LOCAL firms will be flying the flag for East Lancashire next year.

A team of firms is exhibiting at the SUBCON 2000 event in Birmingham in April with backing from the East Lancashire Partnership.

It is the fourth year running that the Partnership has exhibited with local firms at the event which is aimed at subcontracting industries.

"Previous attendance at the exhibition has resulted in more than 100 genuine leads with 21 new customers including Rolls-Royce Motor Cars," said John Rowbottom, business manager for Dale Polymers. of Accrington. The Partnership subsidises space on the stand for local firms through European funding.

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