A NEW business that supplies specialist medical equipment to the healthcare sector has launched in Blackburn.

Vision Medical is up and running after securing a £200,000 funding package from NatWest via the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.

Vision Medical will provide specialist products such as endoscopes that are used in orthopaedics, gynaecology, general surgery and ear, nose and throat treatments. The business has been established by directors Darren Neill, Craig Stuart, Janet Welch and Jonathan Drew.

NatWest in Blackburn provided the EFG funding.

Darren Neill, managing director of Vision Medical, said: “We are delighted to launch Vision Medical.”