NOTTINGHAM company Scientific Laboratory Supplies has walked away with the award for Outstanding Achievement in this year's Medilink East Midlands Business Awards.
The company collected the prize at awards dinner held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, next to East Midlands Airport as part of Medilink's Innovation Day.
Based on the Wilford Industrial Park on the outskirts of the city, Scientific Laboratory Supplies is the largest independent supplier of laboratory equipment, consumables, chemicals and life science products in the UK.
The award recognises the company's achievement in winning a major contract to supply the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, which commended the firm's technical quality, flexibility and innovative approach.
The commercial impact for Scientific Laboratory Supplies has been significant; not least the adoption of safety and quality standards and a drive to implement higher level quality procedures throughout the whole company.
Operations director Peter Lister, said: "We were shortlisted for two Medilink awards, including the Export Achievement Award, which is recognition in itself.
"Winning the Outstanding Achievement Award is a brilliant accomplishment for the Scientific Laboratory Supplies team, as is the recognition within the East Midlands life science community."
The Outstanding Achievement Award is sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals.
Morningside CEO Dr Nik Kotecha said: "Exceptional achievement in the life sciences sector is something we believe in, which is why we sponsor this award. It provides the recognition that high achieving companies deserve.
"It is good to see independent companies like Scientific Laboratory Supplies making excellent progress in a marketplace dominated by a few large companies.
"The award recognises drive, innovation and commitment to quality that is good for the whole sector, as it sets a standard for others to emulate."
In addition to Scientific Laboratory Supplies, four other companies won Medilink awards in this year's competition. They are Spirit Healthcare for Partnership with the NHS; Francis Lamont Innovations for Best Start Up, TerrainHopper for Innovation, and Quadralene Group for Export Achievement, further evidence of the East Midlands' impact and influence in the healthcare and bioscience business sector.
Speaking after the awards were announced, Dr Darren Clark, chief executive of Medilink East Midlands, said: "Scientific Laboratory Supplies has shown great tenacity and drive in winning a major new client and using this in turn to drive internal development as well as creating new jobs for the city."