A bookseller that works in more than 175 countries is among the dozens of firms from London and the South East to be honoured with Queen's Awards for Enterprise .
Some 232 businesses from across the UK have today been named as winners of Queen's Awards, which honour excellence in business.
There are four categories - International Trade (141 winners), Innovation (51), Sustainable Development (31) and Promoting Opportunity (9).
In Greater London, 37 firms won awards - 26 for International Trade, three for Innovation, six for Sustainable Development and two for Promoting Opportunity.
REVEALED: More than 200 firms win Queen’s Awards for Enterprise
Winners in the International Trade category range from defence giant Leonardo UK to baby and clothing manufacturer Baby Mori.
In the South East, 30 firms won awards - 16 for International Trade, five for Innovation, six for Sustainable Development and three for Promoting Opportunity.
This year's success stories include double winner World of Books, an online book retailer with a focus on technology and sustainability.
The company , based in Goring By Sea, West Sussex, sells 12m used books a year to customers in more than 175 countries. It also supports 4,400 UK charity shops through its purchase of surplus stock, and donates books to literacy programmes.
World of Books was awarded for both International Trade and Sustainable Development. It previously won a Queen's Award for International Trade in 2017.
Small Business Minister Paul Scully said: “This country is renowned for its entrepreneurial achievements and there is no greater showcase for it than The Queen’s Awards. It’s vital we celebrate the success of our businesses and recognise the contributions they make to communities across the country."
Here are this year's Queen's Award winners from London and the South East:
Innovation - London
Autoflame Engineering Limited, Biggin Hill
Disguise Technologies Ltd, London
Leonardo UK Ltd, Electronics Division, Radar and Advanced Targeting Line of Business - London
International Trade - London
Alcatel Submarine Networks UK Ltd
Amaia Clothing Ltd
Baby Mori Limited
B&H Worldwide (Holdings) Ltd
Blackbird plc
Bluewater Bio Ltd
Branding Science Group Ltd
BullionVault (Galmarley Ltd t/a BullionVault)
Coltraco Limited, trading as Coltraco Ultrasonics
European Medical Group LTD trading as European Medical Journal
Fry-IT Limited
FSM LLP t/a Fresh Marketing
House of Hackney LTD
Inbeeo Ltd
iQualify UK
John McAslan + Partners Limited
Kimble Applications
Missoma Limited
Nasco (UK) Ltd
Samarkand Group plc/ Samarkand Global Limited
Sybarite UK Limited
V&H Limited trading as Little Moons
Wanis Limited
Ware Motorama Ltd T/A Silverhook
Wrapology International Ltd
XRail Group Limited
Promoting Opportunity - London
Be Onsite Limited
upReach Charitable Company
Sustainable Development - London
Action Sustainability (trading) ltd, trading as Supply Chain Sustainability School
ARC Power Ltd
Birdsong London
Delphis Eco Ltd
Feed Factors Limited
Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
Innovation - South East
Dawsongroup plc, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
DSNM Ltd, Winchester, Hampshire
Solid State Logic UK Limited T/As Solid State Logic, Oxford
Manta Hair Limited, trading as “Manta” and “Manta Hair”, Thames Ditton, Surrey
J W European Ltd, Bosham, West Sussex
International Trade - South East
CT2 Holdings Ltd t/a TOWER Cold Chain Solutions, Theale, Berkshire
Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
G&L Scientific Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Medical Research Network Ltd, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
M&M Supplies (UK) PLC, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Rafine Ltd (trading as Turville Valley Wines), Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
Hummingbird Sensing Technology, Crowborough, East Sussex
Auto Integrate Ltd, Portsmouth, Hampshire
MRT Castings Ltd, Andover, Hampshire
Retail & Financial Services Limited, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Sychem Ltd, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire
Proper Music Distribution Ltd, Dartford, Kent
Totally Natural Solutions Ltd, Paddock Wood, Kent
Spiritmen Ltd T/A Silent Pool Distillers, Albury, Surrey
Stanhope-Seta Limited, Chertsey, Surrey
World of Books Group, Goring by Sea, West Sussex
Promoting Opportunity - South East
Genius Within CIC, Plumpton Racecourse, East Sussex
Cook Trading Limited, Sittingbourne, Kent
Building Heroes Education Foundation, Crawley, West Sussex
Sustainable Development - South East
Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, Hampshire
The Southern Co-operative Limited, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Eako Limited, trading as Elvis & Kresse, Ospringe, Kent
Wirth Research Limited, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Wates Group Limited, Leatherhead, Surrey
World of Books Group, Goring by Sea, West Sussex
