EAST Lancashire received a Christmas jobs cracker with a £3 million Anglo-Japanese joint venture creating 120 high-tech jobs.

New joint venture company Euro Technology Industries was to build a factory at the Clayton-le-Moors Enterprise Zone.

The move involved established North West company Edward W Andrew, of Bury, and two Tokyo companies, Hoshiko Sangyo and Nitto Kogyo.

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