MONEYLENDERS and pawnbrokers could be about to do a roaring trade in Darwen over the next couple of months.

Lincolnshire-based Cashbrokers are set to open premises between The Wine Shop and the former amusement centre in Duckworth Street.

The branch will be the company’s first in Lancashire, with its only other North West outlet being in Heywood, Greater Manchester.

And the national chain Cash Generator, which already operates in Accrington, Burnley and Blackburn, also has its eye on Darwen.

Empty premises between the International Aid Shop and Whiteheads jewellers in Market Street are set to become home to one of their branches.