The King's Award For Enterprise
On 22nd February 2023 The Queen's Award for Enterprise was formally renamed to The King's Award for Enterprise.
Instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965, the Queen’s Awards to Industry scheme was recommended by a committee chaired by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and the first Awards were made in 1966. Following a review in 1999, led by HRH The Prince of Wales, the scheme became the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, creating three of the four categories that still exist today: Innovation, International Trade, and Sustainable Development. A new category, Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility) was introduced in 2016 and the first winners were announced in 2017. A Royal Reception at Buckingham Palace is hosted by HRH the Prince of Wales.
The aim of the awards is to promote business excellence and drive growth. Nearly 7000 companies have won a Queen’s Award so far. JCB, a construction equipment manufacturer, has won 30 Queen’s Awards between 1966 and 2016, making it the company who has won the most Queen’s Awards.
The Warwickshire Lieutenancy have prepared a locally focused brochure on the benefits of the KAE and the appropriate steps that can be followed to apply for a KAE:
https://www.gov.uk/kings-awards-for-enterprise
https://www.linkedin.com/company/warkslieutenancy/?viewAsMember=true
View QAE/KAE Winners 2021 to 2023
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.