04 Letters of acknowledgement for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 08 About the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 09 A breakdown of Queen’s Awards winners 11 The benefits of winning an award 12 Past winner tips 14 Duke of Edinburgh tribute 16 Lord Lieutenant feature 19 Meet the judges behind the awards 34 Dartington Crystal Interview 37 International Trade category award winners 71 Innovation category award winners 85 Promoting Opportunity
It’s our pleasure to bring you this very special publication, which showcases the winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2021
We are delighted to extend our warm congratulations to every company that has received the honour of winning a 2021 Queen’s Award. You have demonstrated excellence in the fields of international trade, innovation, sustainable development and promoting social mobility – on a global stage – and we salute your incredible achievements. Since their inception in the 1960s, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise have become the most prestigious formof recognition a British company can receive. There is, quite simply, no greater honour, and this year’s Awards are extra special, demonstrating as they do Britain’s resilience and ingenuity in the face of a worldwide crisis. The Awards are proof that today’s UK businesses are increasingly visionary, striving tomeet customers’ global needs while leading the world in the development of new environmentally friendly, sustainable practices. In addition to this, many Award-winning businesses this year have illustrated how vital social mobility opportunities are to the growth of both individuals and teams as a whole. The breadth and diversity of 2021’s winning companies is staggering. From those on amission to protect delicate ecosystems and economies to pathfinders who’ve developed world-leading biosecurity products, this year’s winners have pushed boundaries and proved themselves truly innovative. We at the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Magazine are honoured to be able to showcase and celebrate their achievements, and hugely proud to fly the flag for British business. This year’s magazine is also a chance to reveal what goes on behind the scenes as we meet the judging panel and gain an insight into what elevates a company to Queen’s Awards level. In this year’s magazine we also pay tribute to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who was instrumental in helping to create the Awards, and who continued to show great interest in the growth and innovation of British industry, and in the role the Awards play in driving awareness and celebrating achievements across all sectors.
(Through Social Mobility) category award winners 97 Sustainable Development category award winners 107 Award holders 2017-2020 124 Index of contributors
As always, we extend our warm regards to this year’s winners and wish all of the companies involved continued success through 2021 and beyond.
Richard Stoppard Chief Executive Officer Nexus Business Media Limited
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The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Magazine would like to thank The Queen’s Awards Office and all of the 2021 Award winners, who have kindly given their assistance in the preparation of this magazine.
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