A £250,0000 investment is helping an engineering firm celebrate its second anniversary.

Fairbrother & Grimshaw Engineering was set up by David Fairbrother and Neil Grimshaw in 1997 and now employs 16 people.

The firm is currently installing four new machining centres and a specialist CNC lathe at its premises at Scotshaw Brook Industrial Estate, Lower Darwen,.

The site carries out sub-contract machining work for industry through the East Lancashire.

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