July 2015

20/07/2015

Storage Hunters star is boxing for British success story

Jesse McClure, breakout star of hit TV show ‘Storage Hunters’, is the new face of fast-growing British online company PlasticBoxShop. Making a much publicised guest appearance this week in a fiery episode of Storage Hunters UK, Jesse is a viewers’ favourite, instantly recognisable with his trademark sideburns, shades and black leather jacket. Now he has teamed up with UK company PlasticBoxShop – the online one-stop-shop for storage solutions in all shapes, sizes and variations of plastic boxes. California-born Jesse shot to fame in three series of the addictive US reality... Read More

Boxing clever, Gary and Lisa Lyons outside the hardware shop in Thirsk which spawned their online business PlasticBoxShop.

15/07/2015

Online ‘storage superhero’ Gary is boxing clever

From a discount hardware store in a Yorkshire market town selling plastic boxes stacked on the pavement outside, to an innovative online business targeting a £10m. turnover in the next three years. That’s the remarkable success story of 41-year-old Gary Lyons, founder and operations director of PlasticBoxShop – the online one-stop-shop for every kind of plastic storage solution. Born and raised in the small town of Yarm, at the very top of North Yorkshire, Gary studied Business Administration and Management at Newcastle business school before entering the corporate world, working... Read More