A Northumberland design company has moved into new bigger offices.

AS Design North East made the move to the Spetchells Centre in Prudhoe as it aims to grow its business.

The new office space is more than 50 per cent bigger than its previous location on the Dukes Industrial Estate.

The extra space will allow the company to broaden the services it offers and employ new staff to deliver these services.

The company currently provides graphic design services, including branding, logo and web design, as well as social media and marketing.

Following a partnership with regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers, AS Design North East will now offer additional services including e-commerce and digital advertising management and coding.

Over the past two years, the team has grown to five people.

One of the new recruits is Josh Cockburn, younger brother of Nathan Cockburn, AS Design’s first employee. Nathan was recruited through the government's Kickstart programme and is now a senior member of the team. He has led work around the launch of and co-owns sister company SNAC Digital.

Josh worked part-time for the company while at school and has now joined as a junior digital marketing specialist. AS Design’s clients include a range of North East SMEs as well as influential musicians Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp.

Alan Sawyers said: "With both our team and our range of services continuing to grow, we knew we needed somewhere with a bit more space and we were also keen to stay local.

"The Spetchells Centre offers us a perfect central space in the middle of the town.

"Josh has regularly helped Nathan and I out over the last couple of years, with his role being predominantly working for our ecommerce and production clients, and our new office allows for us all to work together in the same place while we train him up."

Josh Cockburn adds: "I'm really enjoying my new role, especially learning how to use Photoshop and AI to help create social media content.

"I've loved seeing how well Nathan has done over the past couple of years and I hope that I can do the same."