In May 2024 co-founders of Millbrook Dairy, Kevin Beer and David Evans, announced that Millbrook Dairy had been honoured with the UK’s highest business accolade, The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2024. Millbrook Dairy won the King’s Awards for International Trade for its outstanding short-term growth in overseas sales over 3 years.

The Awards recognised Millbrook Dairy’s exceptional performance in collaborating with partners around the world to buy and sell dairy products. They specialise in procuring and selling bulk and packaged cheese and butter across international markets with its main source of dairy products stemming from the UK and Ireland. At the heart of this recognition lies the fact that overseas sales have grown over three years by 109%. The company now operates across Europe, The Middle East, North America, and Asia-Pacific. As a start up that was established in 2019, all current markets were entered in the last three years and Millbrook Dairy is now the UK’s fastest-growing trader and exporter of bulk cheese into world markets. Additional to its bulk cheese and butter business, Millbrook Dairy has developed its own premium brand, 1057 Extra Mature Scottish Cheddar, which is sold in USA, Canada, and Australia.

In December 2024 Millbrook Dairy was presented with the prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise in International Trade, by David Fursdon, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon. During the occasion, David Fursdon, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon was full of praise for Millbrook Dairy for achieving its first Royal honour:

“We are delighted that Millbrook Dairy has been recognised with the UK’s highest business accolade. Against the backdrop of global economic uncertainty – due to inflation, international conflicts and various supply chain disruptions – Millbrook Dairy has shown that it remains possible to thrive globally and that demand for British exports is high. In this challenging period, it’s right that we celebrate Millbrook Dairy and showcase its achievements to the wider business community to encourage and inspire more firms – particularly SMEs – to look at trade again for growth. To present this award today to a Devon-based business has been a privilege.”

Kevin Beer and David Evans, said that the extraordinary teamwork, deep-rooted relationships, and values that are shared across the whole team within the business have been a major contributor to its success:

“We are proud and humbled to have been presented with The King’s Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2024 by David Fursdon, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon. When we started on our journey in 2019, we never thought the business would grow in the way it has and especially during the turbulent trading periods that have been in place.  For us, winning a King’s Awards for Enterprise and being recognised by the highest business awards in the land is a remarkable achievement and a very big honour. We have put together a video of our journey to our King’s Awards which we hope you enjoy.”