NEW members of a green group have been welcomed to the fold.

Newmans Footwear of Blackburn and Ultraframe of Clitheroe are the latest East Lancashire companies to join the Business Environment Association.

Representatives from the firms received certificates at a seminar staged by the association on how businesses can protect themselves against the threat of crime and fire.

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