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A Pontypridd video production company is looking to build its business after winning a prestigious industry award.

Like an Egg Productions only became a limited company in May this year but the valleys business already counts chart toppers Manic Street Preachers among its clients.

The business was named Best Enterprise in Wales in the prestigious Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards 2013 and received a £5,000 investment as well as two years of mentoring from successful entrepreneurs.

Like an Egg has worked closely with the Manic Street Preachers to produce two of their recent videos for the singles ‘Rewind the Film’ and ‘Show Me the Wonder’.

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The video for ‘Show me the Wonder’ is set in a Welsh working men’s club in the seventies and was filmed in Cymmer Pioneer Club.

Keiran McGaughey, co-founder of Like an Egg, said: “Winning the Lloyds TSB competition was a real boost to the company and we are planning to invest our winnings into more up to date camera equipment.

“At the moment we have to hire kit for each job which adds to the cost and ultimately, our own equipment will help us reduce our fees and increase our profit.

“Winning the competition really helped us to raise our profile and being linked with a company like Lloyds TSB has been great for adding a sense of legitimacy to the firm.

“Ultimately, mentioning our win to prospective clients really helps us to get a foot in the door.

“It took us two years to build up a portfolio.

“We were doing other jobs and freelancing elsewhere.

“In September 2012 we started getting corporate jobs.

“When we started we said we wanted to make videos to be good enough to go on our website.

“We wanted to bring stuff from Cardiff here.

“We started working with different people and just lucked out and got a contact in London who recommended us to someone as a production company.”

Like an Egg is now producing a live DVD for comedian Doc Brown as well as musician Louis Matters.

Mr McGaughey said: “We are just about to do another video for the Manic Street Preachers now.

“We are producing it.

“We said we can make any part of Wales look like London and we have filmed in Neath and Rhondda.”

On winning the enterprise award he added: “Winning the award made us think people are seeing us like a business and we should think more like a business.”

Greg Warren, relationship director for Lloyds TSB Commercial, said: “Lloyds TSB is committed to the small and medium-sized business market and encouraging enterprise. “All the finalists had their own strengths but Like an Egg presented us with a business plan for the £5,000 which would clearly bring benefits to their organisation.

“It has been extremely gratifying to see the way that Like an Egg has used the win to their advantage, targeting new clients and winning new business.”

Mr McGaughey added: “Our goal when we started Like an Egg was to run a company that produced films of the highest quality, but from a base in the Valleys. So far we have been successful in bringing work to Pontypridd and hopefully, as our portfolio develops we’ll continue to attract business here from other firms in London.”