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Royal recognition for East Midlands businesses
Winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise were announced in April, with 15 of the 105 companies recognised hailing from the East Midlands. With entries now open for next year, Business Network talks to two Chamber members among the recipients.
HUUB founder Dean Jackson
Team GB triathlon medal hopes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee in HUUB kit
INNOVATION AWARD WINNER: DEAN JACKSON, OWNER OF HUUB, DERBY
What does your company do? We’re a global leader in the manufacture of triathlon and cycling products, employing 24 people.
What encouraged you to enter the Queen’s Award for Enterprise? For us, there is no higher accolade. We can win stages of races, our partnered athletes collect medals at the Olympics and we can share in their triumph – but the whole team here having its achievements reflected in attaining The Queen's Award truly reflects commitment.
Why do you think you won this award and how has it been received by your team? HUUB takes innovation seriously and as a driver to our survival and market leadership. We are the inventors – the playful, the imaginative and the curious. We won't leave gardens unturned, never mind the stones! I believe the judges will have seen how innovation had driven us, and
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shaped the way we work towards larger goals and aspirations of the business.
How do you plan to use the recognition? We will use the award with the ultimate respect across all our trading channels and aim to leverage the recognition with our customers, for they truly are trading with an innovative company that has been recognised at the highest level. We will also use the Queen's
Award to showcase Derby and the county. We are proud to come from a city of innovators, creators and makers, and there’s no finer way than to share our success with the city which shaped and inspired us.
How does this fit into any future plans the company already had? The Queen's Award has further cemented our belief that innovation can and will drive your business. Looking forward is far more
important than looking back. There are days where you think “let's rest up and have a steady year” but we can’t – we are constantly being chased down by our competitors and this is what drives us. We plan to drive our cycling
branch to become the world’s most respected cycling company.
What would your advice be to any East Midlands businesses
contemplating whether to enter the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in 2022? Pretty simple – “get on with it”. It’s a journey of self-evaluation, self- reflection and gives the chance to focus and understand what really makes your organisation shine. It’s also paramount to take your staff and stakeholders on your journey of success, and bring along the whole team.
WHAT IS A QUEEN’S AWARD?
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise have four categories: innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility. Established in 1965, the awards are judged by senior Whitehall officials and experts from industry, academia and the third sector.
QUEEN’S AWARDS FACTS • 205 winners in 2021, including 15 in the East Midlands • 92% of winners are SMEs • 44 companies have fewer than 10 employees • 5 years – the amount of time businesses can use the Queen’s Award crest in promotional materials
• 73% of winners in the international trade category (2012-2015) directly attributed increased sales to winning a Queen's Award.
• 7,000-plus companies have won a Queen's Award since its inception in 1965
Applications are now open for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2022 and close on 9 September 2021. To apply, visit
www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise/how-to-apply
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