QUEEN’S AWARD 2020
Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Winners 2020 “It gives me enormous pleasure at this difficult time to be able to share some good news in congratulating the eight successful winners of The Queens Award for Enterprise. To win any award is wonderful but the Queens Awards are the ultimate accolade and are awarded for outstanding achievement. There were 220 winning companies from the whole of the UK and only 128 winners in the International
Robert Voss CBE CStJ HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
Trade Category and Hertfordshire businesses won 8 of those 128 - a quite outstanding achievement and the best ever result for the county. I am well aware how competitive these awards are with thousands of companies entering annually. As a businessman myself, I am especially proud of what these eight companies have achieved and would add that all are SME’s many with a mere handful of employees.
The Hertfordshire Winners:
Brogan Group Holdings (Welwyn Garden City) Website: www.brogangroup.com Twitter: @BroganGroup Contact: Wayne Smith wsmith@brogangroup.com Buddi Limited (Rickmansworth) Website: www.buddi.uk Contact: Rowena Murray ro@buddi.co.uk Innovative Trials (Letchworth Garden City) Website: www.innovativetrials.co.uk Contact: Suellen Morris suellen.morris@innovativetrials.co.uk Peerless-AV Limited (Watford) Website: www.peerless-av.com Twitter: @PeerlessAVEU Contact: Beky Cann bcann@peerless-av.eu.com
They demonstrate the strength and variety of successful companies in Hertfordshire -The County of Opportunity and surely The County of Entrepreneurship. Despite the current trading conditions, I hope many others will self-nominate for The Queens Awards for Enterprise in 2021 as the nominations are now being accepted and continue this fantastic success that Hertfordshire businesses have enjoyed.”
Prop Store (Rickmansworth) Website: www.propstore.com Twitter: @propstore_com Contact: Felicity Beardshaw felicity@propstore.com QHi Group Ltd (Harpenden) Website: www.qhigroup.com Contact: Daniel Thomas dan.thomas@qhigroup.com SA Designer Parfums Limited (Watford) Website: www.designerparfums.com Instagram: @designerparfums Contact: Krishna Panthula info@shaneel.com Silent Sentinel Limited (Ware) Website: www.silentsentinel.com Twitter: @_silentsentinel Contact: Madeleine Lewis madeliene@silentsentinel.com
Silent Sentinel wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise Surveillance platform manufacturer, Silent Sentinel Ltd, is proud to announce that they have been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Founded in 2002 in Hertfordshire, Silent Sentinel Ltd manufacture camera platforms to meet complex surveillance requirements. Their core business is supplying thermal and visible video cameras into the defence and homeland security sectors around the world. They have grown from strength to strength over the years, moving premises in 2017 to an 18,000ft2 manufacturing plant in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, which is home over 35 members of staff. More recently, in 2020 Silent Sentinel have expanded to open a new assembly facility and office in Dubai, UAE and look to do the same in the USA later this year.
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Since their establishment, they have exported to over 50 countries across six continents. It is due to this high level of export that they received the award for Outstanding Continuous Growth in overseas sales over the last six years. During this time, sales have grown by 2,644% with exporting becoming central to their operations and growth, exports growing year on year from 10% to 83%. “To be recognised for our continuous growth in overseas sales is just fantastic for Silent Sentinel. Exporting has been our strategy for a number of years and it is absolutely critical to what we do, so to be recognised nationally for a prestigious Queen’s Award is an absolute honour and a key
milestone for our future growth.” states Paul Elsey, Managing Director. Announced annually, The Queen’s Awards are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses, recognising outstanding achievement in four categories: innovation, international trade, sustainable development, promoting opportunity through social mobility. Winners can use the emblem for five years after receiving the award. “Winning this award is a huge privilege and a real testament to the fantastic work every member of the team does. We believe this will open us up to a whole new pool of customers, and we can’t wait to
keep expanding our international growth in the years to come” states James Longcroft, Business Development Director. Silent Sentinel will celebrate their award during a royal reception amongst the other Queen’s Awards winners later this year.
