Businesses get awards from King
FIVE RECEIVE ENTERPRISE HONOUR
SIX businesses have received the King’s Awards for Enterprise
The winners are permitted to fly the King’s Awards for Enterprise flag at their main office and use the emblem in their marketing materials such as on websites and email footers.
Recipients this year have been recognised for achievements in innovation, international trade and sustainable development.
The total of 16 in the East Midlands was eight more than in 2023.
The Leicestershire and Rutland recipients and citations were:
Zeeko Ltd, Coalville (Innovation Award and International Trade Award): innovative process and product range enhancing the established business and offering growth and diversification opportunities;
NMS International Ltd, Market Harborough (International Trade Award): NMS manages complex projects in difficult places;
Learn Well Trading, Oakham (International Trade Award): delivering the best kind of open-ended, child-led, play-based learning, into homes and classrooms worldwide
Winbro Group Technologies Ltd, Coalville (Innovation Award): highperformance, flexible manufacturing system for machining; turbine blades, hydrogen fuel-cells, semiconductor and medical parts
CMS Cepcor Ltd, Coalville (International Trade Award): the leading supplier of aftermarket parts to crushing operations around the world;
Devol Kitchens Ltd, Loughborough (International Trade Award): beautifully made furniture and accessories designed and crafted in Britain.
East Midlands Chamber chief executive Scott Knowles said: “I offer my congratulations to each of them for their outstanding achievement.
“The King’s Awards are the most prestigious accolade in industry and show people all over the world that a business has been stamped with royal recognition.
“This recognition further reinforces the East Midlands as a leading light for innovation, international trade and sustainability.
“We know the importance of new approaches to production, of being inventive, of drawing on the full potential of emerging international markets.
“These winning businesses underline the East Midlands as a resourceful region with inventive thinking at the forefront.”
In addition to the right to fly the King’s Award for Enterprise flag, winners will receive an invitation to a royal reception, and be presented with a crystal trophy and an official certificate to recognise their achievment.