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King's Award for Enterprise

The King’s Award for Enterprise is the UK’s most prestigious accolade for businesses.  The winners are announced in May each year, Her Late Majesty The Queen’s birthday.  The awards are generally presented by the Lord-Lieutenant at the winner’s own premises, and the range of benefits include worldwide recognition and extensive press coverage.  Each award is valid for five years and the winners are invited to a reception at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace.

Click here for a list of recent award winners in West Sussex.

Any organisation applying for the King’s Award for Enterprise must meet the following criteria:

  • be based in the UK (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)

  • file its Company Tax Returns with HM Revenue and Customs (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 or part-time equivalents

  • demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility

Your organisation can be a business or not-for-profit.

For more information on how to apply please click here to go to the King’s Award for Enterprise website.

Details of the criteria for each of the five categories of award are shown below:

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Innovation

Your organisation must:

  • have an innovation that has not been sold before

  • have had its innovation available on the market for at least 2 years

  • have recovered all the investments made in the innovation or show that the innovation will recover its full costs in future

  • show outstanding commercial success as a result of innovation over 2 years - or continuous commercial success over 5 years

 

The innovation should be in one of the following categories:

  • invention, design or production of goods

  • performance of services

  • marketing and distribution

  • after-sale support of goods or services

West Sussex Lieutenancy

Edes House

County Hall

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 1RQ

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