A CHARTERED surveyors has announced a 25 per cent jump in turnover and record profits.

Chorley-based shm Smith Hodgkinson now employs more than 50 people and has expanded its operations in the North West with a new office in Manchester and overseas with one in Bucharest, Romania.

The firm specialises in the valuation of plant and machinery and real estate.

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