A TEESSIDE company has won a second award since the start of the year.

Tomlinson Hall & Co, the Billingham-based pump distributor and manufacturer was named SME of the year in the North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) annual awards in January.

Now it has been named Best Small Business in the Teesside Business Awards and will find out if it has won the overall North East Small Business Award at Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield, on April 23.

The company manufactures the award winning Liquivac pump and is an approved global distributor for major industrial pump brands, including Depa and Elro. The firm, which has operated since 1919 and is a co-founder of the Pump Distributors Association, has seen highly impressive sales growth in the last three years.

It has grown sales for global pump manufacturer Crane ChemPharma Flow Solutions – manufacturers of Depa and Elro pumps – year on year and last year recorded its best annual sales results for Crane since its appointment by the company in 2006.

Colin Simpson, business development director of Tomlinson Hall, said: “The competition for the Small Business Award was fierce and we were up against some truly innovative companies, so to come out as winners is testimony to the ingenuity, dedication and commitment shown by our staff.

“It’s an honour to receive this recognition from the Teesside business community and the award means a great deal to our team.

“Combined with our recent triumph in the NEPIC Awards and the relaunch of Liquivac, this marks a fantastic start to 2015 and a highly exciting time for Tomlinson Hall.”

Tomlinson Hall has won the UK Pump Distributor of the Year Award four times at British Pump Industry Awards, most recently in April last year.