{"id":82844,"date":"2017-07-21T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=531e0e30f07cf850e507fedf8be4cd3c"},"modified":"2017-07-21T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T12:17:43","slug":"news-story-the-queens-awards-for-enterprise-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82844","title":{"rendered":"News story: The Queen\u2019s Awards for Enterprise: apply now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Queen\u2019s Awards for Enterprise recognise the contributions and outstanding achievement of UK businesses in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>innovation<\/li>\n<li>international trade<\/li>\n<li>sustainable development<\/li>\n<li>promoting opportunity through social mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nearly 7,000 companies have been awarded a Queen\u2019s Award since they began in 1966. Previous winners have benefited from worldwide recognition and an increase in commercial value. They\u2019ve also reported greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-awards\">About the awards<\/h2>\n<p>If you win you\u2019ll be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>invited to a Royal reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty The Queen<\/li>\n<li>presented the award at your company by one of The Queen\u2019s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant<\/li>\n<li>able to fly The Queen\u2019s Award flag at your main office and use the emblem on your marketing materials<\/li>\n<li>given a Grant of Appointment and a commemorative crystal bowl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>you must apply before midday on Friday 1 September 2017<\/li>\n<li>most UK businesses (including non-profits) can apply<\/li>\n<li>you must apply online<\/li>\n<li>you may apply for more than one category<\/li>\n<li>the awards are valid for 5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/queens-awards-for-enterprise\">Find out more about this competition<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/queens-awards-for-enterprise\/how-to-apply\">apply online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most innovative UK companies are invited to apply for one of the country\u2019s most prestigious business awards and get global recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}