Queen鈥檚 Awards success for businesses backed by Innovate UK
1 in 5 winners in the 2019 Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise have received support and funding from Innovate UK.
31 winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise received funding and support from Innovate UK.
The has listed 201 businesses among the best in the country, of which 31 received Innovate UK support.
Among the most distinguished decorations for British business, the Queen鈥檚 Award was established in 1965 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 birthday. The categories for the awards are:
- International Trade
- Innovation
- Sustainable Development
- Promoting Opportunity
Winners will join more than 6,000 UK businesses that have received a Queen鈥檚 Award. According to research from the University of Strathclyde, 73% of previous winners have attributed the award to achieving increased recognition and international sales.
Innovate UK-backed winners
The 2019 winners that have received support from Innovate UK are:
- , Dundee
- , Wiltshire
- , Gloucestershire (with the University of the West of England, Bristol)
- , Cardiff
The exterior of the Biocatalyst office.
Innovate UK has supported multiple projects from Cardiff-based Biocatalysts, most recently from March 2018 to February 2019 to help the firm manufacture .
- , Kent (Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Cambridge)
- , Birmingham (Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Birmingham)
- , trading as Coltraco Ultrasonics, London
- , Cumbria
Infrared imaging using Createc software.
Innovate UK funding helped Cockermouth company Createc to develop its N-Visage radiation mapping software during its critical early stages in 2009.
- , Swansea
- , Manchester
- , York
- , West Sussex
- , Rhondda Cynon Taff
- , Norfolk
- (formerly known as MR Solutions), Surrey
- , Cardiff
Tim Hawkins, managing director of Markes International, based in Llantrisant, said:
It is a great honour to be recognised for our excellence in innovation and, for the second time, international trade. We take great pride in introducing new technologies to our field of analytical chemistry and have been successful in supporting customers around the world and enhancing scientific progress.
- , Cambridgeshire
- , Nottinghamshire
- , Buckinghamshire
A Niftylift vehicle.
Roger Bowden, chairman and founder of Milton Keynes-based Niftylift, said:
We are honoured to be recognised for not one, but 2 prestigious Queen鈥檚 Awards. These awards help to illustrate how our dedication to design and innovation, together with our attention to detail and strong customer focus, have allowed us to complete so successfully in this global marketplace.
- , Fife (with the University of Edinburgh)
- , Oxfordshire
In 2018, Innovate UK provided funding to support the discovery of a , otherwise known as motor neurone disease.
- , Oxfordshire
- , trading as Veolia Nuclear Solutions UK, Oxfordshire
- , London (with the University of Essex)
- , trading as Harrison Spinks, Leeds
- , Wrexham (Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Bangor University)
- , Norfolk (Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University)
- , Surrey
- , a division of Teledyne, West Yorkshire
Teledyne was recognised for International Trade for Outstanding Short Term Growth. The company won funding in 2018 to develop .
- , Manchester
- , Lancashire
- , Hertfordshire
- , Hampshire