A garden room company that uses aviation technology to create outdoor offices, spas, gyms and art studios, is on track for a record turnover of £1m next year.
Rubicon Garden Rooms, based in Shotton in Flintshire, makes zero maintenance garden rooms using aircraft tech learned by managing director John Lyon when he previously worked as an engineer at Airbus.
Formed in 2006 as a general building firm, the company began specialising in garden rooms in 2014 with two staff.
There is now a team of 10 as well as four local sub-contractor artisans.
Its first apprentice, Caleb Williams, now has a full time job with the company, while Matthew Parker, from Saltney, is following in his footsteps as an apprentice joiner and a third is being recruited through Coleg Cambria.
Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami visited the firm - based at his Mr Tami's former office - to mark its fifth anniversary .
He said: “I haven’t been back here for a while but it’s good to see a local business like Rubicon growing so quickly.
“It’s thriving and taking on apprentices which is very important; giving young people the opportunity to learn new skills and hopefully build the business further.
“I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen and heard of Rubicon’s garden rooms which are made from environmentally friendly materials.
“I am very supportive of local businesses that grow and obviously employ more and more people as well as producing the quality product that they are making.”
The company now makes around 40-50 garden rooms a year for clients across the UK.
The bespoke, top of the range modular buildings have helped several businesses to expand by creating outdoor office space and meeting rooms as well as supporting home workers.
Managing director John Lyon said: “It’s been a fantastic journey. It’s great to see the business go from strength to strength.
“Our team are now booked up months in advance which gives us certainty and the confidence to invest to move the business forward."
