A YORK based software company has made the top ten in a list of the 100 UK small and medium sized business with the fastest growth in international sales.

MooD International appears at number nine in the The Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100, due to be published this weekend.

Its position in the league puts the York Science Park based business as the highest ranking Yorkshire-headquartered firm in the list, with exports hitting £2.6 million in 2013, representing an annual growth rate of 160 per cent.

The listing comes just weeks after MooD was named a recipient of a Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade.

George Davies, chief executive at MooD, which develops software to manage business performance for people-intensive operations, said: "Following hot on the heels of our being honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our contribution to international trade plus a phenomenally strong start to the year, MooD is making the next key step in our plan.

"As a company, we’re going from strength to strength, and our placing in the Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100 is another affirmation of our continued evolution and ability to drive value and create jobs in a period that has been tough for many businesses."

Mr Davies added the company is expecting to recruit in excess of 20 new people to its team of 83 this year.

Seven other companies in Yorkshire made the list, and collectively their international sales have grown by an average of 75 per cent a year to a total of £52 million.

Danny Longbottom, managing director of UK SME at BT Business, who lives in York said: "These businesses have used a combination of self-starting ambition, smart use of technology, and sheer hard work to punch well above their weight in the global market.

"The fruits of their labour are contributing to a strong and diverse UK economy, which we can all be thankful for."

MooD International was also named winner of the Excellence Award at Defence Information 2015 at the end of April, organised by the UK Council for Electronic Business (UKCeB).

The award was given to a consortium led by the Ministry of Defence’s Joint Forces Command, and involving MooD and Babcock Analytic Solutions.

It recognises DLF - a MooD-driven web application that has transformed the nature and use of policy across defence logistics, from the many 1000s of pages of physical manuals previously in use, to a n interactive on-line environment, designed for its users.

The award was made on the basis of the "high degree of collaboration involved, significant beneficial impact, innovative approach, and the potential for wider application", after an independent panel of judges and delegates reviewed the 30 top submissions.