She had previously achieved the following, all whilst at Mobus/FITT:

ABC Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Manufacturing Textile Products ABC Level 3 Diploma in Textile Design and Manufacture Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

Tasia is no longer an apprentice but is now our Laboratory Technician (and First Aider).

Well done Tasia!!

FITT is a fully independent laboratory that has been designed and specified to meet the accreditation requirements of UKAS and will work in a supporting role for the continued growth of Mobus Fabrics Ltd, as a global supplier of upholstery and soft furnishings.

Working within the framework of Mobus the laboratory will offer on-site testing, which will reduce testing time and facilitate a fast track approach to the design and development of fabric and delivery of new product to customers.

The facility will provide investigative work to offer a quicker resolution to consumer queries and deliver a continual assessment of current fabric quality to ensure compliance.

Working with key customers and a leading UK testing equipment supplier, FITT is developing new testing regimes and modifications to compliment the current British Standards test methods to offer a more accurate representation of the stresses incurred by furniture in the consumer’s home.

Continued investment in state of the art testing equipment and experienced Textile Industry trained staff has provided FITT with a facility that has all the necessary expertise and equipment to meet performance levels for testing to British and European Standards for upholstery and flammability.

With one eye on the future and in partnership with the Huddersfield Textile Institute we have embraced the apprenticeship scheme, offering local youngsters a balance of industry work experience and NVQ training.

FITT is an accreditation ready laboratory that will continue to strive for improvement in testing, training and controls that will meet the upholstery industries expectations

In the presentation Mike Presley acknowledged all the staff for their hard work and how honoured he was to receive the award on behalf of Mobus. The award is a fantastic achievement and down to the hard work, commitment and effort from all our staff in the UK and in China.

Mobus has grown over the years and now operates out of a multi-site distribution network consisting of 3 warehouses in West Yorkshire and one in Hangzhou, China.

During the speech Mike gave special recognition to Grant McConnell who has worked at Mobus since it was first established. Currently the Operations Director and responsible for the Quality, Production, Due diligence and the Testing side of the business, Grant has worked passionately alongside Mike for over 20 years.

Mike also paid tribute to the Queens Award and pledged that Mobus will use this recognition to grow our export markets. This will start with Heimtextil Fabric Show in January 2018 where Mobus will debut with the launch of a host of new collections.

As part of the presentation Dame Ingrid Roscoe officially opened Furniture Industry Testing Technology (FITT) which is a new textile testing laboratory situated at Mobus head office on Lowfields Business Park. The testing facility was design and built to offer onsite fabric testing for all physical, colour and Fire Retardant properties. This will allow Mobus to ensure all fabrics it sells are FITT for purpose.