We were born in York in 1971 and were founded by Catherine Paver, an ambitious and proud mum who took out a £200 bank loan (she told them for a sofa!) to Fund her new business passion and find the perfect style for herself. everyone's feet.

We started small, in country halls and at family gatherings, and our company grew through her desire to source and sell shoes that fit and look good. private label shoe manufacturer china, Cathy was later joined by her sons Graham, Stuart (Managing Director) and Ian, who helped nurture the family business and the desire, drive and passion to be a leader in stylish and high-quality comfortable footwear.

Our company Pavers Shoes is now one of the UK's leading retailers of comfort footwear, with a focus on quality at affordable prices. We opened our first store in Scarborough, followed by York, Hull and Newcastle!

We continue to grow and our dedicated sourcing team travels the world to source our great footwear, now with over 130 stores across the UK and Ireland, you can pick our own comfort range and don't forget your favourites Fly Flot, Skechers , Padders and other brands. For the fashion conscious, we also offer our Bellissimo brand covering the latest trends of the season and our collections feature the most coveted designs to ensure you find the perfect style!

Find the perfect style!

As a family-owned business, we appreciate good values ​​and we believe we should do our best for our customers, be honest, reliable and trustworthy. We pride ourselves on serving all our customers, whether visiting one of our stores, calling our head office customer service or ordering online, the "paver experience", great value for money, quality footwear, a comfortable environment and Excellent service.

Not only that, but Pavers strives to make your shopping more personal, no matter where in the world you live! Our amazing omni-channel operations give you, our valued customers, the opportunity to shop anytime, anywhere. Some of us like to shop online, some of us like to buy through the post office or infomercial channels, and many of us just can't resist browsing in stores.

You can find our shoes and accessories all over the country and through our excellent home shopping department - online, on TV and in our catalog. We have stores across the UK and Ireland, so check out our store locator to find the one closest to you and join us for some well-earned retail therapy. If you've been to a local store before but haven't been for a long time, please check back as many of our stores have been renovated!

Pavers and the Environment

We are very proud of our British heritage and are happy to still call York home, where all our head office departments are based and we deliver all our shoes to our stores and direct from our base in Yorkshire into the hands of our customers.

While everyone needs a little makeover every now and then, in October 2006 our headquarters and warehouse changed and evolved to keep up with us, but our foothold is Katherine House, our eco-friendly Headquarters and state-of-the-art distribution center, we don't just worry about our customers' feet! It's our own too, and we're very concerned about our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

We know that when we use energy, we produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that alter the climate. So at our headquarters, we have the latest technology that allows us to give something back. In 2011, we installed a renewable energy system with solar panels on our warehouse roofs to generate some of our own electricity, and we can now generate 25% of the electricity we need at our headquarters and warehouse. We can put it back on the grid and use motion sensors to energy-efficient lighting and rainwater harvesting systems.

The best retailers to work in the UK

Pavers Shoes has been named the best retailer to work in the UK in 2020 by Retail Weekly, according to reviews posted on Glassdoor, where we scored 4.6 out of 5.

As a retailer, our goal is to deliver happiness, not just in our shoes, but also in our employees. We know our colleagues are the kindest people and our greatest assets, and we value the talents of every team member, each of whom brings a unique set of skills to our team.

At Pavers, we create a work culture that fosters inclusivity, ambition, opportunity and growth for all colleagues. We firmly believe that the talent, passion and dedication of our employees are the reasons for our success. Paver employees are more than just a co-worker, they are truly part of the family.

We are carbon neutral!

Advocating for sustainability has always been at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to leading the way in changing the future of retail for the better. In 2021, we will be the first major UK footwear retailer to be certified carbon neutral internationally and to participate in the UN's Climate Now initiative.

Working with One Carbon World, the global resource partner of the UN's climate neutrality initiative, Pavers calculates and discloses the current carbon footprint of businesses, and with the support of the Pavers Foundation, we directly fund the offset (or balance) of all emissions through Certified carbon credits purchased under the auspices of

90% of our carbon credits support the Guanaré project in Uruguay, a 100-year-old reforestation project in Uruguay. The purpose of the project is to convert degraded grasslands into beneficial forest plantations that help the planet adapt to a changing climate by providing critical stormwater management, ecosystem services and wildlife habitat.

paver shoes are 50 years old

From the day Pavers was founded in 1971 to today, our mission to provide comfortable and stylish footwear has remained the same.

Over the past 50 years, we have built a reputation as one of the UK's most popular footwear companies, delivering comfort and pleasure in everything we do. To celebrate Pavers Shoes' 5th anniversary, we've rounded up some of our favorite moments and milestones.