Communications agency RP&F has brought additional jobs to the district by moving its £4.6 million northern operation from Leeds to Bradford.

The marketing company, which also has a base in London, has moved 33 of its 42 employees to purpose-built offices at a site on Staithgate Lane at the top of the M606.

It is a major move for the agency which was set up six years ago by Mark Richardson, Simon Pailin and Jean Fallows, and has continued to go from strength to strength.

Mr Pailin, the company's creative director, said: "For the first 12 months we operated from my attic. As the business grew we moved to new premises in Leeds, then to a converted church building in Pudsey and finally to these new purpose-built offices in Bradford."

Boasting an operating area of 6,000 square feet, its new offices - which cost around £1 million to build - are more than three times the size of its Pudsey base.

"These new premises offer plenty of room for expansion. Hopefully we will be able to extend the business and create extra jobs in Bradford.

"When we decided to move we had a good look around Leeds, but none of the offices fitted the bill. Moving to purpose-built premises in Bradford seemed the perfect solution - having an office in London means we have to have good transport links and this is within easy reach of the motorway," added Mr Pailin.

The communications agency works on response marketing campaigns for a range of clients operating from Yorkshire and into Europe, including Holiday Inn, Green Flag, Wallace Arnold and the Inland Revenue.

It offers marketing through advertising, direct mail, brochures, catalogues and the Internet.

Staff based at the new Bradford offices are split into separate teams dealing with creative design, production, administration, client services.

The site is also home to Internet specialists NET7, which trade independently as part of RP&F.

Originally set up in conjunction with Maritz, the world-wide marketing services group, the agency bought itself out of the partnership two months ago in a bid to speed up its development programme.

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