A TELECOMS distributor is planning to move into new markets and create jobs.

NTE employs 31 people in Faraday Road, Peterlee, County Durham, and distributes a range of telecoms, cable and PA systems to more than 2,500 IT professionals, installers and resellers in the UK and overseas.

Marketing manager Pauline Herring has drawn up the business plan. She said: "Growth has been strong and sustained over the past few years and we have been very successful as a company. I have worked with the management team to formulate a strategy that will move the company on to the next phase of its development."