CORPORATE clothing company DCC has won an award for its customer service.

Peterlee-based DCC, formerly Dewhirst, has been voted Royal Bank of Scotland's favourite supplier in terms of customer service.

RBS selected eight firms for its supplier excellence awards and DCC appeared on the winner's board alongside global operators such as Siemens and TNT.

DCC provides uniforms to more than 40,000 employees of RBS, including those working for NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank.

The County Durham company has won 16 design awards over the past five years from the British Clothing Association. It supplies 300,000 garments every year to a wide range of sectors in the UK including the NHS, car dealerships and the hospitality industry, and the financial services industry.

The company, which has an annual turnover exceeding £20m, was established in 1987 and is now part of the Johnson Service Group - having formerly been part of Dewhirst.