Witchford firm Michell Instruments presented the East Anglian Air Ambulance with a cheque for more than £1,000 this week.

The company raised £1,435 during 2014 through charitable activities and the money was handed over at Michell’s headquarters at the Lancaster Way Business Park, on Wednesday.

Michell Instruments was represented by chief executive Mike Bannister and Samantha King, who co-ordinates Michell’s charitable work.

Chris Donaldson, fund-raising manager for the air ambulance received the cheque on behalf of the charity.

East Anglian Air Ambulance, launched in 2000, is a 365 day-a-year service, which works across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk to bring emergency medical teams to accident sites.