Hays Travel has purchased three branches of Bolton-based St Andrew’s Travel as part of a planned expansion into the northwest.
All 24 staff at St Andrew’s Travel will keep their jobs as part of the takeover of the shops in Bolton, Horwich and Westhoughton. The shops will be rebranded Hays Travel.
Hays Travel sales and marketing general manager Jane Schumm said: “I’m delighted to announce that we are expanding into the northwest where we hope to gain the same kind of street presence and brand recognition as we do in the northeast using the St Andrew’s purchase as a springboard.
“St Andrew’s Travel has a fabulous team of staff based in their Bolton branches and I’m looking forward to them joining the Hays team.”
St Andrew’s Travel was launched in 1983 and grew from a one-man business to a leading agency in the northwest.
Hays Travel currently has 35 shops, three call centres, more than 300 homeworkers, and an annual turnover of more than £350 million.