AN OSWESTRY-based business has picked up a £7 million boost after its 2022 programme of building was confirmed for sites in Powys, north Shropshire and North Wales.

Pave Aways, which has its headquarters in Knockin, will be carrying out the work for public and private sector clients, including turning a former school into offices in Welshpool and former offices into dwellings in North Wales.

Managing director Steven Owen said the projects supported a positive outlook for Pave Aways, which has delivered contracts worth £48.5m over the past two years.

He said: “Our order book is healthy and we continue to work across a variety of sectors from residential to education to manufacturing with a mixture of private and public sector contracts.

"This ensures we have a varied workload to support our sustainable business growth and minimise risk.

“As a contractor with its roots in Shropshire and Wales, we’ll be using local supply chains that will translate into economic benefits for the communities where we’re working as well as providing training opportunities and support to local organisations and charities.”

The clutch of new contracts include adapting the former Oldford Road Nursery and Infants School in Welshpool into offices, a family centre and nursery for Powys County Council and convert former offices into residential accommodation for a council in North Wales.

In Shropshire, it will return to Harper Adams University in Edgmond for its 21st assignment to refurbish the veterinary nursing building, while it has also been contracted to build an integrated therapeutic learning centre with associated children’s homes for a private provider in Albrighton.

The renovation and refurbishment of a privately owned listed residence in Shrewsbury completes the list of recently awarded schemes.

The Welsh contracts will managed from the firm’s Newtown office in Mid Wales by construction director, Jamie Evans.

He said: “We’ll be spending £5m with sub contractors and suppliers within a 30-mile radius of these projects and we’ll be hosting Meet the Buyer events for those businesses that echo our ethos and are keen to join our framework.”