Carrs Pasties teams up with business partner in push to meet target

Carrs Pasties, which recently opened its fourth store, located on Middlebrook Retail Park, has partnered with Yorkshire-based Howarths to deliver strategic plans in line with its ambitious growth hopes.

Matt Carr, director at Carrs Pasties, said: “We chose Howarths because they’re a family-run business with a wealth of practical and commercial experience working on the job with growing SMEs. 

Inside the new Carrs store (Image: Newsquest)

“We’re looking forward to working with the team as we push forward with some exciting growth plans over the next few years.”

John McGinlay at Carrs Pasties new shop to celebrate opening

Carrs was founded in 1938, and began as a tripe shop before the Second World War, before attracting the attention of mill workers when it started selling freshly baked pasties.

The council gave the company a loan in 1975, which continued to help it grow and in 2013, it was passed down to current directors and brothers, Matt, Liam and Joe Carr.

Matt Carr, owner and director of Carrs Pasties (Image: Newsquest)

Gavin Howarth, managing director at Howarths, added: “Getting solid HR and employment law procedures and training in place is crucial for any growing business looking to retain and recruit the best talent.

“Having delivered an initial HR audit and employee engagement survey to benchmark the business, we will now work closely with the senior management team and directors to develop and implement a bespoke HR and people development strategy to drive employee engagement and support the company’s exciting growth plans.”