expected to be created in the coming months as the business continues to grow.

From design, through to chassis fabrication, assembly, body build and final finish, the whole manufacturing process is carried out within Tiger Trailers’ factory located in Winsford.

When the time came to acquire funding to support the company’s business plan, Tiger Trailers turned to RBS relationship director Philip Mills.

Philip obtained a significant working capital facility to support, and worked with Lombard Relationship Manager Liz Flynn who obtained hire-purchase facilities to fund investment in the factory.

Joint MD Steven said: “Tiger’s philosophy is to be dynamic and creative, producing innovative products, with a vision to become one of the UK’s leading trailer and bodybuilding manufacturers.

“We are extremely proud of all Tiger team’s efforts during the period since the company was launched.

“They have enabled us to bring an exciting new trailer and body manufacturer to the market.”

Joint MD John said: “We met with Philip Mills just before we moved into the factory. He showed great enthusiasm for the business and this was demonstrated in his delivery of facilities.

“He introduced us to Liz at Lombard and we were very pleased with how quickly and positively she worked with us to provide the required HP facilities.

“It was very important for us to establish a strong relationship with our bank and we are confident we have achieved that with RBS and Lombard.

“We look forward to working with Philip, Liz and their respective teams at RBS and Lombard as we take the business forward.”

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