WORCESTERSHIRE'S presentation and communication specialist drpgroup won gold at the International Visual Communications Association gala awards ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

The event celebrated the year's finest achievements in the corporate communications industry and the Hartlebury-based company was one of just 29 gold winners at the evening.

It scooped the prestigious award in the Internal Live and Experiential Communications category for its production of the Sainsbury's manager's conference 2007.

Dale Parmenter, managing director of the company which has just opened a London office in Covent Garden, said: "We are absolutely delighted with our string of successful evenings as it's a true measure of the strength of the company at the moment.

"drpgroup has always stood out from the crowd in many respects, and now, as a number of firms are moving away from London and quaking in the face of a recession, we are bucking the trend again."