A COURIER company have been named Anglian Regional Depot of the year.

Wix-based Tendring Express Services Limited fought off competition from 14 other firms to claim the title at deliver giant APC Overnight’s glitzy awards bash in Birmingham last week.

The business has increased the number of parcels they handle by close to 15 per cent in the last month and received their gong from television funnyman Hugh Dennis.

Depot principal Nigel Hargreaves said: “We were extremely pleased to go home with the award.

“It is a ringing endorsement of all the hard work which goes into providing residents and businesses with a first class nationwide delivery and collection service."