Control Energy Costs (CEC) (www.cec.uk.com), a specialist in utility management, has invested over £250,000 in a new Midlands hub to support its growing manufacturing client base.

The company, which provides a full utility management, procurement and site works service, has just moved into a self-contained office at the Basepoint Business Centre in Bromsgrove.

This is its first office outside its Surrey headquarters and comes after it signed up another 100 manufacturers in the last 12 months.