THE founder and managing director of a fire protection systems and maintenance company has been granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.

The Warrant comes in the same year as TVF in Queens Road, High Wycombe, celebrates its 20th anniversary and crowns a period of more than five years in which the company has provided fire protection services for buildings maintained by the Queen's Household.

Other clients range from historic buildings such as Longleat, Blenheim Palace and Scone Palace in Scotland to the Treasury Buildings in London.

Peter Kemp, founder, said: "From talking to purchasers of services in many organisations, I know how difficult they find it to predict how good a supplier will prove to be in practice.

"I am therefore delighted and greatly honoured that The Queen has chosen to recognise my company in this way."