A CWMBRAN-based company has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation.

Rob Fish, the managing director of utility monitoring company HWM, accepted the award on Wednesday, December 13 from from Brigadier Robert Aitken CBE, the Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent.

The firm won the award for its PermaNET+ system, which constantly monitors water networks to detect leaks, and it significantly reduces the size and impact of leaks, reducing damage and making water safer.