BUSINESSES are to be given the chance to have their name on roundabouts.

Hartlepool Borough Council is to offer sponsorship deals to companies who want to put their names on roundabouts throughout the borough.

There has been some roundabout sponsorship in the area in the past, but there has never been a borough-wide policy.

The council plans to employ an external firm to organise the sponsorship deals with any money split between the two.

A council spokesman said: "In Hartlepool, over the last ten years, significant amounts of regeneration has taken place and this has included highway infrastructure, including enhanced street furniture and roundabout features."

The upkeep of these facilities is significant and sponsorship could provide an answer.

A final decision on the scheme will be made today.