AN IT company is expanding after a council-backed loan.

StoneHouse Logic, which offers financial software and network development, hopes to create eight new sales manager roles with the cash, which is from Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud scheme.

The firm, of the Junction 7 Business Park in Clayton-le-Moors, was chosen because it shows ‘good potential for future growth and long-term sustainable employment’, council chiefs said.

Director Sally Hope said: “Since securing funding through Rosebud our business has indeed continued to grow, with staffing levels rising from three to 18 in the past few years.

"There is no doubt that the support we have received from Rosebud has been instrumental in the success we have enjoyed in the last few years.”