POLICE are continuing to hunt a three-man machete wielding gang who stabbed an accounts manager.

They stole a mobile phone, a laptop computer and a silver-coloured BMW in the attack at Mayfair Creative Products in Lynstock Way, Lostock.

The masked gang drove on to the company's forecourt in a blue Volvo at 7.15pm on Tuesday before they were approached by two workers who were about to leave.

The 42-year-old was stabbed twice in the back before the robbers ransacked their way through the single-storey industrial building.

The BMW, still missing today, was taken from the firm's car park.

The man was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital but released overnight after treatment.

Witnesses should call Astley Bridge CID on 0161 856 5740 or Crimestoppers on freephone 0800 555 111.