PRIMA Uno the specialist project controls, risk, dispute resolution and programme management consultancy, has won a framework contract with the Low Level Waste Repository at Drigg.

The firm in Cleator Moor, which employs 26 people in west Cumbria, is the first SME in the county to be awarded a framework contract through the repository's new business services marketplace.

Managing director Sarah Purdham, who set up Prima Uno three years ago, said: “Winning this framework means so much to me, Prima Uno and all our staff.

“Our experience helping blue-chip clients achieve sector-leading performance puts us in a wonderful position to deliver value to Low Level Waste Repository.”

“Through our programme delivery and performance improvement approaches we support clients to achieve increased levels of efficiency, cost savings, and assurance. This provides clients with predictability, as well as contributing to their goals and targets."