Queen's Awards for Enterprise

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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise
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Awarded forBusiness innovation and performance.
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister.
First awarded1966
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility). They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses.[1] The scheme was established as The Queen's Award to Industry by a royal warrant of 30 November 1965, and awards are given for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility.[2]

Each award is valid for 5 years and winners are invited to a royal reception and are presented with the award at their company premises by one of the queen’s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant. Winners are also able to fly the Queen’s Awards flag at their main office, and use the emblem on marketing materials such as packaging and adverts.

History[]

Every April winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise are officially announced in a special Gazette supplement. The Queen's Award to Industry, the scheme's original title, was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965. It became the Queen's Awards for Export and Technology in 1975, with Environmental Achievement added in 1992. In 1999, the scheme became the Queen's Awards for Enterprise with International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development as the categories. In 2017, a fourth category was introduced, Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility). Since 2005, individuals have also been recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. As of 2017, this individual award has been rested.

Organisations – totals[]

The total numbers of winners in each class each year are shown below.[3]

Year International Trade
(Export) 		Innovation
(Technology) 		Export and
Technology
(Combined) 		Sustainable
Development
(Environmental
Achievement) 		Promoting Opportunity

(Through Social Mobility)

Total
awards
2020 128 66 19 7 220
2019 129 61 6 5 201
2018 [4] [4]
2017 11
2016 150 92 7 [5]
12 [6]
110 13
116 9
8
103 44 10
95 38 10
135 49 10
85 42 12
71 40 8
90 48 7
88 41 8
7
62 51 10
85 37 9
76 42 15
7
5
4
8
6
6
8
12
43
90
92
87 17
1979 102 19 121
TOTAL 4,585 1,357 55 179 6,176

Recipients – individuals[]

Further information: Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is awarded to individuals. Unlike the Queen's Award for Enterprise, nomination must be by a third party. As of 2017, this individual award has been rested.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise". The Gazette. UK. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Background_Note Annex B" (PDF). Business Link. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Queen's Award for Enterprise puts focus on international trade". FT. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Queen's Award 2017 deadline brought forward!". . 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  6. ^ . "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2015", Awards Intelligence, London, 22 April 2015. Retrieved on 22 May 2015.

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