A CARPET cleaning company in the region has bought rival Revita for a six-figure sum.

The deal will see Clean and Revita merge to become Revita Cleaning Systems, and managing director Paul King wants to grow turnover by 50 per cent over the next two years.

He said: "It's great to have tied up this deal and now I can start taking the business in the direction I have long hoped to."

The company, based at North Shields Fish Quay, North Tyneside, will specialise in both commercial and domestic carpet cleaning.