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Bristol company which helps babies sleep receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise
A Bristol company set up by three fathers has won two prestigious awards.
Rockit, which sells portable sleep aid devices for babies and children, has received two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
The company, which has an office in Flax Bourton, scooped up awards for innovation and international trade.
The Rockit team met the King at Buckingham Palace to receive the awards.
After meeting HRH the King at Buckingham Palace we were delighted to receive our Queen’s Awards for innovation & international trade ?#queensawardsforenterprise #queensaward @tradegovuk_SW #exportchampions @fsb_policy @SmallBizSatUK @designcouncil @e_nation @BBCRB @bristol247 pic.twitter.com/qaJJ8mkIyM
— Rockit (@wearerockit) December 3, 2022
The idea behind the award-winning devices was coined when, Nick Webb, one of the founders of Rockit, noticed that every time his three-month-old’s pushchair stopped moving she would wake up.
He created a prototype which replicated the side-to-side motion of a buggy being pushed and found it worked a treat, and helped his daughter fall back to sleep.
Since developing the product with the other founders, Matt Dyson and Matt Sparrow, the Rockit Rocker and their other innovative devices are sold in more than 40 countries across the world.
Rockit has also created devices which mimic the sound of someone shushing a baby to sleep and a device which replicates the vibrations felt during a car ride. Helping youngsters get much needed shuteye around the globe.
Main photo: Rockit
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