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Is It “Right” To Use A Service Like Us?
This is the most common piece of negative feedback we receive about what we do. There is a vague air of corruption about it, memories of "Cash For Honours". Surely if somebody really deserves an...
Can Women Be Knighted?
The UK Royal Honours system is a longstanding tradition that recognises the achievements and contributions of citizens across the country. Amongst the various honours awarded, one of the most...
What are the Benefits of Winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise?
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are a prestigious set of awards given annually to UK-based businesses that demonstrate exceptional achievement in areas such as innovation, international trade, and...
Celebrating The Brightest Entrepreneurs Across The World: The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Entrepreneurship is the backbone of a thriving economy and there is no denying the importance that it plays in our future prosperity. Entrepreneurs identify...
The Future Of Queen’s Honours – Will They Continue?
We are deeply saddened to hear of the Queen's passing. Our hearts go out to the Royal Family and the rest of the nation as we all try to process this tremendous loss. Her decades of stalwart...
Picking The Right Award For Your Business
Award ceremonies exist for almost every profession across all sectors and quite rightly so, talented individuals deserve the opportunity to be promoted for their professionalism and ingenuity....
How Long Does It Take To Get An Order Of Australia?
The process of awarding Orders of Australia has come under scrutiny in recent years, after a series of contentious appointments sparked elements of backlash in Australia. However, Bayleaf Honours...
How Do You Become A Sir In New Zealand
You may or may not know that prior to 1996, New Zealanders received appointments to various British orders, such as the Order of the Bath, the Order of St Michael, the Order of the Companions of...
How To Nominate Someone For An MBE
When our customers commission Bayleaf Honours to act on their behalf, regarding an MBE nomination, we use our years of expertise right from the start. We understand the uniqueness of every...
The Top 10 UK Business Awards
Winning a UK business award is a prestigious event not just for your business but for everyone concerned with that business - the board, the managers, and the staff. It extends even further to your...
The Top 10 Leadership Awards
Business has never faced tougher challenges than we are experiencing here in the UK at present. Recovering from the worldwide COVID pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, soaring energy costs,...
Understanding The Differences Between A Lord & A Sir
The British Honours Order is a noble establishment dating back centuries and it can be confusing to understand when you first start to learn about it. One of the most common questions we get asked...
What Is The History Of The Queen’s Honours?
The Honours system of the United Kingdom has a long history dating all the way back to 1066. In 1917, King George V introduced a new honours system called The Order of the British Empire. This was...
What Are The 6 Orders Of The British Empire?
Understanding the intricacies of Knighthood and the Orders of The British Empire is complex and can become a minefield when you start researching what a Knighthood is and how to become a Knight. The...
2022 Birthday Honours – A Year Of Progress?
The prestigious birthday honours list features a variety of incredible people who have been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II during the year. The list is there to celebrate these individuals who have...
What Is A Queen’s Honour And Other Honours Questions
What is a Queen's Honour? A Queen's Honour is an award for individuals and businesses who have made an impact in their communities, the country and/or the world. They are given to people or groups...
How To Get Knighted
The United Kingdom recognizes its citizens with honours, including knighthoods and damehoods from the Order of the Garter. The country also awards knighthoods to foreigners to recognise a positive...
Our Position On House Of Lords Nominations
We are today announcing that, as of today, we are officially pausing our support for House of Lords nominations. In recent years, the number of Crossbench appointments in the Upper House has been...
Female Representation In The 2021 Queen’s Honours
The 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours list was full of covid heroes and a more diverse group of individuals than ever before. At a nearly 50/50 split of male and female honourees, it's making headlines...
Our Commitment To Privacy And Discretion
There are certain policies and processes which we follow to ensure that our clients information is treated with the appropriate care and that our relationship is maintained with an appropriate level...
Diversity In The 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List – Is It Enough?
When the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours List came out we were delighted to see how many COVID unsung heroes were awarded. We even compiled a huge list of all the famous faces getting a knighthood and...
UK Firm Offers Free Support To Boost Recognition Of LGBTQ Activists
Bayleaf Honours, an agency that supports public nominations for Queen's Honours through professionally researched and written applications, is celebrating Pride Month by offering free guidance to...
Famous Faces Of The 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Over the next few weeks, we'll be analysing and running deep dives into the 2021 Queen's Honours list. You may have heard by now that it's the most diverse list to date with better minority...
What Bayleaf Honours Award Writing Service Is Not
We have helped hundreds of people prepare effective and detailed nominations for a Queen's Honour. It's a famously detailed process requiring specific substantiation and writing which is effective...
House Of Lords Application:
Should I Apply For A Peerage?
Learning how to join the House of Lords was once an impossibility for the average person. For hundreds of years, the peerage was largely hereditary or restricted to clergy. But now there are several...
