Congratulations to all of the winners of the Queen’s Awards for 2010.
We were going to pick out a few of our favourites but they all deserve a big hand for plugging their way to success in a difficult economic climate. We salute you!
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2010
- AMI Exchangers Limited, Hartlepool, Charge air coolers and heat exchangers
- Abbot Group Limited, Aberdeen, Scotland, Onshore and offshore drilling engineering and rig design
- Aerospace Design & Engineering Consultants Limited, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Design and engineering services to commercial airlines and aircraft leasing companies
- Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks Limited, London SE10, Telecommunications systems
- Allam Marine Ltd, Melton, Hull, Industrial and marine generating sets
- Alperton International Limited, Spennymoor, County Durham, Engineering goods and services
- Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Underwater acoustic positioning, tracking and survey equipment
- Applied Language Solutions Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire, International language services including translation & interpreting
- Ashley Chase Estate, Dorchester, Dorset, Speciality hand-made English cheeses
- Autonomy, Cambridge, Platform technology with a pure software model offering a full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications
- Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland, Investment management services
- Balmoral Comtec Ltd, Loirston, Aberdeen, Scotland, Surface and sub-surface buoyancy and elastomer products for the offshore energy sector
- Baring Asset Management Limited, London EC2, Fund management services
- The Binding Site Group Ltd, Kings Heath, Birmingham, Immunodiagnostic kits
- Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), Elstree, Hertfordshire, Therapeutic proteins
- The Book Depository Limited, Gloucester, Online book retailer
- Brompton Bicycle Ltd, Brentford, Middlesex, Folding bicycles
- Bupa International, Brighton, East Sussex, Private medical insurance
- CarnaudMetalbox Engineering Limited, Shipley, West Yorkshire, Can making machinery
- Centrax Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon, Gas turbine generator sets
- Chelton Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Aircraft and ground antennas and related equipment for military and commercial use
- Alfred Cheyne Engineering Limited, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Winches
- ContiTech Beattie Ltd, Ashington, Northumberland, Flexible hoses, couplings and fluid transfer systems to the oil & gas industry
- Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland) Ltd, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Unique polymer delivery system for the precise administration of drugs
- Crittall Windows Limited, Witham, Essex, Steel windows and doors
- Dart Sensors Ltd, Exeter, Devon, Electrochemical sensors for breath alcohol and toxic gases
- Douglas Equipment Limited, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Aviation towing tractors & helicopter/aircraft flight deck handlers
- Dynex Semiconductor Ltd, Lincoln, High power semiconductor devices and assemblies
- TG Eakin Limited, Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, Disposable medical devices used for the treatment of stoma and wound care patients
- Euravia Engineering & Supply Co Ltd, Kelbrook, Lancashire, Aero-engine design, overhaul, test and certification services
- FA Premier League, London W1, Sale of TV rights to foreign broadcasters
- FIRST Magazine Ltd, London SW1, Publisher of periodicals, special reports and text books
- Future Health Technologies Ltd, Nottingham, Stem cell bank
- Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd, Kendal, Cumbria, Hydro electric turbines and engine cooling pumps
- Hallin Marine UK Ltd, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, Subsea services to the oil and gas industry
- Imagination Technologies Ltd, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, Graphics, video, audio and communication software
- Industrial Penstocks Ltd, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, Fluid control devices
- The Innis & Gunn Brewing Company Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland, Range of oak-aged speciality beers
- Investment Property Databank Holdings Ltd, London EC1, Provision of portfolio analysis services and financial indices to the investment property industry
- JDR Cable Systems Ltd, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, Subsea umbilicals and power cables for the offshore oil and gas and renewable energy industries
- KHL Group LLP, Wadhurst, East Sussex, Publishers & magazine advertising
- Kestrel Liner Agencies Ltd, Basildon, Essex, Shipping liner agency and global freight management
- Kilfrost Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, De/Anti-icing fluids for the global aviation industry
- Latens Systems Ltd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Pay TV software development
- London College of Accountancy, London SE1, Accountancy, business and management education
- McCalls Special Products Limited, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Threaded bar and cable systems
- McKinney Rogers International Limited, London SW1, Business execution services
- Metal and Waste Recycling Limited, London N18, Recycling of scrap metal and waste
- Micro Nav Limited, Bournemouth, Dorset, Software and related services for airport and air traffic control simulation
