ENTREPRENEURS Colin Taylor and Les Csonge -- from Wigan and Blackpool respectively -- have decided that Bolton is the place to do business.

The backing they have received from Bolton Council's Business Support Unit has helped them launch what they believe will be a highly successful enterprise.

Digital Web Books, which is based in the Bolton Business Centre in Lower Bridgeman Street, has made considerable progress since it got under way in July.

Mr Taylor and Mr Csonge have developed a unique software package for producing digital brochures which can be sent by e-mail or accessed on the internet.

Pages can be turned electronically to give the effect of reading a book or magazine on a computer screen.

They can contain full colour images as well as text, the number of pages is unlimited and web and e-mail links can guide viewers to other pages to ease navigation.

jobs so far have included a 2003 Danish holiday brochure in 10 languages which allows bookings to be made on-line.

work has also been undertaken for the Bolton Town Centre Company and Bolton and Bury Chamber of Commerce.

Promotional material for Digital Web Books is shortly to be sent to 5,000 e-mail addresses -- mostly in the Bolton area -- which the company has compiled on a database.

"This is going to be very big," Mr Csonge said.

"We have been surprised by how fast it has grown."

Mr Taylor, aged 52, has a background in manufacturing and worked in South Africa for 21 years before starting an internet training company in 1998.

When he returned to England two years ago he worked for a media company in Preston where he met Mr Csonge, a 43-year-old sales and marketing expert who has spent much of his career in the printing industry.

One day they saw a page turning gimmick on the internet and spotted the potential for brochures.

The idea has been developed fully since they left their jobs earlier this year and formed a partnership.

Mr Csonge explained that they had also considered establishing themselves in Wigan, Preston and Blackpool, but had chosen Bolton after receiving a helpful response from the council. "We were impressed by the way Bolton handled us," he said.

"Everything said 'come here' and so we did."