Prism Media Products has been granted the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade.

The presentation was made on 15 July by Hugh Duberly, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and took place at the company’s headquarters in Stretham. Also present were Jim Paice, MP for South East Cambridgeshire and Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.

‘This Award would not have been possible without the hard work and effort put in by our staff and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them,’ said Sales Director, Graham Boswell. ‘I’m really proud of them all.’

Mr Duberly pointed out that a Queen’s Award is equivalent to an individual receiving an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours: ‘As Her Majesty’s representative, I would like to congratulate Prism Media Products on receiving this Award,’ he said. ‘This company is at the sharp end in terms of electronic engineering and what you do is enormously important to the ongoing success of UK PLC.’

After offering his congratulations, Jim Paice took the opportunity to announce a major order from the BBC for the company’s new Sadie 6 software. ‘While exports are key to helping the country get out of the economic mess it has been in, it is also very satisfying to be able to announce such a major contract for the domestic market,’ he said.

Founded in 1987, Prism Media Products operates in market sectors including broadcast, film, music production, manufacturing and telecommunications. Customers include sound recording professionals, audio engineers in industry, educational establishments, law enforcement, government departments and consumers of high-quality home entertainment products.

The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the highest official UK award for British business. The awards are made on the advice of the Prime Minister and his Advisory Committee, which comprises leading individuals from industry, commerce, trade unions and Government. They are then conferred by HRH Queen Elizabeth II on her official birthday, 21 April.

In order to be considered for a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade, a company must show a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over three consecutive 12-month periods, to a level which is outstanding for the products and services concerned, and for the size of the organisation. Prism Media Products has experienced six years of sustained sales growth and has more than doubled overseas sales, with 66 per cent of its sales now going to customers abroad.

The company’s performance is supported by 120 foreign dealers and its sister company in the US, which is headquartered in New Jersey and recently opened an office in California. Prism Media Products Limited created 10 new UK jobs during the Award period and has since employed a further nine staff in the UK.

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