GUESTS warmed to the opening of a new showroom!

The Fireplace Warehouse has seen a six-fold increase in staff since it was set up and has just moved into a new site on Accrington Road in Burnley.

Directors Mark Townsend and Adrian Mason launched their business idea at a car-boot sale and operated with a van and an exhibition stand for 18 months before converting part of their warehouse into a showroom.

The company now employs 18 full-time staff, has a turnover approaching £2 million.

Picture: The Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley, Coun Rafique Malik and his wife Nasreen at the Fireplace Warehouse with owners Mark Townsend (left) and his wife,Tracey, and Adrian Mason and his wife with "Charlie the Butler"