- Midsteel Flanges and Fittings Limited, Kingswinford, West Midlands, Flanges, butt weld, forged fittings and ancillary piping products
- Moog Components Group Limited, Reading, Berkshire, Electrical slip rings and motion control components
- Moog Insensys Ltd (Wind Energy Division), Southampton, Hampshire, Measurement and analysis systems for the wind energy market
- Naim Audio Ltd, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Hi fi audio and audio-video systems
- Offshore Design Engineering Limited, Kingston-upon- Thames, Surrey, Engineering consultancy project management
- Oil Consultants Ltd, Washington, Tyne and Wear, Engineering consulting services to the upstream oil industry
- Isabella Oliver Limited, London NW5, Designer and online retailer of women’s wear and maternity clothes
- Pace plc, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, Set-top boxes & digital home entertainment equipment
- Parker Hannifin Ltd (Domnick Hunter Industrial), Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Compressed air filtration & gas separation
- Pearson Plc, London WC2, Provision of educational material and technology, consumer books and business information
- Pelam Foods Limited, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Food and drink exporter
- Penlon Limited, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Medical devices
- Penn Pharmaceutical Services Limited, Tredegar, Gwent, Wales, Pharmaceuticals
- The Penspen Group Limited, Richmond, Surrey, Engineering, project management, operations, maintenance and integrity services
- Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co. Ltd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, Pipeline pigging and flow assurance products and services to the oil & gas pipeline industry
- Power Jacks Limited, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Industrial lifting and positioning equipment
- Powercorp International Limited, London W1, Film and television programmes production
- Prism Ideas, Nantwich, Cheshire, Drug development consultancy services and medical communications
- Proto Labs Ltd, Telford, Shropshire, Prototype injection moulded & CNC machined parts
- RMD Kwikform, Aldridge, West Midlands, Hire, sale and engineering design to the construction industry
- Racal Acoustics Limited, Harrow, Middlesex, Military communications ancillaries including military headsets
- Sandvik Osprey Limited, Neath, Port Talbot, Wales, Gas atomised metal powders and controlled expansion alloy products
- Schrader Electronics Ltd, Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Electronic sensors and ASIC’s for automotive and industrial markets
- SCIPAC Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, Reagents for medical diagnostic tests
- Scott Wilson Group plc, London SW1, Design & engineering consultancy services
- Select Biosciences Ltd, Sudbury, Suffolk, Scientific conferences, training courses and consultancy
- SELEX Galileo, Radar & Advanced Targeting Unit (UK), Edinburgh, Scotland, Airborne radar & targeting design, manufacture, supply and support
- Sentec, Cambridge, Smart metering and energy management solutions
- Sparrows Offshore Group Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland, Lifting, handling and fluid power technology and services for the offshore energy industry
- Stannah Stairlifts Limited, Andover, Hampshire, Design and manufacture of stairlifts
- Strategy & Technology Limited, London EC1, Specialist software for digital interactive TV
- Sunmark Ltd, Greenford, Middlesex, Branded and own label food and drink products
- Syngenta Bioline Production Ltd, Little Clacton, Essex, Beneficial insects and mites for pest control in crops
- Tamper Technologies Ltd, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Security/tamper evident labels and tapes to protect products and packaging
- Themis Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Marketing information services to the global pharmaceutical industry
- United Shield International Limited, Andover, Hampshire, Personal ballistic protection
- Vectric Ltd, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire, Software development and solutions for computerized craft industry machines
- Vero Software Plc, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, CADCAM software for the mould and die industry
- Walkers Shortbread Limited, Aberlour on Spey, Banffshire, Scotland, Shortbread, oatcakes & other Scottish specialities
- Ward Shoes Ltd, Chapeltown, Sheffield, Returned footwear and clothing
- Watkiss Automation Limited, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Book binding machinery
- Williams Performance Tenders Ltd, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire, Jet powered ridged inflatable tenders for the marine leisure market
- Winn & Coales International Ltd, London SE27, Anti-corrosion and sealing products
- Wireless Innovation Ltd, Churcham, Gloucestershire, Satellite and wireless technology services
- Xennia Technology Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, Inkjet products and services
- Yellow Octopus Limited, Skipton, North Yorkshire, Clothing and footwear
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2010
- ATB Morley Ltd, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, Design and manufacture of high voltage electric motors
- Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons Ltd, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Development of energy-storing artificial feet
- Brompton Bicycle Ltd, Brentford, Middlesex, Folding bicycle designed for personal mobility
- Camera Dynamics Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Engineering solutions for television camera support
