Business Archives - McCarthy Group

09 Mar McCarthy Group Celebrates Two Awards at the PalletTrack Shareholder Member Gala 2025

Posted at 15:22h in Business

We are delighted and extremely proud to have received not one but two prestigious accolades at this year’s annual PalletTrack Shareholder Member Gala Evening. 🌟 Platinum Award 2025 The Platinum Award 2025 recognises an outstanding delivery performance throughout the year. This achievement reflects the exceptional standards maintained...

Caroline Platt, MD of Platts Group with (L/R) McCarthy Group's MD Mike McCarthy, McCarthy driver Phil Sharrock and chief officer at AVOW in Wrexham Dawn Roberts-McCabe. Photo: Mandy Jones

26 Jan McCarthy Group Helps Launch Wrexham Multibank Pilot Supporting Families Across North Wales

Posted at 21:04h in Business, Community

A business leader sprang into action after hearing about plans to redistribute surplus goods from retail giants like Amazon to struggling families in Wrexham. Caroline Platt, the Managing Director of family-run Platts Agriculture in Llay, is leading the push to launch North Wales’ first multibank operation, aimed at providing essentials like clothing,...

26 Jul We’ve reached a million pallet milestone

Posted at 22:58h in Business, Warehouse

McCarthy Group is on the road to more success after reaching a major milestone by handling our one millionth pallet and to celebrate we invited the city’s Senedd Member, Lesley Griffiths, to come on a visit to mark our important landmark. We're not resting on our...

14 May Warehouse heroes achieve rare honour

Posted at 16:43h in Business, Warehouse

McCarthy Group have been hailed as the “best of the best” after achieving a rare accolade. We have become one of the first companies in the UK to receive a special certificate for retaining the British Retail Consortium Global Standards (BRCGS) accreditation for storage and distribution...

19 Mar New long term deal with global packaging giant

Posted at 22:26h in Business, Warehouse

A warehouse and distribution company in North Wales has clinched a new long term deal with a global packaging company. Wrexham-based McCarthy Group has signed a three-year extension to its contract with Wipak UK, which has a manufacturing base in Welshpool where it makes packaging films...

29 Jan Gearing up for growth with a new £1 million extension

Posted at 22:49h in Business, Careers, Community, Staff

Work has now started on our new £1 million extension at Elm Point - gearing our company up for further growth and creating 10 new jobs in the process. The additional warehouse space will create space for an extra 4,000 pallets as well as increasing capacity...

20 Jul £600,000 investment in five new state-of-the-art-trucks.

Posted at 23:37h in Business, Staff

It's home from home comforts for our drivers as we take delivery of the 100th truck from A N Richards. The new TG3 MAN tractor units fitted with all the mod cons including a fridge, microwave and a television include the 100th truck they have bought from...

03 Jul New Degrees for our colleagues

Posted at 09:31h in Business, Staff

We are very proud of Rhianna Crowther and Cathryn Jarvis who have gained their degrees whilst working for us. Rhianna is our Distribution Network Support Manager and was able to study by attending Glyndwr University on Day Release and obtained a First in a BA (Hons)...

08 May Tasty new contract helps to create organic growth for the future

Posted at 22:50h in Business

Securing a contract with the UK’s top quinoa grower has opened up a new market and prompted McCarthy Distribution to gain official accreditation to store organic food at their our £3 million warehouse on Wrexham Industrial Estate. The deal with Oswestry-based British Quinoa follows the appointment...

07 Nov A very exciting time as an industry “legend” join us to help to drive our ambitious expansion plans that will create 30 new jobs.

Posted at 09:38h in Business, Warehouse

Industry 'legend' Julian Richards, has been appointed commercial director at McCarthy Distribution and is aiming to increase turnover to more than £15 million over the next three years. The strategy to take the company to the “next level” will include increasing warehouse capacity and securing contract...

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