Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
Bringing country, county and community together
Some things transcend the divisions in everyday life and the Jubilee is certainly an event that will bring people together, to celebrate as a nation Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne and to remind ourselves how much our local communities matter. Acting as something of a bridge between the
Royal Family and our everyday lives, the role of the Lord-Lieutenant feeds into all aspects of life, from promoting the county to supporting businesses and recognising excellence. Helen Nellis has held the post as T e Queen’s
representative in Bedfordshire for the past 11 years, pulling together the threads of a county that she describes as ‘powerful, active and ambitious’, and more than a little diverse. “I was honoured, shortly after I took up this role, to be asked to be a Business Ambassador for
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Bedfordshire, a role that is designed to bring businesses and com- munities together and support enterprise, and it’s clear that diff erent part of this county have diff erent fl avours. T ere’s Luton with its ma- jor airport and large employers like EasyJet and Vauxhall, then you have a more rural centre, with excellent road links, and then there’s the Oxford-Cambridge Arc which has seen lots of innovation, and thriving small businesses in business parks, all supported by Cranfi eld University, the only wholly post graduate university in the UK, and the University of Bedfordshire. “It’s a powerful and ambitious region and one of the aspects of
being a Business Ambassador is to work with businesses to raise our county’s profi le.” Part of that involves encouraging more companies to put them-
selves forward for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. First awarded in 1966, the awards recognise the achievement of fi rms in a range of cat- egories, including International Trade, Sustainability and Innovation, and are much-coveted. As well as major accolade for the recipient organisation, the awards bring multiple benefi ts. T e Lord-Lieutenant explained: “T e Queen’s Awards winners are
the crème de la crème and see immediate rewards. T e recipients go to the palace and meet members of the Royal Family, but while there they also meet with other successful companies from all over the country, which is an excellent networking opportunity. “Most find that having the award also makes it easier to get
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