How We Can Help Non-UK Residents Win A Queen’s Honour
You may think that honours are restricted to British citizens only. But you couldn't be further from the truth. There's no requirement for nominees to be resident or a citizen of the United Kingdom...
What Makes Our Approach Different To Our Competitors
Not surprisingly, we're not the only providers of award writing services in the UK. There are other companies offering submission writing for Queen's Honours and other awards. However, we like to...
What We Look For When Assessing Honours Eligibility
At Bayleaf Honours, we're experts at honours. So, if you're considering a nomination for yourself or someone else, it might be helpful to know what we look for. As part of our onboarding process, we...
How To Write Great Support Letters
You've pushed through the awkwardness of asking the various friends, colleagues and acquaintances you know for an honours support letter. People are busy, and asking them to write a support letter...
What An Honour Can Do For You
For many, the idea of being awarded an honour is a far-flung fantasy. Many don't realise the nomination process is open to anyone and believe that only the aristocracy or famous are considered. But...
5 Reasons To Use An Honours Writing Service
You may have just learned about honours writing services and that's how you've stumbled onto this article. Perhaps you're thinking of someone you'd like to nominate or you're unclear what an honours...
Let’s Talk About Success Rates
OK, so we have talked about success rates before but understandably, the question keeps coming up from prospective clients - especially after they have talked to our competitors who use that number...
Why Small Business Owners Should Invest In Awards
Money will be tight in those early days, but if you invest early and attempt to do something worthy of a business awards, the returns could pay off quickly. Life as a small business owner can be...
How A Business Award Can Supercharge Your Organic Marketing
Organic marketing is the holy grail of advertising and winning an award can be the best way to help you win it. As the US inches towards their election both sides are pouring billions of dollars...
How To Turn Your Business Award Into Marketing Gold
Winning an award can be a great moment, but how much of an impact it has will be down to you and your marketing team. Winning a business award can add 50% or more to your bottom line. So, says one...
Get Ready For The Great British Entrepreneur Awards
The finalists of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards give us a glimpse at what it takes to become an award-winning entrepreneur. September sees the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Held...
How To Build An Award-Winning Culture
How To Create An Award-Winning Culture Some people and businesses seem to be a magnet for awards, but what’s the winning formula and how can you build that into your team? In life, sport and...
How Does Our Process Work? The Nuts & Bolts
Potential clients are often uncertain about our process and the order in which we do things. Well, it's no secret - here are the steps The Planning Phase After placing the order, you will receive...
“Why Did THEY Win An Honour?”
The Hidden Depths
When the Queen's Honours lists are announced, it can be easy to criticise the selection. In some cases, it's because the public feel that the recipient has done more harm than good - as can be the...
Why We Don’t Publish Our Success Rates
Some of our competitors trade very heavily on their average success rate. Perhaps because of this it's a question we are asked by potential clients time and again. But we don't think it's ethical to...
Our Response To The Daily Mail Article (11 July 2020)
Regarding the Daily Mail piece today featuring our work*, we have a couple of comments. Firstly, we were delighted that they didn't grossly misrepresent the conversation we had with their undercover...
How Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Win Queen’s Honours
"Awarded for Services to Business" - many entrepreneurs who read the Honours lists twice a year and see other business leaders who received an MBE, OBE or other Queen's Honours with that citation...
Move Beyond Empire – Updating The British Honours System
Our clear position on the names of the UK Honours is that recipients should start to be offered a choice to break the link with the Empire. We are launching a petition to send to the Government to...
Nominations For Coronavirus-Related Work
The Government announced a separate process for honours and recognition for coronavirus and Covid19 for people that have made an exceptional contribution during the pandemic crisis. Details are...
What Do The Government Look For In A Queen’s Honours Nomination?
The changing priorities of the Queen's Honours system From increased community recognition to improved social mobility, just how much have the Queen's Honours priorities changed over the years? The...
Is Lack Of Diversity In The Queen’s Honours A Matter That Goes Beyond The Awards Process?
The announcement of the Queen's Honours recipients always sparks controversy and debate. You could argue that this is because we are a country divided by politics and Brexit. Or perhaps it's because...
MBE Nomination Advice – The Nuts & Bolts
Or - what do I need to know about the MBE nomination process, in plain language - our best nomination advice. (The same things apply to all the awards - OBE, CBE, Knighthood etc. although the House...
FAQ – How Do You Write An Effective Honours Nomination
Anybody can write an MBE nomination form to receive an honour, (or OBE, CBE or even a Knighthood) and the Government helpfully has some advice about how best to write the application on the Honours...
The Changing Honours System
In an interview with Royal Central, our CEO Mike McKie was asked to discuss the Queen's Honours system and the nomination process - specifically how it has changed in recent years, and whether this...