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FBC Manby Bowdler Advises on Expansion at Document Storage Company- 08/12/2010
West Midlands’ law firm FBC Manby Bowdler LLP has advised on the expansion of a Black Country secure document storage and destruction company.
Andrew Wynne, a partner in the Wolverhampton Commercial Property Department at FBC Manby Bowdler, advised L&R Storage Limited on its purchase of a new storage facility in Oldbury.
L&R Storage provides a 24 hour, secure document storage and retrieval service, records management, and document destruction to professional services firms across the Midlands.
The new 3,200 sq ft industrial unit, which is more than 22 feet in height, will allow the company to almost double its present document storage capacity, as it has invested in a state-of-the-art software and a racking system which can make use of the entire volume capacity of the new building. It also operates a 12,000 sq ft premises in Birmingham.
The new premises will also be the base for the company’s secure document destruction service. It has recently invested in a new shredding facility through which it plans to destroy more than 50 tons of documents each year, sending the shredded paper for recycling.
Andrew Wynne (left), Gerald Lewis (centre) & Dave Rose (right)
Founded by two friends, Gerald Lewis and Dave Rose, the company now employs seven people.
“We provide a highly confidential service, for various professional organisations, this means that our clients have to have a high level of trust in our security and it helps them to know that we are a family firm,” explains managing director Gerald Lewis.
“One of our main areas of growth at present is providing administrators, accountants and solicitors with archive storage and an accurate document inventory service, so we needed the additional capacity which the new unit has provided.
“We are grateful to Andrew Wynne and FBC Manby Bowdler for helping us to acquire the new premises and to structure the purchase to best suit our needs.”
Mr Wynne said: “L&R Storage is a flourishing example of Black County entrepreneurialism which will go from strength to strength.”
With 36 partners, FBC Manby Bowdler is one of the largest law firms in the West Midlands. The firm has offices in Wolverhampton, Willenhall, Telford, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.