New jobs created by Gap Group as recycling expansion continues into Yorkshire

Demand for Gap Group’s processing services has grown significantly in the face of regulatory compliance pressures

A North East recycling and haulage business is creating new jobs as it expands its operations into Yorkshire. Gateshead-based Gap Group North East, which specialises in recycling electronic waste, is opening it third site in Hessay, York, in moves which will create eight new jobs.

The company said the expansion strengthens its nationwide network, bringing faster, more accessible electrical recycling services to customers across Yorkshire, the Midlands, and the South of England and Wales. The opening marks a significant milestone in the company’s growth, adding to its established processing facilities in Gateshead and Perthshire.

Directors said the Yorkshire launch – at Hessay Industrial Estate – gives Gap Group NE a central hub from which to significantly improve service for customers across Yorkshire itself, the Midlands, and the South of England and Wales. They said it will reduce collection distances and unlock faster, more flexible processing for partners in those regions.

As regulatory pressure around WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliance continues to intensify, businesses, local authorities, and the compliance schemes and brokers that support them are all seeking partners who can handle growing volumes across a wide range of waste streams.

Bosses say demand for Gap Group’s processing services has grown significantly as a result. The Yorkshire site will deliver benefits for its customer base, which spans businesses of all sizes, local authorities, compliance schemes and brokers.

Benefits will include more efficient transport routes, reduced mileage and faster turnaround for collections across the regions.

The York opening comes a year after Gap Group sealed a seven-figure funding package from HSBC UK to aid its expansion into Scotland. It used the funding to build a fridge recycling plant near Perth, Scotland.

That deal came two years after the company secured a £10m deal with HSBC which it used to buy a new 50,000 sq ft polymer and metal separation plant, to separate the plastic components of electronic goods, a move which also led to the creation of 20 jobs.

Nigel Tomlinson, commercial director of Gap Group North East, said: “As demand grows, our mission is to make sure every customer, wherever they are in the UK, receives the same level of service, speed, and compliance support. The Yorkshire site is about us providing what our customers need.”