{"id":2141993,"date":"2025-07-31T07:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/?p=2141993"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:18:23","slug":"revenue-soars-at-environmental-testing-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/news\/2141993-revenue-soars-at-environmental-testing-group","title":{"rendered":"Revenue soars at environmental testing group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental testing technology firm Metir has had a \u2018transformational\u2019 start to the year with revenue up by more that 250%.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue was driven by increased demand for its MicroTox\u00ae LX instruments sales of \u00a3386,000 from Metir\u2019s Qatar project and the deployment of 27 continuous toxicity monitors (CTMs). The project marks a major milestone for the York-based group and establishes a strategic foothold in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In the six months ending 30 June 2025 revenue for was up \u00a3931,000 from \u00a3255,000 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Metir\u2019s operational and financial transformation, which included a rebrand, strengthened leadership and enhanced governance, has improved its positioning to scale up production, accelerate commercialisation of new products and pursue international growth opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The group raised net proceeds of \u00a3703,000 through the Fundraise, with an additional Director&#8217;s contribution of \u00a370,000 in July 2025, to support this momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Moore, executive chairman and chief executive officer at Metir, said: \u201cThe board is encouraged by the strong sales performance achieved in the first half of 2025 and remains firmly focused on scaling revenue, enhancing gross margins and progressing towards sustainable cash generation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Metir is investing prudently in infrastructure and increasing sales and marketing activity to drive future growth. The group remains committed to increasing our market share and expanding our global footprint across the growing environmental and water testing sectors. This includes pursuing major toxic water testing opportunities, like the CTM deployment in Qatar, and commercialising our latest innovations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to updating investors on our continued progress in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metir has had a \u2018transformational\u2019 start to the year with revenue up by more that 250%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271992,"featured_media":2141994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120781],"coauthors":[137100],"class_list":["post-2141993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured-story","tag-north-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revenue soars at environmental testing group | 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