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Nearly 30 companies from the Thames Valley were among the 243 businesses across the UK that have received a new Queen’s Award for Enterprise, recognising their contribution to international trade, innovation and sustainable development.


Reading was the main centre of celebration in the region as it boasted three winners this year. Fiscal Technologies received its Innovation award for the financial software package AP Forensics, which is used by corporations and government organisations to protect spend, cut costs and reduce financial risk; Moo Free manufactures chocolate products free from dairy, wheat, gluten and soya, and was recognised for International Trade, as was Porterhouse Medical, a medical communications agency which acts as a link between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals.


Other Thames Valley-based winners were: Innovation


Content Guru (Bracknell) for the development and implementation of its product CONTACT, a cloud model to deliver multi-channel, enterprise-grade contact centre services. It has combined multiple systems into a single super-platform.


Forces Support (Witney) is a charity that developed a novel provision of bereavement support to the families of service personnel. Now employs 40 people in 17 stores.


MR Solutions (Guildford) has developed a preclinical MRI scanner which no longer requires liquid helium cooling and uses a very lightweight magnet.


Sesame Access Systems (Byfleet) reinvented a wheelchair lift for entry into buildings, especially protecting those of aesthetic architecture. It developed vertically and horizontally retracting lifts.


Sesui (Oxford) has a cloud-based contact centre, iPlatform, which underpins all of its offerings, providing a range of functions for call management that will work across any type of infrastructure and phone line.


The Conair Group (Fleet) developed a new hair-curling device to fill a market need for women, refining an original prototype that is lighter, safer, more efficient and aesthetically and ergonomically more pleasing.


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White Brothers (Witney) developed a commercial model for sourcing and supplying new products to charity retail organisations throughout the UK. Supplies high-quality new goods that offer value to charity shoppers.


International Trade


Access All Areas (Wooburn Green) provides musical heritage tours and events, exploring popular music history by theme, genre or specific artist. It has expanded and now has sales from 67 countries.


Adare International (Basingstoke) is now a global marketing services provider delivering innovative, integrated marketing solutions to some of the world’s most recognisable brands.


Benchmark Geophysical Consulting (Farnham) provides experienced management, operations and quality control consultants to the seismic (oil and gas) industry and saw overseas sales grow by 224% in three years.


CGC Technology (Farnham) originally undertook electro-mechanical design and materials consultancy, but latterly is in the field of satellite antennae and ground stations, seeing sales growth of 292%.


David Harber (near Didcot) specialises in the design and manufacture of high-value tailored or bespoke sundials, sculptures and water features for private homes, palaces and public institutions.


Dog Rocks UK Distribution (Maidenhead) sells an Australian product which prevents pet urine burn patches on grass and hedges. The company has since added more pet products and services.


Double First (Newbury) is a developer of accounting and administration software for use in UK independent schools, being acquired by the du Pre Group in the 1990s. Has since sold into 30 countries.


Exclaimer (Farnborough) has over 50 million users of its email utility software and services in virtually every country in the world. The principal business is in email signatures, which account for 75% of sales.


Focusrite Audio Engineering (High Wycombe) develops both hardware and software for musicians in the global


recording industry. It now has customers in more than 150 countries.


Lund Halsey Console Systems (Aylesbury) designs and manufactures control room consoles, desks and display equipment for broadcasting, security, energy and air traffic control sectors.


OpTek (Abingdon) has developed new laser micro manufacturing solutions, developing the technology to produce machines and holding in-house engineering tests.


Oxford Royal Academy provides summer school services, all-year round education and online courses. Some 95% of business is international with clients from over 100 countries.


Scuderia Car Parts (Egham) specialises in the sale and distribution of automotive parts for the prestige and performance car sector, supplying tuning products and original equipment replacement parts.


Stateside Skates (Amersham) designs and manufactures action sports products. It has created and owns eight market- leading brands; specialising in roller skates, skateboards, longboards and scooters.


Talacrest 2000 AD (Bracknell) started by acquiring the trade of Talacrest. It specialises in selling the rarest and most valuable classic cars throughout the world, especially Ferraris.


Vocality International (near Guildford) supplies products which improve the quality of communications and unify platforms.


Sustainable Development


Seacourt (Oxford) boasts a range of high- profile national customers. Sustainable development is core to the business as it delivers high-quality printed material with the lightest environmental impact.


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