Boardies ®
Boardies® – a privately owned, London-based business that designs, manufactures and sells distinctive swimwear products around the world – has been honoured with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2021. Boardies ® products sell to major stores around the world, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. This success in developing international markets has helped Boardies ® to trade through the pandemic – and 2021 is on track to be a record year for the business. BOARDIES ® P.B. 222, The Pill Box, 115 Coventry Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 6GG Tel: +44 (0)208 0655 513 • info@boardiesapparel.com • boardiesapparel.co.uk
C-Kore Systems Ltd
C-Kore Systems Limited is celebrating being honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the second time in three years. Following its award for Innovation in 2019, the company has now been recognised for its contribution to International Trade. Working from a rural location near York, C-Kore Systems provides state of the art equipment for subsea electrical testing to customers worldwide.
resulted in an increase in international trade of over 600%. Its dedicated team of designers and engineers work closely with customers as far away as Australia, Africa, Brazil and the USA, providing fast, modern and reliable testing tools. With support provided directly from the UK, the team has had to adapt to different international requirements and conventions, and overcome logistical challenges, to provide tools and support worldwide. C-Kore System’s success proves a small high- tech business can make a big difference in the international market. C-KORE SYSTEMS LTD 3 Bramley’s Barn, TheMenagerie, Escrick, York YO19 6ET Tel: +44 (0)1904 215161 • sales@c-kore.com www.c-kore.com
TimOverfield, Managing Director, says: “C-Kore Systems was created from Zetechtics Ltd, the global leaders in subsea control systems, who previously won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2003. “After a tremendous 2019, where C-Kore won both the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation and Subsea UK’s Innovation and Technology Award, news spread globally of how our innovative products are changing the industry practice on how subsea testing is conducted. With C-Kore’s automated technology it is no longer necessary to use traditional error-prone manual measurement techniques.”
C-Kore team receiving the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (Innovation) in 2019
Tim continues: “Following on from 2019, the last 12 months has made all businesses look differently at how they work and has brought the C-Kore testing tools to the attention of even more operators. Beyond the cost savings and ease of use advantages, the tools remove the need for additional specialised personnel to travel offshore, reducing pandemic-related risks to both employees and operations. Our tools have become the go-to testing solution when installing, fault finding and decommissioning oil fields worldwide.” C-Kore System’s flourishing reputation has
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