MORE than 60 companies from across the North West took part in a business networking event.

The third East Lancs Business Event was held at Ewood Park, Blackburn, to give firms the opportunity to take part in a number of seminars on topics including sales and marketing, networking and business planning.

The event was organised by Cheshire-based Nemysys Events.

Businesses which took part included eBusiness UK, Blackburn; Jeff Thomson PR and Stonehouse Logistics, both Burnley; HIT Computing Services, Haslingden; Copycatweb, Clayton-le-Moors; and GSN Display, Altham.