SHARES in bed and furniture giant Silentnight are looking cheap, according to a stockbroker.

In its latest review of North West firms, Henry Cooke Lumsden rates shares in the Salterforth-based group as worth buying.

It says the price the firm has negotiated for the sale of its US bed division was better than expected.

The stockbroker also believes shares in Scapa Group, which has now sold its paper related businesses including sites in Blackburn and Stubbins, for £329 million are cheap.

Darwen based Wolstenholme Rink is rated as a 'buy for recovery', Wardle Storeys which has sites at Earby and Blackburn as a 'Buy' and Blackburn-based Crown Eyeglass as a hold.

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