Ten new jobs are to be created at a contract packaging company which was rescued from administration by its management in February.

The move comes after Mailway Packaging Solutions, based at West Bowling, clinched a major deal to pack chocolates and fruit sweets for a leading confectioner.

The order was won after Mailway gained a national accreditation that will enable it to broaden its packaging operations.

Mailway, which employs more than 200 people, has gained approval from the British Retail Consortium for the storage, packing and handling of pre-packed and ‘high care’ food such as raisins which need to be kept free of contamination and checked for foreign matter before dispatch.

The firm, which added flow-wrapping enabling high-speed bagging of products after buying the then market-leader Perpack last year, received the approval after an audit of its Bradford plant by Knight International Inspectorate on behalf of the BRC.

Richard Bramma, chief executive, said: “We won the new order a due gaining the BRC accreditation, which is a real boost after the problems we had recently. It means we will be able to recruit around ten extra staff.

“In recent years a lot of our work has been in the confectionery and gift-set markets, which has meant the business has been seasonally affected due to the concentration of such jobs in the build up to Easter and Christmas.

“The Perpack acquisition and subsequent BRC approval are aimed at rectifying this imbalance by enabling us to build up our business in sectors that operate at the same high levels throughout the year.”

Mailway is also working 24 hours a day putting special sleeves on World Cup energy drinks which will be distributed to supermarkets across the UK.

The company has a capacity of more than three million units a year. Mailway has bounced back after the firm was bought out of administration by Mr Bramma and co-director Tim Lees.

The £12 million turnover business nearly closed due to cash flow problems after a reduction in its credit facilities by Lloyds TSB.

Mailway has switched to HSBC and Mr Bramma praised its local office for the support it had provided.

He said: “HSBC has been very supportive along with our employees and most of our suppliers who realised that the crisis was not of our making but due to the tough economic climate and a change in banking policy.”

Following the cashflow problems Mr Bramma and Mr Lees acquired Mailway’s assets through a pre-packaged administration arrangement, which enabled it to continue trading, after having to pay workers’ wages out of their own pockets.