A BUILDING company boss pleaded guilty to unfair trading regulations offences after he appeared before a judge.

Matthew Garrett, the director of Tredegar-based H-I-M Home Improvement Maintenance Ltd, admitted offences relating to a property at Markham, near Blackwood.

At Cardiff Crown Court, the 38-year-old, of Penybont, Nantybwch, Tredegar, pleaded guilty to unfair and misleading commercial practices between January and December 2020.

Garrett’s barrister Jeffrey Jones asked for his client’s sentence to be adjourned for the preparation of a probation report.

Judge David Wynn Morgan put the case back to July 8 and the defendant was granted conditional bail.

Tom Roberts appeared for the prosecution.