HAMPSHIRE design consultancy Marc White Partnership has been given a pat on the back by Gary Lineker for producing a successful website for Leukaemia Busters.

As a patron of the charity Lineker thanked the Southampton firm for its generosity.

The website - www.leukaemiabusters.org.uk - has received more than 200,000 hits in its first year and has helped the charity spread the word about its pioneering research into childhood leukaemia.

Marc White Partnership donated all its time and services to Leukaemia Busters in designing and programming the website; the company also continues to maintain the site on a regular basis.

Marc White said: "We are so proud that our involvement has helped Leukaemia Busters with its life-saving work and its fundraising. We have achieved much in the last 20 years, and it's great to be able to put something back into the local community."