Queen's Awards for Enterprise


The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses. The scheme was established as The Queen's Award to Industry by a royal warrant of 30 November 1965, and individual categories have been known in the past as The Queen's Awards for Export, Export Achievement, Technology, Technological Achievement and Environmental Achievement. The scheme also includes an award for individuals, the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.

History

Every April winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise are officially announced in a special Gazette supplement. The Queen's Award to Industry, the scheme's original title, was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965. It became the Queen's Awards for Export and Technology in 1975, with Environmental Achievement added in 1992. In 1999, the scheme became the Queen's Awards for Enterprise with International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development as the categories. In 2017, a fourth category was introduced, Promoting Opportunity. Since 2005, individuals have also been recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. As of 2017, this individual award has been rested.

Organisations – totals

The total numbers of winners in each class each year are shown below.
YearInternational Trade
Innovation
Export and
Technology
Promoting Opportunity
Total
awards
202012866197220
20191296165201
2018230
201711170
20161507243
201512141
201413162
20139152
20128209
201110157
201010143
200910194
200812139
20078119
20067145
20058137
20047112
200310123
20029131
200115133
20007116
19995101
19984133
19978134
19966129
19956163
19948165
199312155
1992165
1991158
1990175
1989156
1988145
1987154
1986141
1985119
1984111
1983110
1982110
1981109
1980104
1979102121
1978124
1977125
1976115
197595
197478
197383
197290
1971110
1970104
196999
196885
196785
1966115
TOTAL4,5851,357551796,176

Recipients – individuals

The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is awarded to individuals. Unlike the Queen's Award for Enterprise, nomination must be by a third party. As of 2017, this individual award has been rested.