King’s Awards 2024: Learn how to make the most of your application

Apply for the King’s Awards - Learn how to make the most of your application

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for businesses, recognising and celebrating excellence across the UK. The recipients of the awards demonstrate outstanding success in their respective fields of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity (through social mobility).

His Majesty The King personally approves the Awards and recipients often state that their achievement has opened new doors for them in terms of securing new contracts, venturing into new markets, and further developing their business.

Join us for one of the two virtual workshops as we explore how to navigate the application process and make the most out of it. Ask questions and get started with your application.

Agenda:

1. Welcome from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Northern Powerhouse team
2. What is the King’s Award and How to apply – Doug Mahoney, King's Award Assessor
3. Northern Powerhouse Export Champion and King's Award Recipient 
4. Q&A

The awards are valid for five years.

Organisations that got an award have reported benefiting from:

• worldwide recognition
• increased commercial value
• greater press coverage
• a boost to staff morale

About the Speaker:

Doug joined the Board of Trade in 1969 and qualified as a Documents Clerk with London Chamber of Commerce. He spent the early years of his career advising companies on overseas tariffs, duties, taxes, licences, none tariff barriers and documentation requirements. He was part of the team that developed and delivered the first ever electronic export advice service for companies, the Export Intelligence Service ( EIS). Later he worked as a trade negotiator for DTI and in Brussels working with the EU on the development and delivery of Directives affecting business and this was followed by postings in the Commercial Sections of British Embassies in Europe and the Far East promoting British Exports. He returned to DTI to work on major overseas projects and the associated export finance packages including two secondments to the private sector to work on Export Credits and the project management of major power projects. This was followed by a move to the West Midlands where Doug headed teams working on Inward Investment Promotion, Ministerial and VIP visits and briefing and economic reporting before returning to export promotion work. On the formation of UKTI he was appointed Regional Director for the West Midlands and in 2011 was awarded an OBE for services to international business. Before his retirement from the Civil service in 2013 Doug’s final job was acting as UKTI national Director for all the English Regions. After retirement Doug worked as a consultant on international trade and he worked closely with UKTINW on establishing a programme of international trade events and international buyers visits for the International Festival of Business in 2014/16/18. He has worked on promoting Queens Awards since their inception and more recently has worked as part of a team of consultants supporting the Queens Award Office in the QA delivery process.