Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, and is awarded annually to people who:[1]
- 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
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 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
- Professor 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
- Dr Geoffrey Davies OBE, managing director Alamo Group Europe Ltd., vice president, Alamo Inc (USA), 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
- Professor 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
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010
Lifetime Achievement
Achievement in Enterprise Promotion
- Mr Timothy Allan, former chair, Young Enterprise Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Mr Nicholas Bowen, head teacher, St Benet Biscop Catholic High School, Bedlington, Northumberland.
- Mr Paul Davidson, chief executive, Bolton Business Ventures, Bolton, Lancashire.
- Professor Simon Denny, associate dean, Research and Knowledge Transfer, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, Northamptonshire.
- Ms Beverly Hurley, chief executive, YTKO, Cambridge.
- Mr Murdoch MacLeod, director, MacLeod Construction Limited, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland.
- Ms Maureen Milgram Forrest, founder chair and current chair, Leicesterherday Trust, Leicester.
- Mr Kenneth Nelson, chief executive officer and company secretary, Larne Enterprise Development Company Ltd (LEDCOM), Larne, Northern Ireland.
- Mr Frank Nicholson, former managing director, Vaux Breweries, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
- Dr Ederyn Williams, director, Warwick Ventures, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2009
Lifetime Achievement
- Professor (Arthur) Allan Gibb OBE, former director, Small Business Centre, Durham University, Durham
Achievement in Enterprise Promotion
- Miss Karen Arnold, chief executive, The Enterprise and Skills Company Limited, Wimborne, Dorset.
- Mr Charles Cracknell, youth enterprise and employment manager, Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Mrs Jacqueline Frost, enterprise projects manager, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
- Mr David Irwin, partner, Irwin Grayson associates, Stocksfield, Northumberland.
- Mr James Murray Wells, founder and executive chairman of Prescription Eyewear Limited (trading as Glasses Direct), London.
- Mrs Beverley Pold, business development and policy manager, Chwarae Teg/Fair Play, Cardiff.
- professor John Thompson, Roger M Bale professor of entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
- Mrs Angela Wright, chief executive, Solent Skill Quest Limited, Southampton, Hampshire.
- Mrs Charlotte Young, chair of board of trustees, School for Social Entrepreneurs, London.
Honorary
- Mr Charles Gerard Ford, director and chief executive of Advantage Northern Ireland Limited, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2008
Lifetime Achievement
- Mr John Eversley MBE, director and vice-chair, Tyne and Wear Enterprise Trust Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Achievement in Enterprise Promotion
- Mr Zulfiqar Ali, chairman, Reach BCS, Rochdale, Lancashire.
- Mrs Sally Arkley, managing director, Womens Business Development Agency, Coventry, Warwickshire.
- Mr Paul Barry-Walsh, chairman, Fredericks Foundation, Lightwater, Surrey and chairman, Netstore plc, Reading, Berkshire.
- Mr Brian Dunsby, principal, Perlex associates, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
- Mr John Jennens, business counsellor, Oxfordshire Business Enterprise, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
- Mr Michael Leithrow, executive director and general manager, Northern Pinetree Trust, Birtley, County Durham.
- Mr John May, chief executive, Career Academies UK, London.
- Mrs Pamela Neal, mentor and workshop facilitator, CODA Business Management Ltd, Newport, Wales.
- Mrs Janette Pallas, business incubation and enterprise manager, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Honorary
- Dr Nicholas O'Shiel, director and chief executive, Omagh Enterprise Company Ltd, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2007
Lifetime Achievement
- Mrs Joan Richards MBE, youth business advisor, Business Connect, Neath, Port Talbot, Wales
Achievement in Enterprise Promotion
- Mrs Pauline Barnett, deputy chief executive, East London Small Business Centre Ltd., London.
- Mr Nigel Brown, chairman, NW Brown Group Limited, Cambridge.
- Mrs Jane Delfino, innovations director, United Learning Trust, Manchester.
- Mrs Anne Duncan, chief executive, Yellowfin Ltd., Southampton.
- Mr Geoffrey Ford, chairman, Ford Component Manufacturing Limited, South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
- Mr Charles Hadcock, owner and director, The Watermark, Preston, Lancashire.
- Mr Terry Owens, chair, Business Link Tees Valley, Middlesbrough, Teesside.
- Mrs Janet Scicluna, proprietor, Janet Scicluna associates, Cardiff.
- professor David Secher, chief executive, N8, Sheffield.
- Ms Caroline Theobald, managing director, Bridge Club Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2006
Lifetime Achievement
- Mr David Rowe, director of the University of Warwick Science Park Ltd, West Midlands.
Achievement in Enterprise Promotion
- Mr John Anderson CBE, non-executive chairman of the North-East Business and Innovation Centre, Sunderland
- Mr Derek Browne, chief executive of Entrepreneurs in Action, London.
- Mrs Janet Brumby, development manager of Young Enterprise, Hull and East Riding.
- Mr Walter Herriot OBE, managing director of St.John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
- Mr Jason Holt, director, R.Holt & Co, London.
- Dr 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.
- Professor David Kirby, professor of entrepreneurship, University of Surrey, Guildford.
- Ms Amanda Parris, business centre manager, Rotherham Investment and Development Office, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire.
- Mr Peter Westgarth, chief executive, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and former chief executive of Young Enterprise UK, Oxford.
Honorary
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