When the queen came to Abingdon two years ago, it was to visit this large office block on the Abingdon Science Park – the site of Sophos who had won a Queens award to industry that year.

After lunch, the Queen went up to the roof garden to the south-facing staff restaurant which overlooks the wild landscaping of Barton Fields, and where they are digging round a small lake.

Sophos is a company that makes anti-virus and anti-spam software. The company was founded in 1985. It is the sort of company Gordon Brown (our would be prime-minister) wants to see leading the way for British industry.