Pavers Ltd, established in York 1971 by Catherine Paver. Cathie had always found shopping for shoes difficult because she could never find what she wanted without trouble over the fitting. Therefore Cathie, with the help of her family, opened her own shoe shop in Scarborough. This proved to be a great success and soon similar shops followed in York, Hull and Newcastle.

Pavers continued to open High Street shops throughout the North and in 1996 they opened their first Outlet store in North Shields, although discount footwear retailers had been around for years, few offered the brands which Pavers Outlet stocked. This formula proved to be a great success and again many more followed.

Pavers continues to be family owned and run by Cathie and her sons Stuart Paver, MD, and Ian Paver, Buying Director. Their products can now be found on TV shopping channels and on Pavers sister companies website www.shoe-shop.com (the largest online shoe-store in Europe).

In 2008 Pavers now have over 70 shops around the UK and Eire, and have recently opened Catherine House a brand new multi million pound Distribution Centre/Head Office based in York. The work on this 90,000 sq ft building began in October 2005 and was completed September 2006. With the ever increasing talks of being energy efficient, the building was designed with high spec external insulation panelling, an inflatable docking bay seal for goods in and out, rapid closing delivery doors, warehouse lifts, rainwater capture for flushing toilets, energy efficient lights with sensors throughout the building.

An innovative company Pavers continue to expand year on year, always looking for new opportunities and to increase their high level of quality products.