A COMPANY which owns shoe shops in Belper and Ilkeston has bought an online business.

Pavers Shoes has bought shoe-shop.com for an undisclosed sum.

Shoe-shop.com, founded in 1999, has grown to become one of Europe's largest online shoe stores with a turnover in excess of £10m and more than a million customers.

Pavers Shoes, based in York, has more than 100 shops nationwide.