Party time!
Here at The Queen’s Awards Office, we love to find out about all the Award presentations and celebrations going on around the UK
Top Tips for entering the 2015 Awards
As we’re fast approaching the summer holidays and many of you will want to complete your 2015 Award entry before heading off to the sun, I thought it might be helpful to share some useful advice for preparing your entry.
Working with Lord-Lieutenants network (Part 2 - West Midlands and Warwickshire)
Tim Cox and David Burbidge invited me to speak at an event on the 8 May in Coventry. This was joined-up thinking by the Lord-Lieutenants who combined the power of West Midlands with Warwickshire to stage a workshop on behalf …
All systems go at Allstate NI
Last month, while on holiday back home in Belfast, I was invited to visit one of our brand new 2014 Queen’s Award winners, Allstate Northern Ireland.
Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2015 - open for business!
Welcome to another year of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Let me start by offering my warmest congratulations to all the 2014 Queen’s Award winners that were unveiled on Easter Monday.
Peak Scientific: a wee bit special
Recently the Secretary of State for Business and Skills visited Peak Scientific as part of a day visit to Glasgow.
The Queen's Awards on Tour: Wales
Last Monday, Kat and I set off early on another Queen’s Awards UK tour. Making tracks across a sunny Wales this time we visited a wonderfully diverse selection of Queen’s Awards winners.
I spy a Queen's Awards emblem...
When Linda brought in an M&S mail order bag proudly displaying the Queen's Awards emblem, it generated a lengthy office chat about other places the emblem had been spotted.
While the Kat’s away...
This week has seen us without Kat in the office; she is taking a well earned week’s leave before we get super-busy making preparations for the opening of this year’s awards on 21 April.
Any answers, any questions?
If you are a recent winner we’d love to hear about any positive impact your business has experienced as a result of winning a Queen’s Award.