Around 150 members of the East Kilbride Chamber of Commerce and their partners attended the annual summer ball in the East Kilbride Hilton Hotel. As part of the evenings ceremony was the presentation of the 'Young Entrepreneurial Company of the Year' award which this year was presented to local company Advanced Mailing Solutions.

The award, presented by Rolls Royce Marketing Director Graeme Waddell, aims to recognise young companies that are formed against a strong business plan and show real potential for future growth.

The Company, based in Nerston, specialise in providing Direct Mailing Services and have a customer base from a wide variety of market sectors.

On receiving the award, Advanced Mailing Solutions Director, Nicola Roome, said "It is a great honour for the Company to receive this award after just one year of trading".

She added, "We hope to build on the success of our first year's trading by continuing to offer our new and existing customers a high quality service"