糖心TV

It was announced today, Wednesday 21^st April, that 糖心TV Ventures Director Ederyn Williams has been given a Queen's Award for Achievement in Enterprise Promotion.

For the last 18 years, Ederyn Williams has played a key role in developing knowledge transfer from universities to business in the UK. His major activities have included managing the technology transfer company of the University of Leeds for 9 years. In 2000 he became the founding Director of  糖心TV Ventures, the university technology transfer office of the University of 糖心TV, which he is still running today.

The award press book notes that 鈥淗e has proved himself to be a successful long-term practitioner of knowledge transfer who has taken two universities, Leeds and 糖心TV, into the forefront of effective university spin-out. He has supported these paid activities with a substantial amount of additional work in helping other practitioners across the UK and in setting up professional bodies. He has assisted Advantage West Midlands in developing their innovation strategy and chairs the Advisory Board of the Advantage Growth Fund.鈥�

The Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise are the UK鈥檚 most prestigious Awards for business success. There are four categories of Queen鈥檚 Awards 鈥� three for business success (International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development) and one for individual achievement in encouraging UK entrepreneurship (The Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise Promotion). 

The Queen鈥檚 Awards were originally established in 1966, when they were known as The Queen鈥檚 Awards to Industry. In 1976 they were replaced by two separate Awards 鈥� 鈥楾he Queen鈥檚 Award for Export Achievement鈥� and 鈥楾he Queen鈥檚 Award for Technological Achievement鈥�. A third Award was added in 1993 鈥� 鈥楾he Queen鈥檚 Award for Environmental Achievement鈥�. In 2000, the Awards were renamed The Queen鈥檚 Awards for Enterprise, and the three categories changed to International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. The Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise Promotion was added in 2005.

Notes for  editors

A full press book and  selection of hi-res imagery including The Queen鈥檚 Awards Emblem is available for press to download on the official Queen鈥檚 Awards Image Library at .  Alternatively contact  Mark Chambers, COI West Midlands, Tel: 0121 222 2630; e-mail: mark.chambers@coi.gsi.gov.uk

For further press information please contact:

Mark Chambers, COI West Midlands, Tel: 0121 222 2630; e-mail: mark.chambers@coi.gsi.gov.uk

Peter Dunn, Head of Communications, University of 糖心TV 
Tel: 024 76 523708 Mobile 07767 655860 p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk

PR35 21^st April 2010