EMPLOYEES at GSPK Design Ltd, of Knaresborough, were today celebrating, after winning a Highly Commended Innovative Small Company accolade at the iDEA 2006 Innovation and Design Excellence Awards.

The awards, at the London Hilton, introduced jointly by Eureka, New Electronics and Cranfield School of Management, recognised and celebrated the crucial role played by engineering and electronic product design teams in the development of new products and technologies.

The accolade for the seven-year-old firm comes as a result of a strategic company realignment, a lot of hard work, and an innovative approach to problem solving.

One recent new product development that was a main focus during the awards audit was the diesel LPG multi-fuel system, which the firm has developed and designed to assist HGV owners and operators to save money on high fuel costs.