Skipton Station's recent celebrations marking the completed restoration work has been shared with their new tenants, Willow Group.

Boasting an unusual address, The Old Station Master's House, the marketing communications specialists moved into their own newly refurbished offices at the station in July. It breathes new life into the station which is undergoing a renaissance 150 years after the railways first came to the town.

Managing director John Pearson heads a staff of nine professionals whose main areas of operation are strategic marketing, press relations, graphics design and print, and the designing and building of exhibition stands.

The company also produces corporate videos, is able to organise special events and provides most other kinds of marketing and public relations service.

"The choice of locations has turned out well because by the end of its first three months, Willow had already been awarded contracts by 18 major clients," said communications director John Scrimshaw.

"Its exhibition division, Willow Display Ltd, has top name clients who come to the company because they want a high level of design. This division has been especially buoyant with contracts including trade shows in Atlanta, San Francisco and Cologne as well as major UK venues," he added.

Within the offices, a showroom has been set up aptly named as the Platform 2 Display Centre. Here is displayed the latest in portable exhibition systems and graphics which companies may visit to view "pop-up" and modular systems, as well as obtain advice.

"We have a team with a wealth of experience and we chose Skipton because we judged that its ease of access to the commercial centres of Yorkshire and Lancashire would make it the ideal location. It's also a very pleasant place to work," added Mr Scrimshaw.

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