Elite Associates has been honoured with a 2024 King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Elite is one of only 252 organisations to be recognised nationally with this prestigious award for Enterprise this year.
What is a Kings Award?
The King’s Awards for Enterprise, (formally known as the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise) has been recognising outstanding business excellence in the UK for 58 years and is the most prestigious business award in the country. It recognises business excellence across four different categories – Innovation, International Trade, Promoting Opportunity and Sustainable Development. The nominations are awarded by 8 prominent judges, all of whom are highly respected and successful leaders in their business field.
Why has Elite been awarded a Kings Award?
Elite has won this award due to the tremendous growth of our overseas businesses. Flying the flag for the UK and creating international businesses in the US, APAC, Europe & Middle East markets which have had a huge impact across the luxury industry. Elite Associates is a British company and represents Britain with expert knowledge and reputable relationship building across the global market. Our experience and knowledge has leveraged us into a unique position, from which we support luxury and lifestyle businesses, helping them to expand globally with local knowledge and expertise. Elite work closely with brands, nurturing relationships to develop our regional teams through people talent and business consultation. Our exceptional in house teams are globally renowned for the work that they do in recruitment and talent acquisition within the luxury space.
What does being awarded a King's Award mean to Elite?
Being awarded the highly commended accolade of a King’s Award is of utmost important to us at Elite, as is being recognised for the significant strides we are taking in luxury recruitment internationally and across the UK. It recognises Elite as being leaders in our field and supports our mission statement that “We give people and businesses the opportunity to be outstanding.”
Our CEO, Grant Morris, has been invited to Windsor Castle on the 8th of July where official recognition comes in the form of being presented with the award by a member of the British Royal Family! “Having been through a number of tough times over the recent years, particularly during Covid, makes an award like this even more special. We can only win an award like this due to the people in our business and our amazing partners. Our team are exceptional, and I will be collecting this award on their behalf. Thank you to the King for recognising the work we have done over many years in this niche but special area of industry”.
Are you looking to expand your luxury brand in the UK or overseas, need support in sourcing the best talent or need professional support upcoming training project? If the answer is yes, please contact us via email info@eliteassociates.com and detail your query.
