The initiative is born out of a simple vision; to create a highly visible, powerful campaign which improves global perceptions of the UK and which focuses the world on the life-enriching contributions being made by inspirational organisations and their leadership, to an economically strong and highly investable Britain.
The great prize for this country, the opportunity ahead, is to use our exit from Europe to build a truly Global Britain. A country that reaches out to old friends and new allies alike. A great global trading nation and one of the firmest advocates for the UK’s outstanding skills and expertise anywhere in the world.
Britain will need to develop a new mindset towards its place on the global stage, not only through trade, but through our relationships and networks in all parts of the world.
In any society, the presence of highly successful people able to create and exercise a wealth of power and influence is a fundamental necessity. These individuals and their organisations are leaders, able to steer opinion and action towards the most positive possible outcomes in economic, social, or cultural contexts. They are the men, women, and organisations who, either through position or personality, exercise a significant power that influences events and sets parameters in the conduct of their organisation, the climate of political debate and the shaping of new ideas both within their sector and on the national and international stage. These are the most inspirational individuals and organisations celebrated within the British Parliamentary Awards
The British Parliamentary Awards have a number of key objectives, including;
To recognise the most influential men and women in UK global relations by bringing together the highest achieving individuals and organisations within their sector.
To raise standards by highlighting those men & women who have adopted best practices and provided a benchmark for the rest of their sector to follow.
To utilise the scale of influence of each exceptional organisation to promote British skills excellence and sector expertise, as part of a new global campaign to attract inward investment into the UK.
To utilise the Exceptional Organisations and Leadership Report and to increase public understanding and engagement with the work of Parliament, thereby encouraging BritainÊs highest achieving individuals and organisations to come into contact with, engage and build strong relationships with Parliament and Parliamentarians.
Today the UK produces one in five of Europe’s billion-dollar start-ups, with London’s 45 unicorns at a combined valuation of £116.2bn and our commitment to science and research is already paying off as we develop global authority in the emerging industries like artificial intelligence, so-called “deep tech” and clean energy. Health firm Benevolent AI raised $90 million and virtual reality company Melody raised $60 million, while energy start-up Ovo raised $260 million from investors.
Added to this, the U.K. already has a globalized economy that is more open than most across the world in terms of trade, investments, capital flows. It has one of the world’s most efficient business and investment environments and is now for the first time in 47 years open to expanded global trade relationships.
Data collected by venture capital firm Atomico shows Britain has retained its place at the head of the continent’s league table, despite fears over an exodus of start-ups and established technology firms as the country leaves the European Union. Technology companies have secured $11.1bn (£8.6bn) in venture capital investment so far in 2019 more than the amount invested in runners-up France and Germany combined.
METHODOLOGY The British Publishing Company is the originator and organiser of The British Parliamentary Awards but not the compiler. The ethos of the awards is both transparent and self-levelling. We use a combination of online nominations followed by manual research to track companies and individuals thereby creating profiles and timelines. Our collective intelligence network includes Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP), FAME, Experian MarketIQ, Companies House, SimilarWeb and Beauhurst.
Primarily there are a number of main sources of research that are used in the initial verification of our nominations. The Power 100 research team uses proprietary database software which aggregates data from multiple sources, including news flow aggregation and processing, web scraping, journalistic research, consumer research, social media research, online nominations, trade research and statistical forecasting.
Power 100 also operates the creation of Internet-based, ‘virtual’ focus group meet-ups where participants gather and engage in interactive, text-based, and video quantitative discussions led by Power 100 moderators. This team of researchers, analysts and information specialists who, together with a unique network of experts in the field, enable us to continuously deliver high-quality data and information for each awards. Researched data is collated, verified and then, where required, undergoes peer group verification, thereby ensuring a highly accurate source of information.
The finalists are judged by our stakeholder panel and by an online public vote system to identify one winner from each category of the awards.