The shortlist has been announced for the UK Export Excellence Awards featuring companies throughout the UK.
Grant Collier, spokesman from the organisers Hennik Research and Global Trade Review said ‘it is great to see that there are so many UK exporters continuing to lead the way through export excellence. If there is any chance of meeting the Chancellor’s target of £1 trillion a year by 2020 it has to come from encouraging and recognising exemplars like those that have entered the UK Export Excellence Awards’.
The awards categories are; Best First Time Exporter, Supply Chain Excellence, Export Excellence to Sub Saharan Africa, Export Excellence to MENA Region, Export Excellence to Asia Pacific, Export Excellence to Europe, Export Excellence to Americas, Innovation in Exporting, Best use of UK Export Finance.
Shortlisted companies are:
Best First Time Export
• Cornish Sea Salt Co – Cornwall
• Goodordering Ltd – Derbyshire
• Yull Ltd – London
Supply Chain Excellence
• Ham Baker Ltd – Staffordshire
• MNB Precision Ltd – West Midlands
• Gapuma (UK) Ltd – London
• Microlise Ltd – Nottinghamshire
Excellence in Exporting in Sub Saharan Africa
• Aggreko plc – Multinational
• Clarke Energy Ltd – Merseyside
• Gapuma (UK) Ltd – London
• NMS International Ltd – Leicestershire
• Tan Sales Ltd – London
Excellence in Exporting MENA
• Conren Ltd – North Wales and Derbyshire
• Interfloor Ltd – Lancashire
• Nasco (UK) Ltd – Middlesex
• The Deluxe Group Ltd – Northern Ireland
• The Micha Design Co Ltd – Buckinghamshire
• Virtual College Ltd – Yorkshire
Excellence in Exporting in Asia Pacific
• Brandon Medical Co Ltd – Yorkshire
• Ham Baker Ltd – Staffordshire
• Ice Oxford Ltd – Oxfordshire
• Mabey Bridge Ltd – Yorkshire
• Microlise Ltd – Nottinghamshire
Excellence in Exporting Europe
• Croydex Ltd – Hampshire
• Purple Surgical (UK) Ltd – Hertfordshire
• SAMBRO Ltd – Lancashire
• Xtrac Ltd – Berkshire
• Yull Ltd – London
Excellence in Exporting Americas
• Crawford Healthcare Ltd – Cheshire
• Durbin Global plc – Middlesex
• ICC Solutions Ltd – Cheshire
• Ice Oxford – Oxfordshire
• Pharos Architectural Controls Ltd – London
• Xtrac Ltd – Berkshire
Innovation in Export
• Heald Ltd – Yorkshire
• ICC Solutions Ltd – Cheshire
• Interfloor Ltd – Lancashire
• Yull Ltd – London
Best Use of Export Finance
• Micha Design – Buckinghamshire
• NMSI – Leicestershire
• Ham Baker – Staffordshire
• Virtual College – Yorkshire
The shortlist is currently being judged by an expert panel and the winners will be presented with their awards at a glittering gala dinner in the historic St George’s Hall, Liverpool on 15 June, as part of the International Festival for Business (IFB2016). Anyone wishing to attend the awards should contact Grant Collier on 0207 401 6033 or email [email protected]
