Applications open for The King’s Award for Enterprise

Applications are open for the King’s Award for Enterprise and close at 1pm on 12 September 2024. 

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK business. Officially announced in a special Gazette supplement every year, the Awards are designed to recognise and encourage outstanding achievements in the fields of:

• innovation
• international trade
• sustainable development
• promoting opportunity (through social mobility)

Winners of the award are:

• invited to a Royal reception
• presented with the award at your company by one of The King’s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant
• able to fly The King’s Awards flag at your main office, and use the emblem on your marketing materials (for example, on your packaging, advertisements, stationery and website)
• given a Grant of Appointment (an official certificate) and a commemorative crystal trophy

Previous recipients have said that the application itself helped them understand some of the processes that they had undertaken, and it had a very positive effect on their sales. 

You can find out more about the award at this link The King’s Awards for Enterprise: About the awards – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are interested in making an application, please reach out to the Economy Team via business@n-somerset.gov.uk who can provide you with further details.