BDB wins Queen’s Award for International Trade

Barrett Dixon Bell (BDB) from the UK, the scientific and technical marketing communications specialist, has received a Queen’s Award for International Trade. The Award – the most prestigious business award in the UK – was made in recognition of BDB’s outstanding work helping exporters from around the world grow their businesses.

“As suppliers to pharmaceutical, environmental and food laboratories have looked for export growth, we’ve been able to help them promote their products and services to customers and prospects globally,” says BDB’s managing director Olivia Kehoe. “BDB is a multi-lingual marketing problem-solver and our 20 year reputation has attracted clients – both large and small – from all over Europe, the USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Our campaigns cover as many as 25 countries from our one office in the UK. These multi-market programmes are effective, globally consistent, controlled and highly cost-effective. Scientific and technical export marketing is one of BDB’s key strengths.”

“Exports are immensely valuable to any business, but in this industry, they’re essential,” adds Henry Dixon, BDB’s commercial director. “We’re here to help suppliers of laboratory products and services reach developing international markets, tap into changing consumer trends and grow their share of global trade.”

Olivia Kehoe sums up: “BDB’s unique mix of language, science and marketing skills is at the heart of what we offer. Winning the Queen’s Award is a testament to the hard work of our talented team in delivering amazing results for our clients, wherever they might be based.”

Despite the economic challenges facing industry in recent years, BDB reported record results in 2010 and has continued to widen its client portfolio. BDB’s core expertise is in planning and executing multi-lingual advertising, PR, digital marketing, exhibitions and sales support – in short, ‘total communications’ – via a team of highly trained, multi-lingual marketing professionals. Exports have averaged more than 60 per cent of BDB’s turnover since 2003, earned as a result of its contribution to the performance of trade, technical and scientific companies operating in the food and drink, engineering, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors.