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A Surrey-headquartered pest control company with more than 1,200 staff and a West Sussex group which claims to be the largest seller of used books in Europe are among this year's winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2017.

Across the UK, a total of 176 companies have been recognised for their contribution to international trade, innovation and sustainable development. This year marks the 51st anniversary for the Queen' Awards scheme, which was launched in 1966.

The winning businesses will be able to use the Queen's Awards emblem for the next five years.

In the South East, Rentokil Pest Control has been awarded in the international trade category for 'outstanding continuous growth' in overseas sales over the last six years. Part of Rentokil Initial plc, the company has overseas operations across North America, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.

Another winner is A World of Buzz Ltd, a group backed by private equity firm Bridges Ventures which consists of three companies including World of Books, which has grown to become Europe's largest seller of used books. The group has won the Queen's Award for International Trade for outstanding short term growth.

In the innovation category, Oxfordshire-based Owen Mumford was recognised for its development in injection pen needles and Hove-based SwimTrek for its pioneering development in providing open water swimming opportunities as the worlds first swimming holiday operator.

UKCloud, based in Farnborough, was also given an Innovation Award for developing a cloud platform specifically designed to meet all requirements of UK public sector organisations.

Click here for the full list of winners from the South East.

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