The King's Awards For Enterprise

 

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the highest accolade available to UK businesses and offer unparalleled prestige, exposure, and credibility to award recipients, as well as inspiration and pride to a company’s employees.

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievements in four categories:

  • Innovation
  • International Trade
  • Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility)
  • Sustainable Development

Previous award recipients confirm that this achievement helps greatly with opening new doors and securing new contracts; venturing into new markets; attracting new investment; raising awareness of branding and products; boosting employee morale; attracting new talent; and helping to further develop their businesses.

Eligible businesses are free to apply for one or more categories, and recipients pass a robust assessment process judged by experts from industry, academia, the voluntary sector and senior officials in Whitehall.

Successful businesses receive a Grant of Appointment and are able to fly the King's Award flag at their main office and use the emblem on marketing materials for up to five years. In addition, they are invited to a Royal reception and presented with their award by the Lord Lieutenant, who is The King's representative in the county.

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are open for applications from May to September each year. If you are interested in applying for an award and would like more information, please email the Warwickshire Lieutenancy at lieutenancy@warwickshire.gov.uk.

The Warwickshire Lieutenancy have also prepared a locally focused brochure on the benefits of The King’s Awards for Enterprise and the appropriate steps that can be followed to apply:

For further information, visit www.gov.uk/kings-awards-for-enterprise

You can also follow the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/warkslieutenancy

View list of businesses previously awarded in Warwickshire

 

On the 4th September 2024 the Lord Lieutenant visited Triton Showers in Nuneaton.  The company achieved carbon neutral status in 2022.  Tim Cox presented the company with the King's Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development.

The Lord Lieutenant, Tim Cox, presented Aston Martin with the King's Award for Enterprise on the 3rd September 2024 for Innovation.

On the 28th August 2024 Arrowsmith Engineering were presented with their second King's Award for Enterprise by the Lord Lieutenant, Tim Cox - the first having been won in 2020.

The Lord Lieutenant presented the Kings Award for Enterprise to Nuneaton Signs on Friday 20th September at their factory in Nuneaton. It was the first award given by the Lord Lieutentant in the category of Promoting Opportunity. They were the only business in the whole of the West Midlands and one of only 8 awards in the whole of the UK for this particular category in this year's awards which is a huge achievement. 


They are a social enterprise which is a business that is designed to achieve  specific social objectives as its primary purpose. 66% of the employees have  a disability and the whole team was invited to the Presentation.

On the 16th August 2024 the Lord Lieutenant, Tim Cox, presented a King's Award for Enterprise to Multi fleet Vehicle Management Limited at their offices in Henley in Arden. The Company offers leasing services to small companies and the award was for Innovation.

14th August 2024. 3D Technology gained the rare distinction of winning two King's Awards for Enterprise for Innovation and International Trade. The Awards were presented on the 14th August 2024 by the Lord Lieutenant, Tim Cox, at their Warwick base. 3D Technologies specialises in developing solutions for accurately measuring motion in 3-dimensions. 14th August 2024.

Instarmac located near Tamworth - specialists in the manufacture and distribution of cement and bitumen based products to the world markets for over 40 years. Lord Lieutenant presented the QAE award to the company for International Trade on 29th September 2022.

3P Innovation (International Trade) - Design and manufacture of advanced machinery and automation solutions for pharmaceutical, medical and FMCG sectors.

Coventry Chemicals Limited trading as Mirius (International Trade) - Manufacture/supply cleaning and hygiene products for the professional, retail and healthcare (mainly animal) sectors

Arrowsmith Engineering in Exhall – specialists in precision parts for the aerospace industry – receiving the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2020.