A FIRM which specialises in the thin white line has moved its goalposts to East Lancashire!

Linemark, which marks out football pitches for premier league teams, has moved from Manchester to a new headquarters in Haslingden.

And the firm said the move to Bentgate works would help it launch a new product - currently under wraps - which will see extra staff taken on later this year.

Linemark manufactures the paint and machinery supplied to pitches for 12 premier league clubs including Blackburn Rovers and all Rugby League grounds along with cricket pitches and school playing fields.

It also marks tennis courts, gym floors and children's playgrounds and can paint giant logos on to grass surfaces.

The move to Haslingden, necessary because it had grown its Middleton premises, was helped by a £19,000 grant.

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