A RUNCORN company has become cheque mates with another building society.

TALL Group, based on Astmoor Industrial Estate, will now supply cheques for Norwich and Peterborough's 56 branches throughout East Anglia and Lincolnshire as well as principal office cheques and various internal banking documents.

David Pugsley, sales manager at the TALL Group, said the rolling contract will lead the specialist printing company to provide the building society with a total of around 300,000 cheques this year.

'We supply many of the country's leading banks, building societies and financial institutions with both cheques and our innovative security printing solutions and are delighted to have won this latest contract,' he said.

'We pride ourselves on not only meeting our clients' security needs but also on providing them with excellent customer service.'

The TALL Group works with around 80% of the UK's banks, such as Nationwide and Barclays, and in the last year has won contracts with names such as Black Horse and Churchill Insurance.

Last month it announced that it was taking over the customer base of De La Rue's Peterborough-based special cheque printing operation.

TALL's managing director Martin Ruda said: 'We are a successful, growing and innovative company which invests not only in business but also in its staff.'