The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2025 are open!

The King’s Awards for Enterprise is the most prestigious award for UK businesses and can bring substantial benefits to winners. The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2025 are open!

The award recognises and rewards outstanding achievement in the following fields:

• International Trade – Recognising companies that have demonstrated growth in overseas earnings.
• Innovation – Recognising companies that have demonstrated commercial success through innovative products or services.
• Sustainable Development – Recognising companies that have integrated environmental, social, economic and management aspects of sustainable development into their business.
• Promoting opportunity through social mobility – Awarded for social mobility programmes that help people from disadvantaged backgrounds into successful working lives.

Potential benefits for your organisation

• Improved opportunities to break into new markets
• Attract investment offers and development interest
• Raising of your brand and increased demand for your products or services
• Enhanced ability to attract the best talent to your team and board
• Raised colleague morale and increased productivity

Recognition of your company

• Use of the Kings’s Award emblem on your company materials and flying the flag at your premises
• Invitation to attend a Royal reception
• Receive the award and a trophy from the Lord-Lieutenant for your area
• Promotion of your business by the King’s Award team and listing in their national directory of winners magazine

Visit the government website to see if your business is eligible.

Support is also available from the Surrey Lieutenancy. Email: caroline.breckell@surreycc.gov.uk.

These awards are made annually by HM The King and are only given for the highest levels of excellence demonstrated in each category.

Previous winners have come from a diverse selection of business sectors and have included large, medium and small businesses.

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