Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

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The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, and is awarded annually to people who play an outstanding role in promoting the growth of business enterprise and/or entrepreneurial skills in other people. It is bestowed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Recipients receive an engraved crystal glass commemorative item, a and are invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace.^[1]

For example, people who:

• give up their time – and sometimes provide financial support – to help potential entrepreneurs in education or in the early phases of business development
• work in education, training or youth work and help provide others with enterprise skills
• are involved in social enterprise and either achieve business outcomes or help others develop business skills

Entry is by nomination only and individuals cannot put themselves forward.

Thirteen awardees have been from the .^[2]

History[]

The award was initiated in 2004,^[3] with the first awards being made in 2005.^[4] The award is for achievement in enterprise promotion, between five and ten awards have been made annually since 2005, in addition to one lifetime achievement award each year and sometimes an honorary award (three such awards have been made as of 2015).

2016^[5][]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• Dorothy Francis, MBE, Co-Director of Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), Leicester

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• Darrin M Disley Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Discovery Group plc, Cambridge
• Bejay Mulenga, Founder, Supa Tuck and Supa Academy, London
• Katherine Welch, Founder, Social Enterprise Acumen CIC, Durham
• Claire Locke, DL, Founder, Artigiano, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Vice-Chair of The Prince's Trust Enterprise Fellowship, Trustee, 1851 Trust, Portsmouth

2015^[6][]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• The

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• of the University of Wales Trinity St Davids
• Margaret Gibson of
• of CIC
• , business investor
• Lopa Patel digital media entrepreneur

2014^[7][]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• Director of Employability and Engagement, University of Northampton

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• , Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales
• , Director of Enterprise Operations and UCL Advances, University College London; Founder of Citrus Saturday, London
• , Enterprise Officer, Calderdale Council, Halifax, West Yorkshire
• , Chair, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Aston University, Birmingham
• Guy Mucklow, Chief Executive Officer, Postcode Anywhere (Europe) Ltd, Worcester
• , Chair, Assist Women's Network, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
• , Chief Executive, Causeway Enterprise Agency, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

2013[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• MBE, Chief Executive, Blackburne House Group, Liverpool, Merseyside

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• , Enterprise Development Coach, Ways into Successful Enterprise, Allerdale Borough Council, Workington, Cumbria
• Rajeeb Dey, CEO and Founder, Enternships, London EC1
• , patent and trade mark attorney, senior partner in Gallafents LLP, a private practice in London
• , Executive Director, The Sussex Innovation Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex
• Ian Smith, Vice Principal, Surbiton High School for Girls, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
• , Director of Research and Enterprise, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
• John Vernon, Business Advisor, Oxfordshire Business Enterprise, Banbury, Oxfordshire

2012[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• Director of Ross Carberry Ltd, Swansea, Wales

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• , chief executive of Lakehouse, Romford, Essex
• , professor of physics and Dean of Knowledge Transfer, Durham University, Durham
• , retired chief executive, , Gateshead, Tyne and Weir
• , Manager, Work West Enterprise Agency, Belfast, N. Ireland
• , managing director, Regenerate Pennine Lancashire Ltd, Accrington, Lancashire
• , Director, In To Biz Limited, The Isle of Wight
• OBE, DL, founder and chairman, Enterprise Works, Newhaven, East Sussex
• , chief executive officer, Business Boffins Ltd, Chinnor, Oxfordshire
• , retired assistant head teacher and director, Limited, Bournemouth, Dorset
• , Director of Business and Enterprise Specialism, Millbrook Academy, Brockworth, Gloucester

2011^[8][]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• former chief executive, , Durham, County Durham

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• , development consultant of Keith Bates Development Services, Bristol
• director of , Oldham, Greater Manchester
• director of the Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, London
• , head of technology, director of specialism, , Hartlepool, County Durham
• OBE, managing director Ltd., vice president, (US), Worcestershire
• , voluntary chief executive and business coach, , Clowne, Derbyshire
• , founder and chair of trustees, , London
• , professor of entrepreneurship, De Montfort University, Leicester
• founder of , Bierton, Buckinghamshire
• director of , Blackburn, Lancashire

2010[]

In 2009 there were postal delays due to a strike, and the nomination period for 2010 was extended to 4 November 2009.^[9][10]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• (George) Douglas Scott, chief executive officer, , Jarrow, Tyne and Wear.

