Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

For example, people who:

• give up their time – and sometimes provide financial support – to help potential entrepreneurs in education or in the early phases of business development
• work in education, training or youth work and help provide others with enterprise skills
• are involved in social enterprise and either achieve business outcomes or help others develop business skills

History

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Lifetime Achievement

• Christopher Pichon The Wenta Business Centre

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Steven Stokes of the University of Wales Trinity St Davids
• Margaret Gibson of Women's Enterprise Scotland
• Richard Holt of Creative Innovation Centre CIC
• Nelson Campbell Gray, business investor
• Lopa Patel digital media entrepreneur

  2014

Lifetime Achievement

• Wray Irwin Director of Employability and Engagement, University of Northampton

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Christine Atkinson, Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales
• Timothy Barnes, Director of Enterprise Operations and UCL Advances, University College London; Founder of Citrus Saturday, London
• Eric Binns, Enterprise Officer, Calderdale Council, Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Mark Hart, Chair, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Aston University, Birmingham
• Guy Mucklow, Chief Executive Officer, Postcode Anywhere Ltd, Worcester
• Ann Stonehouse, Chair, Assist Women's Network, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
• Jayne Taggert, Chief Executive, Causeway Enterprise Agency, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

  2013

Lifetime Achievement

• Claire Dove MBE, Chief Executive, Blackburne House Group, Liverpool, Merseyside

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Lady Cunningham, Enterprise Development Coach, Ways into Successful Enterprise, Allerdale Borough Council, Workington, Cumbria
• Rajeeb Dey, CEO and Founder, Enternships, London EC1
• Richard Gallafent, patent and trade mark attorney, senior partner in Gallafents LLP, a private practice in London
• Michael Herd, Executive Director, The Sussex Innovation Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex
• Ian Smith, Vice Principal, Surbiton High School for Girls, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
• Elizabeth Towns-Andrews, Director of Research and Enterprise, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
• John Vernon, Business Advisor, Oxfordshire Business Enterprise, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  2012

Lifetime Achievement

• Carmel Gahan Director of Ross Carberry Ltd, Swansea, Wales

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Steve Rawlings, chief executive of Lakehouse, Romford, Essex
• Brian Tanner, professor of physics and Dean of Knowledge Transfer, Durham University, Durham
• Sandy Ogilvie, retired chief executive, Project North East, Gateshead, Tyne and Weir
• Claire Ferris, Manager, Work West Enterprise Agency, Belfast, N. Ireland
• Steve Hoyle, managing director, Regenerate Pennine Lancashire Ltd, Accrington, Lancashire
• Elizabeth Tappenden, Director, In To Biz Limited, The Isle of Wight
• Hugh Burnett OBE, DL, founder and chairman, Enterprise Works, Newhaven, East Sussex
• Russell Smith, chief executive officer, Business Boffins Ltd, Chinnor, Oxfordshire
• Chris Hunt, retired assistant head teacher and director, Stress in Teaching Limited, Bournemouth, Dorset
• Stuart Langworthy, Director of Business and Enterprise Specialism, Millbrook Academy, Brockworth, Gloucester

  2011

Lifetime Achievement

• Ronald Batty former chief executive, CDC Enterprise Agency, Durham, County Durham

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Keith Bates, development consultant of Keith Bates Development Services, Bristol
• David Benstead director of Diodes Zetex Limited, Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Robert Blackburn director of the Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, London
• Alison Brown, head of technology, director of specialism, Catcote School Business and Enterprise College, Hartlepool, County Durham
• Geoffrey Davies OBE, managing director Alamo Group Europe Ltd., vice president, Alamo Inc, Worcestershire
• Paul Davies, voluntary chief executive and business coach, Clowne Enterprise, Clowne, Derbyshire
• Victoria Lennox, founder and chair of trustees, National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs, London
• Susan Marlow, professor of entrepreneurship, De Montfort University, Leicester
• Alexander Pratt founder of Serious Brands Ltd., Bierton, Buckinghamshire
• Khalid Saifullah director of Star Tissue UK Ltd., Blackburn, Lancashire

  2010

Lifetime Achievement

• Douglas Scott, chief executive officer, TEDCO Ltd, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear.

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Timothy Allan, former chair, Young Enterprise Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland.
• Nicholas Bowen, head teacher, St Benet Biscop Catholic High School, Bedlington, Northumberland.
• Paul Davidson, chief executive, Bolton Business Ventures, Bolton, Lancashire.
• Simon Denny, associate dean, Research and Knowledge Transfer, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, Northamptonshire.
• Beverly Hurley, chief executive, YTKO, Cambridge.
• Murdoch MacLeod, director, MacLeod Construction Limited, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland.
• Maureen Milgram Forrest, founder chair and current chair, LeicesterHerDay Trust, Leicester.
• Kenneth Nelson, chief executive officer and company secretary, Larne Enterprise Development Company Ltd, Larne, Northern Ireland.
• Frank Nicholson, former managing director, Vaux Breweries, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
• Ederyn Williams, director, Warwick Ventures, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire.

