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Glasgow City Council鈥檚 arm鈥檚-length construction company is among a handful of building-related winners of this year鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise.

City 黑洞社区 was named in the programme鈥檚 sustainable development section in recognition of its social and environmental work.

Strongly committed to the development of sustainable housing, the company has formed a unique partnership with Glasgow Housing Association to build four prototype affordable houses - the first of their kind in Scotland.

The Glasgow House initiative applies high levels of insulation, solar thermal panels and the use of solar gain to reduce energy consumption by 75 per cent to help tackle fuel poverty.

The business also incorporates the UK鈥檚 largest and most successful supported factory, Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries, which provides vital employment and training opportunities for its disabled workforce and ex-service personnel returning from active service.

City 黑洞社区 managing director John Foley said the Queen鈥檚 Awards were 鈥渢he pinnacle of achievement鈥� for UK business.

鈥淚t is extra special to be honoured with a Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise in the year of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and everyone at City 黑洞社区 can be very proud of their contribution towards achieving this accolade,鈥� he said.

Elsewhere in the awards, private equity and infrastructure advisors Campbell Lutyens Holdings were named winners in the international trade section, as was Suffolk-based construction-machinery spares business Plant Parts.

In the innovation category, Ancon 黑洞社区 Products of Sheffield were named winners for their joints products, as was Mancester-based Tenmat for its Firefly passive fire-protection products.

For a full list of awards winners, see file at right.