A DEDICATED team of civil servants has been praised by judges after narrowly missing out on a personnel award.

The human resources team, at Worcestershire County Council, was praised by judges at the Personnel Today Awards, in London, last week.

The team, led by human resources head Dilys Wynn, was nominated earlier this year for the prestigious human resource strategy award.

The workers were the only public sector entrants in a category contested by large private companies.