A £1 MILLION investment programme has been launched to help a gardening products firm grow.

The Netlon Sentinel Partnership, a joint venture involving Blackburn based plastic net and mesh manufacturer Netlon.

New product development is the main aim of the investment programme. The group already supplies more than 400 product lines.

A new warehouse complex is also being built in Sheffield as part of the spend.

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