A CCTV camera will be put up to catch fly-tippers in a rubbish dumping hotspot after a company threatened to leave the city because the situation was so bad.

Bradford Council is also piloting a scheme with a full-time street cleaner and running an anti-littering campaign following businessman Ian Pattison's repeated complaints.

The boss of Bower Green Ltd, a distribution and warehousing company based in Dryden Street, said he was ashamed to say his company was based in Bradford when he spoke to the Telegraph & Argus last month.

He said international clients were greeted by abandoned mattresses and bursting sacks of rubbish when they visited his firm based off Leeds Road near Birksland Street.

"It's just an absolutely disgusting mess," he said.

His calls for clean-ups were echoed by the head of neighbouring Haworth Scouring Company, David Gisbourne.

Since then, Mr Pattison, who pays £250,000 annually in business rates, has been meeting with Council officers.

"They've done quite a lot of work round the major fly-tipping sites, which are a lot better," he said.

"I think they've found quite a few people as well who own some of the land which borders Council-owned land and asked them to tidy it up."

But Mr Pattison said littering from people using nearby take-aways was still a problem.

"We're by no stretch where we want to be yet," he added.

"They've just got no money and they're really stretched. They say the Government are cutting back with their allowances."

He said the local authority had given assurances it would be focussing on the area during upcoming weeks.

"I think they are doing their best," Mr Pattison said.

Mr Pattison has not yet ruled out leaving the city though and said he was still on the lookout for alternative premises, but added that moving the 50 staff and business, which has been in Bradford since 1953 and has a turnover of £12 million, would be a big task.

A Bradford Council spokesman said: "We have removed a lot of the fly-tipping in the area around Birksland Street and are going to install a CCTV camera so we will be prosecuting people caught dumping rubbish. Investigations are already ongoing with respect to a number of the incidents of fly tipping that have taken place.

"Fly tipping is illegal and can result in imprisonment and/or fines of up to £50,000 so we would urge anyone who has witnessed fly tipping, and has information about who has done it to let the Council's Environmental Enforcement team know on 01274 434366.

"We intend to run a pilot scheme with a full time street cleaner with a mechanical sweeper in the area. If this is successful we will be negotiating with businesses to see if we can keep this going.

"We are also running a campaign around litter and the environment with posters and talks in schools."