BIRCHWOOD-BASED Claremont Group Interior Solutions LLP is expanding its offices after completing a £2 million deal for Manchester's Bartle House.

The company currently offers serviced office accommodation in Kelvin Close, in Birchwood, which is branded as The Breeze, and is part of the Claremont group of companies.

Bartle House, a three-storey building in Oxford Court in Manchester, was bought from Stonebridge and will see Claremont Interior Solutions LLP extend its involvement in the north west property market.

It comes after the company obtained a five-storey office space on Oxford Court in 2015, which has since been upgraded and let on a traditional basis.

Mike Gardner, chairman of Claremont, said: "This investment by Claremont Interior Solutions LLP enables us to extend our serviced office business beyond Birchwood and into the central Manchester market and complements the more traditional building of 15 Oxford Court, which we purchased in 2015. We very much see this as a long-term investment.

"Bartle House is more than 60 per cent occupied and I have every confidence that with the quality we offer, as well as the personal service and focus that we can bring, we will soon increase this to the levels we enjoy in Birchwood, which are in excess of 90 per cent."