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OCS Group, the total facilities management provider based in Crawley, has been named Family Business of the Year at the prestigious Private Business Awards 2012. The awards are sponsored by PwC and HSBC Private Bank and are intended to celebrate excellence in the non-quoted business sector and underline the importance of private business in the UK economy.

In order to broaden its Asian presence, OCS has invested in Absotherm Facility Management Services Pvt Ltd, a company founded by Pradip Menon fifteen years ago. Absotherm FM has a pan-India presence with a strong team of over 5,000 employees.

Wells for India charity patron Lord Bikhu Parekh recently thanked OCS for its fundraising support at an event hosted in the House of Lords. Over the last five years, proceeds from the sale of Just Deli bottled water across OCS catering outlets has raised over £60k for the charity.

OCS has supported the International Aid Trust’s work with disadvantaged people in the UK and overseas by donating a consignment of surplus hygiene consumables to the charity. The stock of hand gel, hand wipes and surface wipes were transported by OCS to International Aid’s distribution centre in Lancashire.

Britain’s top 100 private companies with the biggest sales have been revealed in this year’s Sunday Times Deloitte Top Track 100. International facilities services provider OCS has again successfully appeared in the listings and has ranked 75th this year.