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• Timothy Allan, former chair, , Glasgow, Scotland.
• Nicholas Bowen, head teacher, St Benet Biscop Catholic High School, Bedlington, Northumberland.
• Paul Davidson, chief executive, , Bolton, Lancashire.
• Simon Denny, associate dean, , Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, Northamptonshire.
• Beverly Hurley, chief executive, , Cambridge.
• Murdoch MacLeod, director, , Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland.
• Maureen Milgram Forrest, founder chair and current chair, , Leicester.
• Kenneth Nelson, chief executive officer and company secretary, Ltd (LEDCOM), Larne, Northern Ireland.
• Frank Nicholson, former managing director, Vaux Breweries, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
• Ederyn Williams, director, Warwick Ventures, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire.

2009[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• (Arthur) Allan Gibb OBE, Former Director, Small Business Centre, Durham University, Durham

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• Karen Arnold, Chief Executive, , Wimborne, Dorset.
• Charles John Cracknell, Youth Enterprise and Microbusiness Manager, Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire.
• , Enterprise Projects Manager, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
• David Irwin, Partner, , Stocksfield, Northumberland.
• James Murray Wells, Founder and Executive Chairman of Prescription Eyewear Limited (trading as Glasses Direct), London.
• Beverley Pold, Business Development and Policy Manager, Chwarae Teg/Fair Play, Cardiff.
• John Thompson, Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
• Angela Wright, Chief Executive, , Southampton, Hampshire.
• Charlotte Young, Chair of Board of Trustees, , London.

Honorary[]

• Charles Gerard Ford, Director and Chief Executive of , Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.

2008[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• John Eversley MBE, director and vice-chair, , Newcastle upon Tyne.

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• Zulfiqar Ali, chairman, , Rochdale, Lancashire.
• Sally Arkley, managing director, , Coventry, Warwickshire.
• Paul Barry-Walsh, chairman, Fredericks Foundation, Lightwater, Surrey and chairman, Netstore plc, Reading, Berkshire.
• Brian Dunsby, principal, , Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
• John Jennens, business counsellor, , Banbury, Oxfordshire.
• Michael Leithrow, executive director and general manager, , Birtley, County Durham.
• John May, chief executive, , London.
• Pamela Neal, mentor and workshop facilitator, , Newport, Wales.
• Janette Pallas, business incubation and enterprise manager, De Montfort University, Leicester.

Honorary[]

• Nicholas O'Shiel, director and chief executive, , Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

2007[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• Joan Richards MBE, youth business advisor, , Neath, Port Talbot, Wales

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• Pauline Barnett, deputy chief executive, , London.
• Nigel Brown, chairman, , Cambridge.
• , innovations director, United Learning Trust, Manchester.
• Anne Duncan, chief executive, , Southampton.
• Geoffrey Ford, chairman, , South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
• Charles Hadcock, owner and director, The Watermark, Preston, Lancashire.
• Janet Scicluna, proprietor, , Cardiff.
• David Secher, chief executive, N8 Group, Sheffield.
• Caroline Theobald, managing director, , Newcastle upon Tyne.

2006[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• David Rowe, director of the , West Midlands.

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• John Anderson CBE, non-executive chairman of the , Sunderland
• , chief executive of , London.
• Janet Brumby, development manager of Young Enterprise, Hull and East Riding.
• Walter Herriot OBE, managing director of St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
• Jason Holt, director, , London.
• Bryan Keating, managing partner of , visiting professor at the University of Ulster and chairman of the advisory board of the , Belfast.
• David Kirby, professor of entrepreneurship, University of Surrey, Guildford.
• Amanda Parris, business centre manager, , Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
• Peter Westgarth, chief executive, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and former chief executive of , Oxford.

Honorary[]

• Douglas Richard, director and co-founder, Library House, Cambridge.

2005[]

Lifetime Achievement[]

• , Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland^[11]

Achievement in Enterprise Promotion[]

• , head of policy, Ethnic Minority Business Development, , Bolton
• , FRSA, chairman of several companies, Cambridge
• , FRSA, OBE, programme director, , Durham Business School, Durham
• , chief executive officer, , Merseyside
• , director, , Newham College, London
• , managing director, The Ltd, Hillington, Renfrewshire
• , chief executive, Workspace, The Business Centre, Draperstown, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
• , chief executive, Nichols Agency Ltd, London
• , inventor/innovator, Cardiff
• , OBE, founder and trustee, Skene Young Entrepreneurs Award, Aberdeen

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