- Concateno, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Detection devices for drugs of abuse
- Contact Lens Precision Laboratories Ltd t/a UltraVision CLPL, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, KeraSoft contact lenses for irregular corneas & keratoconus
- DANLERS Limited, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Electronic switches for the energy saving control of lighting, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units
- Data Connection Ltd t/a Metaswitch Networks, Enfield, Middlesex, MetaSphere telephony application server
- Delcam Plc, Birmingham, CADCAM software for the dental industry
- domo Limited, Segensworth, Hampshire, Solo4 wireless video surveillance system
- Douglas Equipment Limited, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Electrically powered aircraft deck handling devices
- Dunphy Combustion Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire, Ultra low NOx stage fuel air combustion technology
- DuPont Microcircuit Materials, Bristol, Solamet™ screen printable metallizations for crystalline silicon solar cells
- Dyecor Limited, Whitestone, Herefordshire, Thermacor transportation system for diagnostic samples
- Eckersley O’Callaghan Ltd, London N1, Design and development of structural glass
- E-Tabs Limited, London NW9, Software solutions and services for automated reporting and graphical charting
- Garford Farm Machinery, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, InRow Weeder using vision analysis techniques
- Halyard (M&I) Ltd, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Marine exhaust silencing systems
- i2 Limited, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Intelligence-led operations platform
- Integrated Display Systems Ltd, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, Belt tensioning system for power assisted steering
- Makevale Group Ltd, Ware, Hertfordshire, Non-carcinogenic acrylics for dentures, and medical grade bone cement material; optically clear acrylic powders, and acrylic bead powders
- Malvern Instruments Ltd, Malvern, Worcestershire, Zetasizer Nano analytical instrument for measuring particle properties
- Mortimer Technology Ltd, Thatcham, Berkshire, Development of the TORBED® energy technologies
- Multiclip Company Limited t/a Vortok International, Plymouth, Devon, Vortok rail stressing roller
- Navtech Radar Ltd, Wantage, Oxfordshire, Designs and manufacture of radar based sensors for security surveillance, industrial automation, and traffic sensing
- Newtons4th Ltd, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Power analysers for measuring electric power
- ONELAN Limited, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Net Top Boxes for converting displays into electronic noticeboards
- Oxford Instruments NanoScience, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Triton200™: cryogen-free dilution refrigerator with high field superconducting magnet
- Reeves Wireline Technologies, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Design, manufacture and support of geophysical logging equipment for oil and gas well surveys
- Joseph Rhodes Limited, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Super plastic forming and diffusion bonding presses
- S.R.A. Developments Ltd, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon, Ultrasonic haemostatic dissector for cutting soft tissue in surgery
- Salamander MooD Active Enterprise Business Unit, York, MooD Active Enterprise – architecture-driven software for business performance governance
- SCIPAC Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, Large scale production of human serum Transferrin
- Simcyp Limited, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Modelling and simulation tools to evaluate medicines prior to human clinical trials
- Surgical Innovations Limited, Leeds, YelloPort Plus, a semi-disposable port access system
- ThorpeGlen Limited, Ipswich, Suffolk, Intercept and electronic monitoring solutions
- Tickhill Engineering Co Ltd, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Vegetable packing machinery
- Touch EMAS Ltd t/a Touch Bionics, Livingston, Scotland, i-LIMB Hand – bionic hand with articulating digits
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2010
- Camira Fabrics Ltd, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Design and manufacture of contract textiles
- Clinton Devon Estates, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, Optimisation of resources in the management of a countryside business
- The Fairtrade Foundation, London EC3, Licensing of the FAIRTRADE Mark and development/promotion of products sourced from the developing world
- Gripple Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Hangers for mechanical and electrical services; wire joiners and tensioners for agricultural fencing and trellising
- Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Responsible Business Programme encompassing environmental and social responsibility
- Recycling Lives Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, Waste management and recycling providing employment, accommodation and training for unemployed people
- South West Lakes Trust, Launceston, Cornwall, Combined environmental and recreation charity
- Studio E Architects Ltd, London W6, Introduction of sustainable principles to the built environment and for architectural practice
- Triodos Bank NV, Bristol, Sustainable bank working with organisations that have social, cultural and environmental benefits
- The Venus Company Ltd, Totnes, Devon, Beach catering and retail