AJ Wells and Sons Limited receives the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade

Last updated:18, September 2024

AJ Wells and Sons Limited has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The company is one of 252 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise.

Announced today (6th May), AJ Wells and Sons Limited has been recognised for its excellence in international trade.

Employs 172 people
Established on the Isle of Wight in 1972, AJ Wells and Sons remains a steadfast family business employing 172 people. Renowned for designing and manufacturing CHARNWOOD clean-burning wood stoves, VLAZE outdoor kitchens and innovative architectural vitreous enamel solutions, the company also famously make much of the signage and cladding for the iconic London Underground.

Operating extensively throughout Europe and trading with South Africa, North America, Japan, and Australia, AJ Wells and Sons are committed to productivity, sustainability, and fostering a supportive workplace environment. These principles serve as the driving force behind the company’s continued success and global reach.

Wells: Company objectives are to Transform Lives and Delight Customers
Hugh Wells, Managing Director said,

“We are delighted to have received a King’s Award which recognises the amazing efforts of everyone in the team here at AJ Wells and Sons.

“We have faced many challenges and uncertainties over the last few years and as we highlighted in our application it has been our faith in Jesus which has proved to be our rock.
“Our company objectives are to Transform Lives and Delight Customers, and this prestigious recognition hopefully demonstrates our progress towards these aims.”

About King’s Awards for Enterprise
The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK. The awards were first established in 1965 and since then over 7000 companies have achieved a King’s Award. 2024 marks the second year of The King’s Awards for Enterprise, reflecting His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s by recognising outstanding UK businesses.

The awards celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products or services, delivering impressive social mobility programmes, or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices.

Find out more about AJ Wells and Sons by visiting the website.

News shared by Ced on behalf of AJ Wells. Ed

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Tosh

9, January 2015 12:32 pm

If SCL want this land let them pay the full price for it.This is just time wasting by SCL

retired Hack

9, January 2015 12:48 pm

Who is the vice-chairman of the Scrutiny Committee these days?

Man in Black

Reply to retired Hack

9, January 2015 1:02 pm

Dave Stewart is still vice-chair. A new chair has not been voted on yet. Presumably that will happen at the next full council meeting?

tiki

9, January 2015 12:53 pm

They’ll buy it, leave it undeveloped and flog it in a few years for triple what they paid for it.

Billy Builder

9, January 2015 1:10 pm

So SCL want to acquire the land for some future non-specified non-food retail venture. This sounds to me like a potential out-of-town retail park, that will kill off the surrounding town centres. Just what the IOW needs – town centres with no retail – waste lands like so many town centres on the mainland The Council needs to be very careful, and should resist short term gain… Read more »

Island Monkey

9, January 2015 1:11 pm

Be suspicious.

The council is not a distress seller, it shouldn’t act like one.

Cynic

9, January 2015 1:39 pm

Shades of the “Delegated Decision”, “Preferred Bidder” and “Call-in Disapplied” ploys exercised by the Tory IWC on behalf of their friends peeking out from Dave Stewart’s decision?

As for the £100,000 “savings the council will secure from not having to market or develop the surplus land itself.”, I know somebody who might market it for £10,000! :-))

cers121

9, January 2015 3:34 pm

Forgive me this is not the case but I thought the IWCouncil are having to cut Care for those who need it, to Save Money… How can selling a bit of land £100,000 cheaper than its worth be saving money… Its so obvious this is simply sour grapes by SCL as the ASDA store, quite rightly, didn’t want to play silly games with SCL so they are… Read more »

Reply to cers121

9, January 2015 4:20 pm

They quite frequently dispose of assets for under the market value. A residence in Pyle Street springs to mind.

davimel

9, January 2015 5:33 pm

Oh God.. here we go AGAIN!!! Lets drop any oversight or protection for US residents and flog something off for £100,000 less than our own valuation in the blind hope that it may miraculously generate said £100,000 by being left untouched for five years before the new owner flogs it for at least £100,000 MORE than they paid and then the council will wring their hands in… Read more »

10, January 2015 5:14 pm

I have just come across the following paragraph on the agenda for the 13/1 meeting of the IWC Executive. There is no suggestion that it is in any way linked to the urgency being displayed (disapplying of call-in etc) in the consideration of South Coast Leisure’s lease option request; nor to the discount on market value being suggested. “The council will receive a substantial capital receipt once… Read more »

10, January 2015 6:40 pm

PS: Having re-read the paper for the emergency meeting, especially para 42, I revise my opinion about there being no link.
Can of worms.

Rob

12, January 2015 12:04 pm

If the council does accept SCL’s offer, when next years council tax bill arrives I will make the council a OFFER ALSO. And what to hear from them, but I bet I will get a different answer than SCL.

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AJ Wells and Sons Limited receives the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade

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