70 Facts About the Queen’s
Around 200 Queen’s Award accolades are given out by The Queen each year. Winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are announced each year on April 21st, the Queen’s birthday.
The Queen issues the awards on the advice of the Prime Minister, assisted by an advisory committee made up of representatives of government, industry, commerce and trade unions. In 2001, the ‘Environmental Achievement’ category was changed to ‘Sustainable Development’. Every winning company is presented with a Grant of Appointment scroll and a commemorative crystal
The Queen's Awards Magazine is circulated worldwide.
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Companies applying for the ‘International Trade’ category must have made a minimum of £100,000 in overseas sales in the first year of their entry. Ninety per cent of the 2022 Queen’s Awards winners were SMEs. All of the year’s winners feature in a special Gazette supplement. In 2021, the deadline for applications was extended due to Coronavirus.
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All winners are traditionally invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace.
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The scheme’s original title was The Queen's Award to Industry.
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The Queen’s Awards scheme was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965 with the first Awards made in 1966. Also launched in 1966, The Queen’s Awards Magazine - this very publication - has enabled thousands of Award winners to help consolidate market presence, strengthen their competitive position and generate new business by featuring editorial entries within its pages. The scheme became known as the Queen's Awards for Export and Technology In 1975. The scheme was again renamed The Queen's Awards for Enterprise in 1999. In 2017, ‘Promoting Opportunity’ (through social mobility) was added to ‘International Trade’, ‘Innovation’ and ‘Sustainable Development’, establishing the modern format we know today. Between 2005 and 2017, individuals were recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. More than 7,000
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bowl by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, The Queen’s personal representative.
The Queen’s Awards are the UK's most prestigious business awards.
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Applicants do not need to be an exporter in order to apply for the Innovation, Promoting Opportunity and Sustainable Development categories. The rigorous entry process ensures a success rate of around 20% each year. The Queen's Awards Magazine is circulated to the top FTSE companies each year. All applications are managed by the Queen’s Awards Office at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Unsuccessful applicants receive feedback on the strengths of their application as well as guidance on how to improve any future entries. The Queen’s Award is sometimes referred to as ‘the mother of all awards’. Applications are made up of four chief components: the main entry form, the financial form, the declaration of corporate responsibility (CSR), and the signed endorsement from accountants. To win an Award for Sustainable Development, a company must be able to show evidence that it is conducting an activity that “ensures a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come”.
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The Queen's Awards Magazine is a showcase for winners to present their success stories to business people worldwide. Non-profit organisations are welcome to apply for an Award.
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The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are free to enter.
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Companies can (and often do) apply for more than one Award.
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James Dyson’s company won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade in 2006. 115 companies received an accolade in the Award’s inaugural year (1966). Winners get to fly the Queen’s Awards flag and use the logo in all their marketing materials. Airbus and Jaguar Land Rover are two of the most well-known companies to win an Award. UK subsidiaries of foreign owned companies can apply as long as they meet the eligibility criteria. Five companies won the new Promoting Opportunity Award when it was first introduced in 2019.
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companies have won a Queen’s Award Since the Award’s inception in 1966.
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A total of 12 companies won Environmental Achievement Awards when the category made its bow in 1993.
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Awards are valid for five years.
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Companies based in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are eligible to apply.
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www. queensawardsmagazine .com
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