1. QUEEN’S AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE

2. The most prestigious awards for UK businesses

3. Eligibility criteria Company must: be based in the UK;
file its Tax Returns with HM Revenue and Customs;
 be a self-contained enterprise;
have at least two full-time UK employees or part-time equivalents;
demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility

4. Award categories
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of UK businesses in the fields of:
Innovation
Sustainable Development
Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility)
International Trade

5. The Awards cycle Open for new round of applications (early May)
Application process closes
(mid-Sept)
Assessment of Entries (Sept-Oct)
Winners Announced
(21 April)
Winners Approved
(March)
Panel of Judges
(Jan- Feb)
Due Diligence
(Nov)

6. 2018 Queen’s Awards winners
8 double winners

7. 2018 Queen’s Awards winners
152 in international trade
72 in innovation
8 in sustainable development
6 in promoting opportunity

8. Benefits of winning a Queen’s Award
Global recognition that your company is outstanding in its field
Boost staff morale
Increase sales
Increase exports
Potential opportunities to work with government on the development and testing of policies and initiatives
Buckingham Palace Celebration Reception
73% of winners in the International Trade category directly attributed increased sales to winning a Queen’s Award*
*research of International Trade winners between 2012—2015 conducted by the University of Strathclyde

9. Application guidance: Innovation
Some of the things we are looking for:
Plain English when describing your innovation
Your story:
the challenges you have overcome
why your innovation is unique
how your innovation benefits your business, customers and others
Quantitative and qualitative evidence to support your claim

10. Application guidance: International Trade
Some of the things we are looking for:
Plain English when describing your product
Your story:
why is penetration of a particular market an achievement? E.g., are you the first, leading, fastest growing UK exporter in this market?
why is your performance better than that of competitors?
what challenges have affected your trade and how you overcame them?
Quantitative and qualitative evidence to support your claim

11. Application guidance: Promoting Opportunity
Some of the things we are looking for:
Plain English when describing your social mobility programme
Your commitment to access and retain talent, despite this not being your core business
Senior decision makers’ commitment to the future growth of the social mobility programme
Evidence on how the programme benefits your organisation, community, staff and workforce
Evidence on how your organisation improved the employability of the people engaged in your programme

12. Application guidance: Sustainable Development
Some of the things we are looking for:
Plain English when describing your SD approach
Contribution to each of these outcomes:
Environmental outcomes (you can refer to The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, Government’s Clean Growth Strategy and Industrial Strategy)
Social outcomes (i.e., working towards the needs of people in the communities)
Economic outcomes (building an economy which provides prosperity and opportunity for all, promotes innovation and encourages lifelong learning)
Sector leading sustainability performance, e.g. overcoming important challenges that are specific to your sector.
Quantitative and qualitative evidence to support your claim

13. Get more information queensawards@beis.gov.uk 020 7215 6880
@TheQueensAwards