ALTRINCHAM-based social media company Altrincham HQ has been named the best social media company at the Talk Of Manchester Awards

The awards recognise the best businesses in the Greater Manchester area and this year received more than 100,000 votes.

The awards ceremony took place at the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel where more than 400 people attended. On the night businesses raised money for two charities - The Key 103 Mission Christmas and Moving Megans Muscles.

Altrincham HQ is ranked number one out of 979 social media marketing companies in the UK on Freeindex and was shortlisted against nine other Greater Manchester social media companies at awards.

Alex McCann, at Altrincham HQ, said: "We're really proud to be recognised as the best social media company at the Talk Of Manchester Awards.

"It's a real chance to shine a spotlight on what we do here in Altrincham in terms of great social media marketing.

"Altrincham HQ is a small business with a huge impact - this year has been our best year to date and I've trained more than 400 people so far this year and travelled all over the UK with work.

"It still feels crazy to go up against some big agencies in Manchester, in an awards where over 100,000 public votes were cast and come out victorious.

"It's the perfect end to the year and will set us up for helping more and more businesses next year.

"Since day one my core aim has been to help as many people as possible and if you're not social media literate you are cut off from so many opportunities."

Paul Kilroe, opening up the awards on December 1, announced: "With this being a voting based awards and with over 100,000 votes received, if people don’t love what you do they simply won’t vote for you."