Lotus 2005 Elise Owner's Handbook Manual page 193

The Queen's Award for Enterprise
The Queen's Award for Enterprise is the highest honour that
can be bestowed upon a British company and is the UK's top
award for business performance. The award is given annually
by Her Majesty The Queen and the winning companies hold it
for five years.
Group Lotus PLC and its staff were awarded The Queen's
Award for Enterprise 2002 for the whole group's outstanding
achievement in international trade. Lotus Cars has sold its
prestigious sports car models into over 30 countries around the
world and Lotus Engineering, which has been investing heavily in
engine and chassis research, is regarded as one of the world's
leading engineering consultancy groups.
The Lotus Elise now proudly displays The Queen's Award
logo on the rear window. This logo symbolises the achieve-
ments of Group Lotus over the last few years culminating in
the company being given the Award in 2002 – the year of The
Queen's Golden Jubilee.
The Queen's Award scheme was introduced in 1966, originally
as The Queen's Award to Industry before becoming known as
The Queen's Award for Enterprise in 1999.
Her Majesty The Queen makes the Awards on the advice of
the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee
that includes representatives of Government, industry and com-
merce, and the trade unions. They are announced on 21 April,
The Queen's personal birthday.
For more information about The Queen's Awards, please see
www.queensawards.org.uk
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