JBC's warm glow as its order book fills up

Managing director Jamie Bashall said the increase in demand for its services, particularly in the NHS Trusts, had come from a trend towards replacing existing boilers with new, more efficient heat and power systems.

He added: "We now have a full order book that takes us into 2012, and one of our main aims will be to expand the amount of work we do in London and the Home Counties, as we see these as real growth areas for the company."

The firm, based in Morley, was founded in 1978 and provides a range of energy-based services for industrial clients in the public and private sectors, including steam boiler and burner maintenance, pipework, welding, prefabrication and project management.

It is currently working with several partners installing new combined heat and power systems at hospitals.

Its latest hospital contract win was at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and is worth 1.9m.

As well as its Leeds base, the company also has premises in Hull, Warrington, Newark and Southampton and carries out work across the UK, Europe and worldwide with work undertaken in Australia, Belgium and Dubai.

The firm employs 75 people and has taken on 10 employees this year.

This month, in order to support its continued expansion, the company switched its business banking to Lloyds TSB Commercial, which now provides working capital facilities to the firm.

Tim Holden, relationship manager at Lloyds TSB Commercial, said: "JBC is a well-established, family-owned business that, through careful and controlled planning, has continued to go from strength to strength.

"The latest hospital contract win is typical of the increased opportunities the company is exploring in the public sector, which presents a great chance for growth for the firm.

"With a strong order book for the firm already established for next year, Jamie and his management team are concentrating on the controlled growth that has served them well over the last few years."