A TECH firm has been placed in the inaugural Megabuyte50 Awards.

The awards identify the 50 best financially performing, privately-owned tech companies in the UK mid-market.

Dummer-based firm Southern Communications, which employs 140 people, was placed 31st overall in the awards and eighth in the owner managed category.

The business, which provides voice, data and cloud based solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises, has seen turnover increase by 50 per cent over three years.

Megabuyte reported Southern Communications as having good solid growth and achievable ambition to double revenues over the next three years.

Chief executive officer Paul Bradford, said: “This award really is a great accolade for our business.

“We are on a strategic path of growth and being recognised by Megabuyte is fantastic confirmation that we are making the right business decisions.”

Megabuyte is an independent research provider, tracking the corporate and financial affairs of 1,500 of Europe’s key public and private companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) services and software sectors.