King’s Award for Enterprise

The Event

Warwickshire is full of exciting and innovative businesses, and The King’s Awards for Enterprise are a great way of celebrating their success.

Whether you’re a small business with a great innovative product or service, or a larger company running an impressive social mobility programme, these awards are regarded as the most prestigious way to recognise UK businesses and their contribution to enterprise.

Businesses’ are encouraged to apply for the Kings Awards in Warwickshire and West Midlands Lieutenancies. A Masterclass is being held on 31 January to provide more information and will incorporate successful case studies.

Entry categories are:

• Innovation

Innovation achievements are assessed for: invention; design or production of goods; performance of services; marketing and distribution; or after-sale support of goods and services, that have realised outstanding commercial success over two years or continuous commercial success over 5 years.

• Sustainability

Winners in this category demonstrate commercially successful sustainable development practices. Sustainable development achievements are assessed for: invention, design or production of goods; performance of services; marketing and distribution; after-sale support of goods or services; or, management of resources or relationships with people and other organisations.

• Export

Winners have demonstrated that their business has achieved substantial growth in overseas earning and in commercial success (for their business size and sector) through either outstanding achievement over three years or continuous achievement over six years.

• Social responsibility

This category recognises businesses and organisations that are providing high quality social mobility initiatives and programmes that specifically reach out and support people from disadvantaged backgrounds, in order to inspire and guide the best talent into their organisation and beyond.

Application criteria:

• Be based in the UK
• File Company Tax Returns with HMRC
• Be a self-contained enterprise that markets its own products or services and is under its own management
• Have at least 2 full-time UK employees
• Demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility
• Organisations can be a business or non-profit

Apply today for the chance to attend the King’s Award Masterclass.