The list of finalists for the Sligo Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards 2024 has been announced.
The winners in each of four categories will be revealed at the Sligo Chamber Annual Dinner with keynote speaker Simon Coveney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, on Friday 16th February at the Sligo Park Hotel.
A long list of entries was whittled down to three finalists in four categories.
The finalists for the Skillnet Ireland Regional Excellence Award, sponsored by Sligo Chamber Skillnet, are Plan Energy (Renewable Energy), Sligo Park Hotel (Hospitality) and Ireland West Airport (Aviation). This award was open to any company that engaged in staff training programmes and investment in personnel enhancement over the last 24 months.
Connections Child Psychology (Child Psychology & Counselling), Kirby Care Ltd (Care) and Innovision Media Limited (Technology) are the finalists of the Local Enterprise Office Excellence Award sponsored by LEO Sligo. The focus of this award is to recognise businesses that look set for growth and future employment and who have benefitted from the support of the Local Enterprise Office in Sligo.
The Innovator Excellence Award finalists, sponsored by Atlantic Technological University (ATU), are Eddie Carr & Co (Food Processing Machinery), Taste of Sligo Tours (Food Tourism) and Lawrence Engineering (Engineering). This award was open to any company that has demonstrated a true innovation in process or product or business offering.
And the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Sligo (Hospitality), Rhatigan Architects (Architecture) and BBowes Ltd T/A O'Hehir's Bakery (Food) make up the finalists for the Net Zero Excellence Award, sponsored by AIB. This award is aimed at businesses that have integrated and executed a demonstrable environmental improvement project in the last 24 months.