Awards & Recognition
Payara Services Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Payara has been honoured with the most prestigious UK business award: the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Often called the “Knighthood for Businesses”, the Queen’s Award is also renowned worldwide, with Payara’s award particularly recognising our international success.
Established in 1965, the Awards single out and celebrate the most exciting and innovative businesses in the UK, with the International Trade award specifically aiming to celebrate those delivering impressive results on a global scale.
Payara was recognised for the award due to increasing its annual revenue by 107% over the last three years, with export sales more than doubling from 33% to 75% across 9 countries globally.
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber Business Awards
The Chamber Business Awards recognises the best of Herefordshire & Worcestershire. They were created to celebrate the achievements of the local business community.
Finalists in:
- Employer of the year
- Small business of the year
- Health and wellbeing employer of the year
- Exporter of the year
OpenUK Awards First Edition, 2020
OpenUK advocates for Open Technology being open source software, open source hardware and open data, “Open” in and for business communities across the UK. OpenUK’s Purpose is to develop and sustain UK leadership in Open Technology.
Finalists in:
- Open Source Software
The Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards
The 2019 Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards celebrated the most successful apprentices, schools, training providers and apprenticeship employers across 12 awards.
Finalists in:
- Small Apprenticeship Employer of the year
The Family Business Awards 2019
The Midlands Family Business Awards is a charitable initiative that aims to create an ethical, friendly and supportive community for our region’s family businesses.
Finalists in:
- Best Small Family Business
The Tech Leaders & Summit Awards 2019
The Tech leaders awards is the UK’s leading celebration of IT and digital leaders driving disruptive innovation and demonstrating value from the application of technology in large organisations.
Finalists in:
- Open Source Leader of the Year
- Business leader of the Year – Steve Millidge
The Midlands Business Awards
The Midlands Business Awards celebrates the finest business talent the Midlands has to offer. From manufacturers, service providers to universities and young entrepreneurs, we recognise the best business minds in 13 different categories.
Finalists in:
- International Trade/ Exporter of the Year