The recipients of The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2024 will be announced in a special edition of The Gazette on 6 May 2024.

What are The King’s Awards for Enterprise?

The King’s Awards for Enterprise (previously known as the Queen's Award for Enterprise) are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses. Officially announced in a special Gazette supplement every year, the Awards are designed to recognise and encourage outstanding achievements in the fields of:

• innovation
• international trade
• sustainable development
• promoting opportunity (through social mobility)

When were The King’s Awards for Enterprise first introduced?

The King’s Awards scheme was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965 with the first Awards made in 1966 (Gazette issue 43953) under the scheme’s original title, The Queen’s Award to Industry.

In 1975 the scheme became The Queen’s Awards for Export and Technology, with Environmental Achievement added in 1992. However, in 1999 the scheme was again renamed The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise with ‘international trade’, ‘innovation’ and ‘sustainable development’ as the categories. In 2017, a fourth category was introduced, ‘promoting opportunity (through social mobility)’.

In 2023, it was announced that the awards would be renamed The King's Awards for Enterprise following the accession of King Charles III.

Where can I see the recipients of The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2024?

You can see the recipients of The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2024 in a special supplement of The Gazette on 6 May 2024.

You can also see all the previous recipients of Awards since 1966 in a dedicated area of The Gazette, while the official press books from 2012 to 2023, containing details of the recipients of The King’s Awards for Enterprise, are available on the press books page.

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Publication date

11 April 2024