This year, British businesses of all shapes and sizes have shown us all that necessity really is the mother of invention. Over and again I have seen amazing examples of innovation, creativity and dedication from companies of all shapes and sizes as entrepreneurs like yourself responded at dizzying speed to the challenges of the pandemic. But while this has been absolutely inspiring to see I confess it did not come as an enormous surprise. Because anyone who has been paying attention to the Queen’s Award for Enterprise this past half century will already know that such qualities are an indelible part of British business, the very DNA fromwhich our economy is spun. And so we see again with the latest crop of winners, doing everything from providing employment opportunities for young ex-offenders to creating solar-powered garden furniture that charges your phone while you doze in the sunshine. They speak not only to the entrepreneurial spirit that defines our nation but also to the astounding breadth and depth of our private sector - excelling in every industry, every comer of the economy, every part of the United Kingdom. And that is why, for all the challenges the past year has brought us, I know for sure that better days do lie ahead, that we can and will build back better, and that our brilliant, innovative, enterprising entrepreneurs will be leading the way as we do.
Congratulations to you all.
The Prime Minister
Queen’s Awards Magazine 2021
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