GUY Mucklow, founder of Worcester technology company Postcode Anywhere, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion for his voluntary work in promoting enterprise in Worcestershire and beyond. Mr Mucklow set up the company, which last year moved from Hallow to new headquarters in the Diglis area of the city, more than a decade ago with technical director Jamie Turner and has seen it grow to provide its internet based services to more than 8,000 organisations worldwide.

He said: " It’s a real honour and a privilege to have been selected for a Queen’s Award. I guess that I’m passionate about what I do and I love passing some of that enthusiasm onto others. Passion and interest, in my view, are essential ingredients for a happy and fulfilling life, so if you can find something that you love doing you will be successful. Being rewarded in the process is, for me, is like the cherry on the cake.”

Mr Mucklow has used his experience and contacts to help encourage the younger generation to consider setting up and developing their own businesses, by supporting organisations such as Young Enterprise. More recently he has become involved in Code Club a ‘not-for-profit’ network of volunteer-led after school coding clubs aimed at giving 7 – 11 year olds the chance to learn how to code.

He added: "For children to have a chance of becoming creators not just consumers, of tomorrow’s innovations, it will be critical to expand computer science education that inspires children from an early age. Code Club is an amazing initiative in this respect as it not only helps to solve the digital skills gap which is vital for the future success of the UK economy, it also helps those people that have benefitted from a digital education to share their passion, knowledge and skills with others.”

As part of its activities in the community, Postcode Anywhere also regularly hosts events in its offices to show local school children what life working in a technology company is like. Schools such as The Chase, Malvern, Tudor Grange Academy and more recently New College, Worcester have benefitted from Mr Mucklow's support and enthusiasm for business. He has also helped to influence local and national business leaders to encourage disadvantaged young people to be given a chance, as with the right support, guidance and nurturing they too have the potential to become tomorrow’s successful entrepreneurs.

He is also a member of the Information Economy Council, which helps to shape the Government’s strategy for the UK digital economy.