A COMPANY, which designs football programmes for Sunderland and Middlesbrough, has revealed plans to create five North-East new jobs.

Design firm HPM Group, based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, says it wants to expand its 45-strong workforce as it looks to build on its marketing and digital products.

The company also works with Auckland Castle, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, and Teesside University, and Richard Mortimer, managing director, said he was delighted with the firm's success.

Richard Mortimer, managing director, said: “These are changing times for the industry, we are moving in line with those changes, and are excited at the prospect of bringing five new people into the company.”