RAMSBOTTOM optician Angela Campbell has raised the cash she needs for expansion.
Subscriptions to the Angela Campbell Group plc share offer topped the £420,000 mark - above the figure needed to trigger bank loans to help fund the company's expansion.
It is intended to increase the number of shops from three to nine within the next three years. The Manchester shop, which was closed by the IRA bomb, is to be re-opened in the former Bank of England building after directors decided not to wait for the all-clear to move back into the orginal premises.
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