28th October 2015: The Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards 2015, sponsored by LIT, will be hotly contested by 26 companies across 8 categories, with a new Category this year called the Best Community Award. The winners of the categories, as well as the 2015 Overall Business of the Year and the President’s Award, will be announced at the Limerick Chamber President’s Dinner, on Friday 13th November in the Limerick Strand Hotel.
The awards aim to give businesses a platform to showcase their accomplishments and highlight the business achievements, innovation and excellence in the region.
Announcing the shortlist, Dr. James Ring, Limerick Chamber CEO, said, “Across 8 categories many leading and upcoming companies from the region have shown that they are at the forefront in supporting their customers through innovation, expansion or service performance that has led to a significant increase in business. I am delighted with the number of entries for our Bicentennial year. Congratulations to all who have participated and best of luck to those short-listed.”
Dr. Maria Hinfelaar, President, Limerick Institute of Technology, who are the Main Sponsors of the Awards, said, “The Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards are about highlighting and celebrating business achievements, innovation and excellence in the region. I would like to congratulate those companies who are in contention for an award – that in itself is an achievement given the calibre of entries received. You are joining a long line of very successful companies that have won awards in the past few years, and who have experienced these awards as a fantastic boost to their profile and morale.”
120 entries were submitted across 8 categories.
Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards 2015 Shortlist:
Best Start-up / Emerging Business, sponsored by Limerick Institute of Technology
• Arralis Ltd.
• Key Ingredients
• NVMdurance
Best SME Business, sponsored by Bank of Ireland
• Asystec Ltd
• Design Pro Ltd.
• Kemp Technologies
Best Large Business, sponsored by Holmes O’Malley Sexton Solicitors
• Kirby Group Engineering
• Shannon Group plc
• Vistakon
Best Corporate Social Responsibility Business/Project, sponsored by IDA Ireland
• Cook Medical Europe
• Fitzgeralds Woodlands House Hotel & Spa
• Shannon Group plc
• Vistakon
Best Service Business, sponsored by Action Point Technology Group
• J.J. O’Toole Ltd
• Shannon Group plc
• Specsavers
Best Retail & Hospitality Business, sponsored by BDO
• Absolute Hotel
• Flannerys Bar, Denmark St.
• Hook & Ladder
Best Sport, Art & Culture, sponsored by Northern Trust
• Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum
• Limerick FC
• Thomond Park
• University Concert Hall
Best Community, sponsored by Limerick City & County Council
• Limerick City Build Ltd.
• Tait House Community Enterprise
• The Learning Hub
*Shortlisted applicants are listed in alphabetical order. The order is not indicative of the category winner.
The Awards are judged by a panel of industry experts drawn from the senior management teams of sponsors; Eoghan Sadlier, Head of Business Dept., LIT, Catherine Duffy, General Manager, Northern Trust, John Hartery, Director Of Operations, BDO, Mike Cantwell, Head of Innovate Limerick Ltd., George Kennedy, Senior Associate, Holmes O’Malley Sexton and Kieran Martin, Senior Business Manager, Bank of Ireland. Secretariat was provided by LIT.
About the Awards
Now in its fifth year, the annual Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards celebrate excellence in business across 8 categories. Grassland Agro, Samco Agricultural Manufacturing Ltd, Northern Trust and Cook Medical are past winners of the Overall Business of the Year Award.
Previous winners of the President’s Award include Des O’Malley, Rose Hynes, Paddy O’Sullivan and Denis Brosnan.
The Limerick Chamber President’s Dinner will be held in the Limerick Strand Hotel on the evening of Friday 13th November. The event is the most prestigious business event in the region. Over 440 guests will attend the black tie gala event again this year.
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For further information please contact Maura McMahon, Marketing & Membership Manager, Limerick Chamber, 061 217604 / mmcmahon@limerickchamber.ie
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