Award Recipients

PROUD WINNERS OF THE KINGS AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY 2024. Nuneaton Signs are a Social Enterprise, employing 73 people. 71% have a disability and 20% have a learning disability.

Nuneaton Signs was founded in 2010 in its current form but was originally set up in 1982.

A sign making factory in the Midlands with a difference, Nuneaton Signs defies national figures for employment rates for people with disabilities, 52%, which reach under 5% for those with learning disabilities. Nuneaton Signs supports both adults and young people in their working journeys, focusing on a person’s abilities and supporting them in being able to live their lives to the full.

“Nuneaton Signs, offers the design and manufacture of signage and, in doing so, aims to provide meaningful employment and training for people with disabilities through the manufacture and sale of these products. The impact and value of the work done was clearly demonstrated.

The company serves as an excellent example of how social responsibility can be consistent with running a successful business.” Kings Awards for Enterprise

“We at Nuneaton Signs are extremely honoured to have received the Kings Award for Enterprise in Promoting Opportunity.

This is a fantastic achievement for our company, and we are delighted to be able to use this opportunity to share the important work we do within our community supporting people with disabilities through the manufacture and sale of signs.

One of the core areas of our work recognised in the award is our Supported Intern programme, within which we have been able to offer placements for 13 young people with Special Educational Needs to help them gain employable skills to help them in their journey to the working world.
We hope that this achievement helps to inspire other companies to look at how they recruit and to become a more inclusive employer themselves.

The award is a testament to the hard work of our whole staff and the support they offer one another. “ Chris Wilcox – Managing Director, Nuneaton Signs