Six businesses in Wales recognised for enterprise excellence on Her Majesty鈥檚 91st birthday
Welsh Secretary: 皇冠体育app companies awarded today prove that every corner of Wales is open for business.
- Established in 1965, the Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise celebrates the UK鈥檚 small and medium sized businesses
- This year鈥檚 winners include the first group for the Promoting Opportunity category
- Research shows nearly 75% of past winners attribute the Queen鈥檚 Awards to increased international sales
- Entries are open as of today for the 2018 awards
Business Secretary Greg Clark today named the winners of the Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise in celebration of Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 91st birthday.
This included six businesses from across Wales who have been recognised for their contribution to sustainable development, international trade and innovation.
Winners include businesses leading the way in a broad range of industries - from a remote water leak monitoring system, and an apprenticeship scheme in the construction industry, to development and manufacture of environmental packaging systems, and a sea salt manufacturer.
Now in its 51st year, the Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise are one of the most prestigious business awards in the country, with winning businesses able to use the esteemed Queen鈥檚 Awards emblem for the next five years.
Winning businesses in Wales are:
Sustainable development award winners:
- 皇冠体育app Anglesey Sea Salt Company Ltd T/A Halen Mon, Llanfairpwll
Innovation award winners:
- HMW-Water Ltd, Cwmbran
- Siltbuster Ltd, Monmouth
- Cyfle Building Skills Ltd (SWWRSAL), Ammanford.
International trade award winners
- Green Light International Ltd, Cardiff
- SPTS Technologies Group Ltd, Newport
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said:
皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Awards highlight the best of British business 鈥� rewarding their strong entrepreneurial streak, their ambitions to succeed at home and overseas and the crucial contribution they make to our economy.
From Anglesey to Monmouth, the Welsh companies awarded today are beacons of success, demonstrating that every corner of Wales is open for business.
皇冠体育appy can all be rightly proud of their achievements. I hope their successes will become the inspiration for other Welsh businesses to strive for this prestigious award in the future.
Business Secretary Greg Clark said:
皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Awards for enterprise highlights everything that鈥檚 great about UK business today.
We have some of the best entrepreneurs and innovative minds in the world who are at the heart of small start-ups providing excellent customer service to larger businesses developing global solutions. Over one million new businesses have been created since 2010, all playing a vital role in creating jobs and driving growth across the UK.
I鈥檓 extremely proud to see such a wealth of businesses across Wales being recognised today. Through our Industrial Strategy we will be building on the successes of these award winning businesses, helping to build a stronger, more outward looking and prosperous global Britain.
According to research by the University of Strathclyde, 73% of International Trade winners between 2012 - 2015 directly attributed increased international sales to winning a Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise
Entry to the 2018 Awards opens on 21 April 2017 and closes on Friday 1 September 2017.
Notes to editors
- Winners of the Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise are visited by a Royal representative and are presented with a commemorative trophy as a mark of their achievement. 皇冠体育appy are also invited to attend a reception at Buckingham Palace in July 2017.
- Businesses are also able to use the Queen鈥檚 Awards emblem in advertising, marketing and on packaging for five years.
- See the full press book of winners, including descriptions and contact details of the 176 winners of the Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise in all four categories.
- Firms that won a Queen鈥檚 Award for international trade demonstrated substantial international growth in overseas earnings and commercial success within their sector.
- Awards for innovation are given to businesses that can demonstrate that their innovative products or services are commercially successful.
- Sustainable development winners have to show they are involved in activity that ensures a better quality of life for everyone, now and in the future.
- 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Award for Promoting Opportunity winners have had a social mobility programme running for more than two years giving equal support and progression to all employees.