Bill Yaeger with Mrs. Susan Pyper, Lord Lieutenant West Sussex, receiving the award for 2012. The company also went on to win the again for a second time in 2013. Dignitaries representing West Sussex County Council, Crawley Borough Council and local Crawley MP The Rt. Hon. Henry Smith MP attended the 2012 presentation

Walker Filtration, in Washington, Wearside, picked up the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade from Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, Nigel Sherlock OBE. The award was the company's fourth Queen's Award accolade, and was presnted to Lianne Walker MBE, the group general manager.

Tim Ingram receives the Queen’s Awards rose bowl from the Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Major General Martin White CB CBE JP, at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club

RFEL, specialists in electronic signal processing solutions, were presented with the Queen's Award for Innovation by HM Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Major General Martin White CB CBE JP, at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. This was the second time that the company had won the award for Innovation, the first being in 2009. Below, left to right, Dr. Kuhrt (RFEL’s CEO), HM Lord-Lieutenant of the IOW and Eddy Fry (RFEL’s CTO) with the 2009 and 2012 crystal Award bowls

Powertraveller CEO, Jerry Ranger, is presented with the glass rose bowl and warrant by Dame Mary Fagan, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and her Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Alan Titchmarsh.

Cambridge staff celebrate the presentation of the award for International Trade

Bryson Charitable Group became the first Northern Ireland organisation to receive a sustainable development award when Dame Mary Peters, the Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Belfast officially presented the crystal

bowl and scroll at a celebration event held at the MAC arts venue in Belfast.

Geoff Edwards, COO of B&W Group, receives the The Queen’s Awards Rose Bowl from Mrs Susan Pyper, Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex

Boxford Staff celebrate the presentation of the award for International Trade with the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe

Company founder, and inventor, Chris Adey and his wife are presented with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation by Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Dame Janet Trotter, DBE.

Orange Music Electronic Company Ltd (OMEC) was presented with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade by Richard Beazley, the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire at their Borehamwood headquarters and was the third time in six years the company has received this honour.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester presented Wendy Maisey, customer relationship director and co-founder, and Dave Maisey, CEO and co-founder at ICC Solutions with with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in both the International Trade and Innovation categories, at a celebration ceremony attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, the Mayor of Warrington, the Member of Parliament for Warrington South, and a selection of respected UK and international clients

Chairman, Mr Angus Cundey, being presented with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade by HRH the Princess Royal, at 15 Savile Row in January 2013

(L-R): Mayor of Haverhill, Cllr Pat Hanlon; Suffolk County Council Chair, Cllr Jeremy Pembroke; Jan Newton, Company Secretary; The Lord Tolle mache, K.St.J., JP., HM Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk; Mark Newton, Managing Director; Deputy Mayor of St. Edmundsbury, Cllr Spicer; Matthew Hancock MP.

InferMed's CEO Duane Lawrence receives The Queen’s Award from Deputy Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Foakes.

Managing director David Repper is presented with the certificate and commemorative rose bowl by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Dr Ingrid Roscoe

Founder and CEO, Richard Barkey, and the Imparta team celebrate the presentation of The Queen’s Award for International Trade with Sandy Cahill, Deputy Lieutenant of London

Michael Oliver OBE DL accepts The Queen’s Award trophy from HRH Duke of Gloucester at Oliver Valves Ltd, at a presentation also attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Knutsford

The Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Hugh Duberly, CBE presented Jeffy Li and Mark Carberry, representatives of the team at The Møller Centre for Continuing Education, with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade for their executive education programmes.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent presents The Queen’s Award bowl to Tenmat’s managing director Tony Moore. This is the second time TENMAT has been honoured with the Award, having collected the prize in the Innovation category in 2012 (Photo: DRW Photography)

Sam Conniff and and co-founder Michelle Clothier from Brixton-based Livity received their crystal bowl from Rosi Prescott, Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London, for their role in supporting and inspiring young people

The Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe, was joined by Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, Bradford’s Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Mike Gibbons, and Graham Percival, the Deputy International Trade Director at UK Trade and Investment for the presentation of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade to King Cole, at its headquarters in Silsden.