A STEEL fabricating business is set to create ten jobs in the next year after expanding into a new premises in Bromsgrove.

In a deal arranged by comercial property specialist John Truslove, Ridgestell Fabrications have secured a factory warehouse at unit four on Schofield Business Park on Sugarbrook Road.

Ridgesteel, which currently employs 19 staff, offers a range of steel fabrications and metalwork services, from providing structural steel for the construction industry to managing specialised projects.

Gavin Nunn, managing director of Ridgesteel, said: “We’re really pleased with the extra premises John Truslove found us on the Schofield Business Park which will enable our capacity to increase from 50 tonnes to 100 tonnes of steel a week.

“This will result in us immediately taking on another five workers, and hopefully another five on top of that in the next 12 months as we continue to expand.”

Ian Parker, joint managing director of John Truslove, said: “We like to act fast for clients, and so we work hard to know who’s got what and who wants what across Worcestershire.

“We have been advising Schofield Properties Ltd on various projects for many years and I provided them initial marketing advice in November, when they decided to let this unit.

“We were then instructed in mid-December, and because I knew Ridgesteel needed premises of that size and location I showed them round less than three hours later, agreeing terms with 24 hours.

“Unit 4 in Schofield Business Park is laid out ideally for heavy metal fabrication and because we had been speaking to Ridgesteel for about six months trying to find them suitable premises we were able to put the two together immediately.”