Rachel
Hargrave

Rachel Hargrave helps ambitious business owners and entrepreneurs turn recognition into a strategic business asset. Known for awards strategy and Honours submissions, she works with clients to clarify what they are trying to achieve, then identify the awards, Honours and categories most likely to move them towards that outcome.

Her work goes beyond writing a polished entry. Rachel focuses on the strategy behind recognition: whether a client wants more customers, stronger positioning ahead of a sale, investment to scale, better staff retention, stronger talent attraction or a personal profile that opens doors. She brings clarity before anything is built, then stays involved long after the writing is done.

Rachel has particular expertise in the King’s Awards for Enterprise and UK Honours, including BEMs, MBEs, CBEs and OBEs. She has developed a pathway for clients who are not yet ready for the highest-level awards, mapping the steps needed to get from where they are now to credible, robust recognition. Her reported results include a 98% success rate for first-time entrants to the King’s Award for Enterprise, with 93% of all award entries reaching the finals and 81% going on to win their category.

Rachel is also an author. Her book Enter to Win shares the strategy she uses with clients, supported by a free companion workbook, and it is the first in a wider series. Forthcoming projects explore advanced awards strategy, entrepreneurial stories, female founders and founders inside family businesses. On podcasts, Rachel can speak about building an awards strategy that supports real commercial goals, what credible recognition can do for a business, and why entrepreneurship should not be limited to a narrow stereotype of what a founder looks like.