JR Grieves and Co. in Embleton is the first garage in the Northumberland area to be awarded the BSI Kitemark.

The family run business has been operating in Embleton for 50 years and owner John Wilson, grandson of the founder Joe Grieves, said this award showed how dedicated they are to providing the best possible services for customers.

Wilson said: "The Kitemark licence is not an easy award to achieve but we wanted to show our customers that we are determined to provide quality, efficient and well run garage services.

"We spent many months improving our services to ensure that we qualified for the award. We will also continue to improve what we do so when inspections and re-evaluations take place in the future our customers can rest assured that we will retain our award."