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International
Championing British business
This year marked the 60 th anniversary of The King’ s Awards for Enterprise which celebrate the achievements of outstanding businesses from across the UK
In this milestone year, the awards were expanded to champion the next generation with the launch of the Young Founder category. This recognises founders aged 18 – 30 who are actively leading their businesses and driving growth and opportunity.
Promoting opportunity
Overall this year, 76 businesses have been recognised for international trade, 52 for innovation, 36 for sustainability and 22 for promoting opportunity( through social mobility). LCCI chief executive Karim Fatehi OBE knows the awards well; his former company – United Corporation – having been recipients on multiple occasions in the international trade category.
Key role
By supporting more people into work, developing new innovations, and exporting the best Britain has to offer around the world, businesses that are honoured play a key role in the UK economy.
Out of the 186 awards, 164 went to SMEs. Of those, 24 are microbusinesses, with 10 employees or less.
www. gov. uk / kings-awards-for-enterprise
Talking Taiwan
Over 400 guests celebrated Taiwan National Day in October just a few days after the UK and Taiwan had launched their new Science, Innovation and Technology Arrangement.
Guests at the event, held at the National Liberal Club in Whitehall, heard from Ambassador Vincent Yao of the Taiwan Representative Office in the UK about the country’ s strong economic performance and its
important relationship with Britain.
www. roc-taiwan. org / uk