ONE of the country's most successful entrepreneurs paid a visit to a fledgling firm to witness its own fast growth.

John Lancaster, founder of Clitheroe-based Ultraframe, called at Advanced Pain Management in the town, to present the firm with a string of British Standard quality awards it has recently received.

APM manufactures and distributes a pain relief unit aimed at both people and domestic pets. The unit claims to relieve chronic pain by transmitting electrical impulses into the spinal cord.

The device is used in pain clinics, physiotherapy departments and hospices.

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