LEIGH'S Paints of Bolton is opening a new regional sales office to serve specifiers and contractors in the East Midlands and southern England. The office, which is supervised by manager Bill Hill, replaces smaller sales operations in London and Leicester.

A spokesman said the move resulted from a sharp, post-recession increase in demand for the company's structural steel products.

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