A GLAZING firm based in Midsomer Norton has been granted permission to extend its factory by Bath and North East Somerset Council.

Techniglaze Ltd, which has been based out of Westfield Industrial Estate since 2015, will be able to expand it’s factory by approximately 20 metres by 24 metres.

The company currently employs 50 people in its office and factory in Westfield, alongside an additional 20 sub-contractors.

Writing in their delegated report after deciding to grant the extension on Wednesday July 2, Bath and North East Somerset Council said that business has outgrown the currently accommodation and needs to increase production.

Techniglaze Ltd is a glazing installation company founded in 1984 that installs a range of windows, doors, extensions and curtain walling in the South West.