The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the highest honour that can be
bestowed upon a British company and is the UK’s top award for business
performance. The award is given annually by Her Majesty the Queen and
the winning companies hold it for five years.
Albourne was honoured with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2006 for the company’s outstanding achievement for advice to investors in hedge funds.
The Queen’s Award scheme was introduced in 1966, originally as The Queen’s Award to Industry before becoming known as The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 1999. Her Majesty The Queen makes the awards on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an advisory committee that includes representatives of government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions. They are announced on 21st April, The Queen’s personal birthday.
For more information about The Queen’s Awards, please see www.queensawards.org.uk.