The King's Award for Enterprise

Entry Criteria Innovation To apply for the Innovation award, organisations must also: Have an innovation that has not been sold before Have had the innovation available on the market for at least 2 years Have recovered all the investments made in the innovation or show that the innovation will recover its full costs in future Show outstanding commercial success as a result of innovation over 2 years - or continuous commercial success over 5 years International Trade To apply for the International Trade award, organisations must also: Have made a minimum of £100,000 in overseas sales in the first year of entry and show year-on- year growth Prove that the organisation has achieved outstanding growth in overseas earnings relative to business size and sector Prove steep year-on-year growth (without dips) in overseas sales over 3 years – or substantial year- on-year growth (without dips) over 6 years Sustainable Development To apply for the Sustainable Development award, an organisation must: Show how they have achieved outstanding sustainable development for more than 2 years Provide evidence of the benefits or positive outcomes of their actions or interventions Promoting Opportunity Through Social Mobility To apply for the Promoting Opportunity award, an organisation must also: Provide work experience or careers advice Mentoring Offer interview and job-related training A recruitment process is open to all For further details, please contact the KAE website at the address below. Submit an application The Warwickshire Lieutenancy is available to support any businesses in the county that would like to apply for The King’s Awards for Enterprise. The next application round will be open from May to September 2023. Almost all UK businesses can apply, and the application process is free and straightforward. To discuss next steps: 1. Contact the Warwickshire Lieutenancy by email at lieutenancy@warwickshire.gov.uk or by phone on 01926 412328. Website https://lordlieutenantofwarwickshire.co.uk/ Twitter @Warkslieutenant LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/warkslieutenancy 2. Contact The King’s Awards Office by email at kin gsawards@beis.gov.uk, or by phone on 0207 215 6880. Website www.gov.uk/kings-awards-for-enterprise Twitter @TheKingsAwards LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/the-kings-awards-for-enterprise Be based in the UK File its Company Tax Returns with HMRC Be a self-contained enterprise that markets its own products or services and is under its own management Have at least 2 full-time UK employees Demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility Organisations can be a business or non-profit To apply for The King’s Awards for Enterprise an organisation must: