Pai skincare is awarded top accolade for exports

Pai owner Sarah Brown' is given crystal bowl embellished with the Queen's Award logo, from Dr Bozena Laskiewicz (Deputy Lieutenant).

An Acton skincare firm's been awarded the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise - the UK’s highest accolade for British businesses in April 2016.

Owner Sarah Brown, received the prize from HRH Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace last week.

Sarah, quit her marketing job in 2004 after finding there was nothing available that helped her own ultra-sensitive skin condition. She took matters into her own hands, researched and eventually created a completely new range of nature based products.

The Queen's award was given for the company’s outstanding growth in International Trade. To win in this category, a business must show a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over a three-year period to a level considered outstanding for the products and services concerned, and for the size of the organisation. Since 2013, international trade has grown by 237%.

Sarah says : '' This is the big award to win and it's a hugely satisfying achievement when I think back to those early years of formulating products from my drafty garage in Ealing Broadway! We've come a long way since then but have never deviated from our mission to help sensitive skin sufferers around the globe."

All Pai products are manufactured at the company’s production facility and laboratory in Colville Road. The cult range has garnered praise from beauty editors, Hollywood makeup artists and A-list stars, including Natalie Portman

20th July 2016