A new concrete supplier has been established in Welshpool.

Monty Mix Concrete was formed to meet the needs of its sister company, Montgomeryshire Homes, which has 100 plots in the pipeline.

The company was set up by award-winning entrepreneur Richard Glover-Davies and his team, who purchased two volumetric concrete lorries and began producing concrete for Montgomeryshire Homes six months ago.

They have now expanded to sell concrete to other customers.

Mr Glover-Davies said: "Montgomeryshire Homes was buying considerable volumes of concrete and were tired of ever-increasing concrete prices and high part-load charges with no real competition in the area.

"We saw a volumetric lorry in action and were very impressed with the concrete they produced and after six months of mixing concrete only for our sister company, we are now selling concrete to others."

The company has taken on local concrete expert Keith Vaughan as their sales and technical consultant, as well as drivers Jason and David and administrator Emma.

Emma said: "The feedback from customers to date on more than one occasion has been 'great stuff', which is exactly the kind of comment we are aiming for, and with repeat orders flowing in, we must be doing something right.

"Customers are loving not having the risk of over or under-ordering as well due to using our mix on site lorries."

Based in Welshpool, Monty Mix Concrete covers a 25-mile radius of Mid Wales and Shropshire and also supplies concrete lego blocks.

Mr Glover-Davies said: "Our aim is to give a very high level of customer service.

"We use and batch to high quality standards for all our concrete using only the best graded aggregates and cement and no recycled sand or aggregates.

"We keep the stone and sand separate on our lorries to ensure the mix design you order is what is delivered and we calibrate and test our concrete on a regular basis."