QUEST Public Relations Ltd, of Harrogate, has been hailed as the Best Small Team for the second year running, at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations annual Yorkshire and Lincolnshire PRide awards.

Now its founder, Sharon Cain, and her five-strong team, are hoping for similar success in the 2005 Evening Press Business Awards next Thursday as Small Business Of The Year category finalists.

The PRide award is on the back of a number of achievements this year, including beating growth targets, increasing turnover by 45 per cent and reducing over-servicing by 60 per cent.

Also taken into account by the PRide Award judges was the team's commitment to "putting something back" by working for the children's cancer charity Candlelighters and producing a video for the Wilberforce Trust.

Updated: 10:41 Tuesday, November 15, 2005