The Lord Lieutenant of Kent will hand over a prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise next week.

The Viscount De L'Isle will present the award in the international trade category to TPS Global Logistics, previously known as CRM Logistics.

It previously won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2015.

TPS Global is one of only four companies in Kent to receive the award this year, with the presentation taking place at its warehouse and distribution facility in Aylesford on Tuesday, August 21.

The award recognises the last ten years of continual growth and in particular, outstanding short-term growth in overseas sales over the last three years.

Matt Smith, the firm's managing director, said: "The focus of our overseas strategy has been developing US high value and time critical imports and we have increased our market share of this demanding industry by building on our reputation and increasing the size and experience of our workforce.

"Our business growth has been organically through reputation and referral, using our hard-working team to deliver excellent customer service, the introduction of new services and expanding our operations into a new warehouse and distribution facility in Aylesford last year, as well as opening a US office earlier this year’