PROPERTY group Birkby, which owns several major sites in East Lancashire, has hit the acquisition trail again.

The firm has bought the Cobden Centre at Salford in a £340,000 deal which sees it strengthen its North West presence.

The firm already owns the Glenfield Park sites in Blackburn and Nelson and the Arcade in Accrington.

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