Aycliffe Today Business Aycliffe Today Business Issue 36 | Page 12

12 | Aycliffe Today Business BTS targets sales growth after £1m investment and rebrand BTS Facades and Fabrications directors David and Phil Atkinson, with company secretary Marcia Atkinson and drawing office director David Precious (right). A growing family-run business which services the construction industry aims to almost double turnover after investing more than £1m in new facilities. BTS Fabrications has rebranded as BTS Facades and Fabrications, after spending heavily on a new head office and equipment. More than 100 guests gathered for an open day at BTS’s impressive new premises, along Woodham Way at the heart of Aycliffe Business Park, as company directors outlined the firm’s ambitious plans. BTS Fabrications is a well-established premier supplier of metal CWCT tested rainscreen systems and fabricated metal construction products. After growing from six staff and a turnover of £375,000 in 2009, BTS now employs 48 full-time staff with an annual turnover of £5.1m. But sales in the firm’s current financial year, ending in March 2019, expect to top £6.5m – and the aim is to achieve sales of more than £9m within three years. Managing director Phil Atkinson said: “Seeing the number of people who turned up for our open day makes us immensely proud. “My wife and company secretary, Marcia, has been the architect of this project, we’ve all worked very hard on it and to see it all come together is wonderful. It’s been a fantastic journey and I’m tingling with pride.” BTS’ latest investment was part-funded with the help of Barclays and a £177,000 grant from the European Development Fund. Atkinson added: “This is the biggest investment in the company’s history, but it doesn’t end there. “We’ve just placed an order for a new £700,000 machine. It will keep going until we reach ‘Eutopia’ and have a fully-automated workflow. “So we don’t see our growth stopping. As long as it’s sustainable, and we can justify the spend and recruitment, we’ll get more people. “We’ve got the fundamentals of the business right. We all work very hard. I’m very hands-on, I still do all our buying and invoicing. Our production director is hands- on. We all work very hard and we’re all pulling in the same direction.” To find out more about BTS go to btsfabrications.co.uk, give the team a call on 01388 816883 or email [email protected]