THE Tile & Bathroom Company has expanded its Carlisle showroom.

This extension has been opened by Miss Cumbria, Claire Bell, who is the daughter of one of the firm's staff.

It can can hold up to 12 displays featuring vanity units, flooring and tiles as well as all of the other products which the shop - in Long Island Park, Carlisle city centre - can offer.

The business employs about 10 people and managing director Richard Murray is the son of the company's founder Bob.

He said: "What we have tried to is become a supplier and fitter of all bathroom stock. We were set up mainly for tiles and we only dealt with tile sales and I came up from Lancashire in 2000 to set up the bathroom side of the business, now we deal mainly in bathrooms."

"It is just showing what we can do," he added.

He was delighted to welcome Miss Bell, whose mum, Fiona, is the business' showroom manager.

"It is one of her first appointments, she is putting together a portfolio of helping the community," Mr Bell said.

He was also keen to point out that his firm can "come and do everything" from the first measurements to the final fitting of any bathroom.