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We spoke to Paul Baker, found of the St Pierre Group and winner of a Queen’s award for International Trade. Paul highlights the importance to strive for such awards and the international recognition that comes along with them. 

You can read our report of the London World Trade Summit here

 

Transcript of interview

“My name's Paul Baker and I'm the founder of the St Pierre Group. We're a winner of the Queen's award for international trade.

It's THE most prestigious award in British business, it's a differentiator, it's uniquely British and what's its done for us is really elevated our standing with all of our partners, whether they are customers or code manufacturing partners and it actually is a great reflection on them as well.

It's very much a shared accolade and that's fantastic when you're working internationally, that people outside of the UK really do respect the Queen's awards which is the Queen! And that translates right around the world.”

 

You can read our report of the London World Trade Summit here