A SPECIALIST diamond drilling and cutting company based in Redcar is enjoying increased business with a growing number of major contracts right across the UK.

Accurate Drilling Ltd provides a specialist concrete cutting service to sectors including construction, civil engineering, petrochemical, and energy and transport.

Last year managing director Tara Bartley, who has more than a decade of experience in the sector, moved the company from Middlesbrough into new offices and workshops in The Innovation Centre on Kirkleatham Business Park at Redcar, run by UK Steel Enterprise, the Tata Steel business support subsidiary.

She said: “It has been an excellent move and the UKSE team could not have done more for us. The facilities and support are first class and I am now able to concentrate all my time on growing the business.

“We are much busier than we were this time last year and are confident that we will continue to expand. We have loyal customers who have worked with us for years but are attracting new business too. The summer is our busy time as well so all the signs are good for 2014.”

The company is also seeing growth in the waterproofing side of its business with higher demand for specialist coatings that prevent leakages of oil and other substances to meet environmental and safety standards.

The company has just taken on its first apprentice, and plans to recruit more in the future, so they can be trained to the high level of skills it requires.

Sue Kirk, of UK Steel Enterprise, said they were delighted to have had the office and workshop facilities Accurate Drilling required.