  2009

Lifetime Achievement

• Allan Gibb OBE, Former Director, Small Business Centre, Durham University, Durham

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Karen Arnold, Chief Executive, The Enterprise and Skills Company Limited, Wimborne, Dorset.
• Charles John Cracknell, Youth Enterprise and Employment Manager, Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire.
• Jacqueline Frost, Enterprise Projects Manager, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
• David Irwin, Partner, Irwin Grayson associates, Stocksfield, Northumberland.
• James Murray Wells, Founder and Executive Chairman of Prescription Eyewear Limited, London.
• Beverley Pold, Business Development and Policy Manager, Chwarae Teg/Fair Play, Cardiff.
• John Thompson, Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
• Angela Wright, Chief Executive, Solent Skill Quest Limited, Southampton, Hampshire.
• Charlotte Young, Chair of Board of Trustees, School for Social Entrepreneurs, London.

  Honorary

• Charles Gerard Ford, Director and Chief Executive of Advantage Northern Ireland Limited, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.

  2008

Lifetime Achievement

• John Eversley MBE, director and vice-chair, Tyne and Wear Enterprise Trust Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne.

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Zulfiqar Ali, chairman, Reach BCS, Rochdale, Lancashire.
• Sally Arkley, managing director, Womens Business Development Agency, Coventry, Warwickshire.
• Paul Barry-Walsh, chairman, Fredericks Foundation, Lightwater, Surrey and chairman, Netstore plc, Reading, Berkshire.
• Brian Dunsby, principal, Perlex associates, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
• John Jennens, business counsellor, Oxfordshire Business Enterprise, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
• Michael Leithrow, executive director and general manager, Northern Pinetree Trust, Birtley, County Durham.
• John May, chief executive, Career Academies UK, London.
• Pamela Neal, mentor and workshop facilitator, CODA Business Management Ltd, Newport, Wales.
• Janette Pallas, business incubation and enterprise manager, De Montfort University, Leicester.

  Honorary

• Nicholas O'Shiel, director and chief executive, Omagh Enterprise Company Ltd, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

  2007

Lifetime Achievement

• Joan Richards MBE, youth business advisor, Business Connect, Neath, Port Talbot, Wales

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Pauline Barnett, deputy chief executive, East London Small Business Centre Ltd., London.
• Nigel Brown, chairman, NW Brown Group Limited, Cambridge.
• Jane Delfino, innovations director, United Learning Trust, Manchester.
• Anne Duncan, chief executive, Yellowfin Ltd., Southampton.
• Geoffrey Ford, chairman, Ford Component Manufacturing Limited, South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
• Charles Hadcock, owner and director, The Watermark, Preston, Lancashire.
• Janet Scicluna, proprietor, Janet Scicluna associates, Cardiff.
• David Secher, chief executive, N8 Group, Sheffield.
• Caroline Theobald, managing director, Bridge Club Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne.

  2006

Lifetime Achievement

• David Rowe, director of the University of Warwick Science Park Ltd, West Midlands.

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• John Anderson CBE, non-executive chairman of the North-East Business and Innovation Centre, Sunderland
• Derek Browne, chief executive of Entrepreneurs in Action, London.
• Janet Brumby, development manager of Young Enterprise, Hull and East Riding.
• Walter Herriot OBE, managing director of St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
• Jason Holt, director, R Holt & Co, London.
• Bryan Keating, managing partner of the CIP partnership, visiting professor at the University of Ulster and chairman of the advisory board of the Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship, Belfast.
• David Kirby, professor of entrepreneurship, University of Surrey, Guildford.
• Amanda Parris, business centre manager, Rotherham Investment and Development Office, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
• Peter Westgarth, chief executive, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and former chief executive of Young Enterprise UK, Oxford.

  Honorary

• Douglas Richard, director and co-founder, Library House, Cambridge.

  2005

Lifetime Achievement

• Kenneth O’Neill, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

  Achievement in Enterprise Promotion

• Sikander Badat, head of policy, Ethnic Minority Business Development, Chamber Link, Bolton
• Alan Barrell, FRSA, chairman of several companies, Cambridge
• Dinah Bennett, FRSA, OBE, programme director, Policy and International Development Centre for Executive Education and Enterprise, Durham Business School, Durham
• Stephen Dumbell, chief executive officer, Knowsley Development Trust, Merseyside
• Diane Gowland, director, Centre for Innovation and Partnerships, Newham College, London
• Gary McEwan, managing director, The Maitland Partnership Ltd, Hillington, Renfrewshire
• Brian Murray, chief executive, Workspace, The Business Centre, Draperstown, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
• Joy Nichols, chief executive, Nichols Agency Ltd, London
• Edward Prosser, inventor/innovator, Cardiff
• Charles Skene, OBE, founder and trustee, Skene Young Entrepreneurs Award, Aberdeen