A MARKETING and design consultancy that is seeing speedy growth is on the move to a new £500,000 national headquarters in Bromsgrove.

b1, one of the fastest growing creative agencies in the Midlands, has been based in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham for seven years.

The company will retain a presence in the city but has invested in a new out-of-town headquarters in North Worc-estershire near Bromsgrove.

The move to the Buntsford Gate complex at Stoke Prior, is considered essential to meet their rapidly expanding portfolio of national and international clients.

Recent new clients include DeLonghi, the Italian manufacturer of a wide range of kitchen and domestic appliances and the Aston-based D&A The Opticians.

"The success with DeLonghi shows that we are cooking up the recipe for success and our work for D&A has made us focus on the future," said Jason Manning, managing director of b1.

After starting with just a handful of small clients, b1 has grown and now serves 40 businesses including major names such as Tarmac, French-based logistic business Geopost, Harman Kardon who make high quality sound systems in Solihull, Walton Homes together with the Lovell Partnership.

"With clients all over the Midlands and in other parts of the country, it was essential that we were at the hub of

the motorway network and

our new HQ is ideally placed close to the M5 and M42," added Jason.

"In football terms we are a team to watch in the premiership and have our eyes forming set on the Champions League.

"Our new headquarters is an important step in that on-going process."