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DOUBLE QUEEN ' S AWARD WIN FOR BATH DIGITAL TECH AGENCY
Bath-based Storm Consultancy and its life-science spinout CiteAb are celebrating after being presented with a Queen ’ s Award for Enterprise .
The Queen ’ s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business accolades in the country and winners are personally approved by Her Majesty The Queen .
Now in their 56th year , the awards celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products or services , delivering impressive social mobility programmes or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices .
Founded in 2009 by University of Bath graduates Dave Kelly and Adam Pope , Storm Consultancy is a leading South West digital technology agency that works with start-ups , scale-ups and innovative corporations to design , develop and bring their ideas to life on the web . One such success story in which the founding pair have invested is the internationally acclaimed CiteAb , a joint venture between Storm , the University of Bath and Dr . Andrew Chalmers . Launched in 2014 , CiteAb is now a world-leading market data provider for life science suppliers and a tool for researchers to find products that work for their experiments . As well as being highly successful in its own right , CiteAb is estimated to save the Life Science industry well over $ 1bn a year .
Storm is no stranger to winning awards , being recognised over the years for its dedication to innovation , design and culture . Just last year , Storm became the third company and first digital agency in Bath to become B-Corp Certified . Now thanks to the Queen ’ s Award for Enterprise , it is the first digital agency in the UK to hold both B-Corp certification and a Queen ’ s Award .
Dave Kelly , CEO of Storm Consultancy , said ,“ To be recognised as one of the most innovative companies in the UK through the Queen ’ s Award programme is fantastic . It is testimony to the incredible hard work and dedication that our team has put in over the years . We are also indebted to the multitude of entrepreneurial individuals and organisations who have entrusted us to bring their ideas to market and then innovate alongside them as they grow .”
Both Storm Consultancy and CiteAb will now be able to use the esteemed Queen ’ s Award emblem for the next five years . Representatives from both Storm Consultancy and CiteAb have been invited to a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace to celebrate with other winners this summer .
For more info : www . stormconsultancy . co . uk www . citeab . com
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