The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2009

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Award for Lifetime Achievement in Enterprise Promotion upon:

Professor (Arthur) Allan Gibb OBE
Former Director, Small Business Centre, Durham University, Durham

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Award for Achievement in Enterprise Promotion upon the following:

Miss Karen Arnold
Chief Executive, The Enterprise and Skills Company Limited, Wimborne, Dorset

Mr Charles Cracknell
Youth Enterprise and Employment Manager, Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire

Mrs Jacqueline Frost
Enterprise Projects Manager, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire

Mr David Irwin
Partner, Irwin Grayson Associates, Stocksfield, Northumberland

Mr James Murray Wells
Founder and Executive Chairman of Prescription Eyewear Limited (trading as Glasses Direct), London

Mrs Beverley Pold
Business Development/Policy Manager, Chwarae Teg/Fair Play, Cardiff

Professor John Thompson
Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Mrs Angela Wright
Chief Executive, Solent Skill Quest Limited, Southampton, Hampshire

Mrs Charlotte Young
Chair of Board of Trustees, The School for Social Entrepreneurs, London

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her honorary Award for Achievement in Enterprise Promotion upon:

Mr Charles Gerard Ford
Director and Chief Executive of Advantage Northern Ireland Limited, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland