CRANSWICK Pet Products has been voted Management Team Of The Year 2011 in the BCVA awards for private equity backed businesses.

The Driffield-based business won the mid-market category and will now go forward to the national finals in June.

Derek Black, chief executive at Cranswick Pet Products, bought the business from butchers Cranswick plc in a £17 million management buyout backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital in April 2009.

He said: “This award is thanks to the hard work and dedication of our entire team to ensure Cranswick maintains industry leader status. I’m thrilled their efforts have been acknowledged with such a prestigious accolade.”