(Innovation)

Alfred H Knight is a family-owned business that has been operating on a truly global scale for close to 150 years and continues to grow at a rapid pace.  Being awarded its disruptive innovation in the digital transformation of complex inspection services in Africa’s metals and minerals sector is a significant achievement.

The development of this mobile technology solution, “In Track”, occurred remotely during the Pandemic years.  This meant advancing the digitisation of inspection services and managing the change programme in a sub-Saharan setting without ever visiting the mine because of travel restrictions.

The global collaboration and the expertise involved show this is indeed a ‘real world’ operational story, covering the industrial application of technology by a company that lives and breathes quality.

(International Trade)

JJ Smith & Co (Woodworking Machinery) Ltd is a fourth-generation family business founded by four brothers in 1923 which has been at the forefront of engineering for over 100 years.

The company supplies machinery to a wide variety of businesses, including offsite construction, shed and garden building manufacturers, door, staircase and window specialists, prisons and local colleges.

JJ Smith’s core values of never standing still, looking out for its people, acting with integrity and taking the long-term view are central to everything it does and has kept the company doing the right thing over the past century.

As a small business, it is able to provide customers with a personal service from its sale team through to its highly trained engineers, offering the most technically suitable and cost-effective machining solutions to meet production requirements, as well as providing technical support, servicing and aftercare.

John Mason International Ltd is the UK’s leading international moving company, helping to relocate families, businesses and individuals globally.

Renowned for its meticulous and efficient service, it moves over 10,000 people annually to destinations such as Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, South Africa and the UAE.

Headquartered in Knowsley, with facilities in Hemel Hempstead, John Mason International offers comprehensive moving solutions, including expert packing, secure storage and transportation of household names.

(International Trade)

With over 50 years of expertise, Richardsons delivers top-tier patient support systems and expert advice on mattresses for table manufacturers.

Richardsons’s cutting edge manufacturing techniques ensure quality, rigorous testing guarantees, excellence in conductivity, fluid resistance, and aesthetics for its operating table mattresses and other field-specific products.