Joy for SME’s at business awards ceremony
By Maurice Garvey
A NUMBER of South Dublin County SME’s picked up accolades at the annual All-Ireland Business Summit and Business Awards ceremony in Croke Park.
Tallaght-based Suzanne Guerin of Broadline recruitment network, was the joint winner of the Inspiring Business Leader of the Year prize at the All-Ireland Business Foundation’s annual event.
Dean Hanley of Linde Material Handling Ireland receiving an All-Ireland Business Award at Croke Park from Mairead McGuinness MEP Vice-President of the European Parliament and Ann Ellis of category sponsors the Mauve Group and Dr Briga Hynes of the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick and co-chair of the judging panel (Pic:Conor McCabe)
Linde Material Handling, a Ballymount-based forklift and warehouse equipment company, won the Large Business Award 2019.
Clondalkin-based waste and recycling company Greyhound were also honoured on the day when they were named winner of the Community Focused Business 2019 award.
Dental Tech Group, based in Terenure, were also honoured on the day with the Health Business Award.
The All-Ireland Business Foundation is responsible for overseeing the All-Ireland Business Summit and All-Ireland Business awards, ongoing All-Star accreditation, Thought Leader awards and promoting peer dialogue among members.
Companies which already hold Business All-Star Accreditation from the All-Ireland Business Foundation compete in the finals of the All-Ireland Business Awards in a range of categories.
All finalists were ‘live-judged’ on the day by an adjudication panel chaired by Dr Briga Hynes of the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick and Kieran Ring, CEO of the Global Institute of Logistics.
This was the fifth annual All-Ireland Business Summit and Business Awards event.
Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness MEP, who presented the awards, said SME’s “make up 99 per cent of Irish businesses and their importance to the Irish economy can never be understated.
“I am very proud of all the businesses here today, their commitment to quality, as evidenced by gaining these coveted All-Ireland Business awards, will ensure Irish SMEs continue to grow.”
