The inward investment agency for Derby is among a dozen firms and organisations from across the East Midlands to have been named as winners of prestigious Queen’s Awards.
Marketing Derby, a public/private sector partnership that promotes the city as a place to invest, has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Innovation.
The organisation’s activities are supported by an army of bondholders – companies who make a financial contribution in exchange for a range of marketing materials and access to exclusive events.
Over the years, Marketing Derby has been successful in attracting many millions of pounds worth of investment and new jobs to the city.
Celebrating the 海角视频’s small and medium sized businesses, the awards are regarded as the most prestigious business awards in the country, with winning businesses able to use the esteemed Queen’s Awards emblem for the next five years.
This year, there are Queen’s Award winners across the East Midlands region.
Other winners of the Queen’s Award for Innovation were Commify 海角视频, which trades as Esendex. The company, based in Nottingham, has been recognised for coming up with an effective mechanism for collecting small value debt economically, while treating customers fairly.
Another Nottingham firm, Embroidery Design Solutions, has been recognised for its innovation after developing new textile treatments.
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And Leicester’s Essential Equipment Consortium (EEC), based in Optimus Way, has been recognised with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for its innovative and accurate, fuelling machines, which incorporate unique programming and safety features never seen before in motor sport.
As well as recognising innovation, the Queen’s Awards also recognise export performance.
Among the East Midlands recipients of the Queen’s award for International Trade was Baltex, a specialist knitted fabrics manufacturer, based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
In Nottinghamshire, research organisation XenoGesis, based in Nottingham, also received the International Trade Award, while Northamptonshire-based Bambino Mio was recognised for its export performance.
The firm makes reusable nappies, providing parents around the world with environmentally friendly change-time essentials for baby.
And two Lincolnshire firms, Valour Consultancy, at Grantham, and Eminox, at Gainsborough, both received International Trade awards.
Valour specialises in custom and syndicated market research reports, white papers, surveys, databases and consulting services.
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Eminox designs and manufactures emissions-reduction solutions for heavy-duty vehicles and equipment which improve air quality.
The awards also recognise sustainable development. There were two East Midlands winners of this award: Blue Skies Holdings, in Northampton, and women’s fashion make David Nieper, based in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Finally, Northampton-based Goodwill Solutions CIC, which helps disadvantaged people into work, was one of a handful of winners 海角视频-wide of the Queen’s Award for Promoting Opportunity.