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MetroRod are a Tredegar based company providing bespoke drainage and pumping services to commercial and residential customers. Following £20,000 support from the Blaenau Gwent Business Development Grant, they have updated their equipment to provide their customers with a greater service.

Ben Witcomb of MetroRod said, ‘Our equipment was limiting the services we could provide to our customers. It was fine for smaller diameter drains but could not cope with the bigger systems. One of our biggest companies is Welsh Water / Dwr Cymru, we work for them across Southeast Wales, throughout Powys and across the border in Hereford and Gloucester.

‘Without the grant we could not have purchased the equipment and the employment of 2 workers was at risk. The grant enabled us to purchase state of the art equipment in a camera van that now enables us to survey sewerage systems up to 1200mm in diameter. Even more importantly, it secured employment for two of our workers.’

Cllr John Morgan, Cabinet Member - Place & Regeneration and Economic Development said, ‘Metrorod are a great local success story growing from a startup in 2012 to now having 41 employees and a multimillion pound turn over. It is great to see a local company grow and to support them on to bigger and better things.’

The Blaenau Gwent Business Development Grant is funded by UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and managed by ³ÉÈË´óƬ.  The Business Development Grant aims to support the growth and development of new and existing businesses in Blaenau Gwent.

In the photo left to right:  ³ÉÈË´óƬlor John Morgan & Ben Witcomb (Company Director – Metro Rod), -

Ben Witcomb (Company Director – Metro Rod), Nathan Hale & Gareth Chappell (Metro Rod) & ³ÉÈË´óƬlor John Morgan