A £1M contract to work on Liverpool's Kings Waterfront Arena is being celebrated at a Westbury manufacturing firm.

Audience Systems, which manufactures and installs seating for schools, theatres and sports venues, said the contract was good news for its 85-strong workforce.

The arena, due to open in 2008, will form the centrepiece for Liverpool's European Capital of Culture celebrations.

It will include a mixture of fixed and retractable seating as the venue will be used for a variety of uses including concerts, children's entertainment, boxing and tennis.

Audience Systems opened in 1972 and is based on the West Wilts Trading Estate.

It has already supplied goods to the Cardiff Indoor Arena, Bournemouth International Centre and The Grand Theatre in Calgary, Italy.