CHAMBER NEWS
Congratulations to our region’s winners of Queen’s Awards
Eight companies from across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire – including three Chamber members – have been unveiled as the recipients of the 2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. The annual awards are the
highest accolade that businesses can achieve from HM the Queen. They mark the contribution that SMEs make towards UK trade across four categories – innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility. This year’s winners were:
• W. Ball & Son Ltd (trading as Baltex), of Derbyshire, which won an international trade award after increasing its overseas sales by 56% over the past three years and growing its proportion of exports to 67% of its total sales. • Marketing Derby, the inward investment promotion agency for Derby and Derbyshire, which won an innovation award for its sustainable model that matches private and public funding to support the attraction of jobs and investment. • Flair Flooring Group, of Derbyshire, which won an international trade award after more than doubling its exports over the past three years. • David Nieper, of Derbyshire, which won a sustainable development award for promoting
Chamber members Baltex (above) and Esendex have both won Queen’s Awards
local economic regeneration and reducing environmental impacts. • XenoGesis, from Nottingham, which won an international trade award for its outstanding short- term growth in overseas sales over the past three years. • Embroidery Design Solutions, of Nottingham, which won an innovation award for developing a technical fabric weaving system to create medical implants. • Esendex, from Nottingham, which won an innovation award for its intuitive mobile payments solution. • EEC Performance Systems Ltd, from Leicestershire, which won an innovation award for the fuel delivery system it developed for elite-level motorsports. Scott Knowles, Chief Executive
of East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire), said: “Congratulations to all of the
recipients of this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise across our three counties. “There are some extremely deserving winners this year which have done amazing things in their own sectors over the past 12 months and all deserve this prestigious recognition. “Our special congratulations go
to the Chamber members which are represented this year. They are Baltex, which has achieved significant growth in the export markets in the past 12 months, Esendex, in recognition of its innovative mobile payments
system, and Marketing Derby, which does such vital work in not only putting the city on the map, but also in attracting investment from which the whole region benefits. “The Queen’s Awards is a hallmark of quality for the businesses which have won one, which marks them out from their competition. It’s great to see so many winners from across the East Midlands, and Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire in particular, this year, which highlights the strength of the region’s business community.”
App will deliver all your Business Network news
Now more than ever it is increasingly important for members to have the best possible access to the Chamber’s online services. With a large proportion of May’s edition of Business Network hitting the desks of empty offices, now is the perfect time to download the app. All you need to do is visit your App or
Android Store, download Business Network Magazine, register and get reading your selected edition.
24 business network May 2020 Not only is this the best place to access the
most up-to-date edition, the app also hosts an archive of Business Network magazines, featuring a range of business support articles which can help guide businesses through current challenges.
This latest edition of Business Network can also be accessed via the Chamber’s website at
https://www.emc-dnl.co.uk/business-network- magazine/
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