A SOUTH Acton firm is celebrating after winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

PHASTAR’s win was down to its excellence in international trade and its growth from a one-man operation in 2007 to a ten-office, 250-staff firm in the space of one decade. Head office is in Bollo Lane.

It provides statistics, programming and data management services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

The Queen’s Award is now in its 53rd year and winning firms are invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace and receive a grant of appointment.