A MOBILE holistic therapist is planning to expand her services by persuading North-East employers to take a leaf out of the book of their southern counterparts.

Susan Doyle, of Peterlee, received a £2,000 loan from the Prince's Trust to set up her business and now travels the region helping clients to overcome their health problems.

The 26-year-old believes employers should follow the example of southern companies who bring in therapists to relieve the stresses and employees.

She said: "Usually the treatment is an Indian head massage, and staff can have the treatment at their desks in their lunchbreak.

"It's an effective and popular practice in southern-based companies and I would like some North-East firms to try it.