The countdown is on for Waterford Business Awards

Excitement is building across the city and county as a host of Waterford’s top businesses go head to head at the tenth annual Waterford Business Awards on Friday, November 17^th in the Tower Hotel. 

 Organisers Waterford Chamber have joined forces again with partners WLR and Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber for the gala awards ceremony which will see 10 category winners, a Judges Special Recognition Award, an Entrepreneur of the Year Award and an Overall Waterford Business of the Year Award being presented. 

Speaking about the awards, Waterford Chamber President Niall Harrington said,

The Waterford Business Awards is one of the highlight events on the social calendar in Waterford and over 300 people will join us on the night as we celebrate our vibrant business community. While there can only be one winner in each category, all the shortlisted companies are phenomenal assets to the business community. It has been great to get to know the businesses in more detail over the last couple of weeks through social media and on air on WLR and I look forward to meeting each and every one on November 17^th. 

The shortlisted businesses were nominated by the public and through a self-nomination process. An independent judging panel, chaired by Noel Kelly and including Lena Murphy, Truvium Vet; Martin Freyne; Des Whelan, WLR; Eamonn McEneaney; Deirdre Houlihan, Faithlegg; Jackie Roche, Bausch + Lomb and Jacqui Gaule, Waterford Local Enterprise Office, decided upon the final shortlist and category winners after a rigorous judging analysis of each application.  

Who will win out and take the title of Overall Waterford Business of the Year from the 2022 winner Haleon? Here are the shortlisted businesses: 

Business of the Year (up to 20 employees)

Q1 Scientific 

Fitzgerald’s Menswear 

Professional Beauty 

Business of the Year (up to 100 employees) 

Red Hat 

Cairde Credit Union 

Cantec Group 

Business of the Year (100+ employees) 

Carten Controls 

Radley Engineering 

RelateCare 

Exceptional Customer Experience 

World Wide Wines 

Waterford Credit Union 

Parker Law Solicitors 

Best Retail Experience 

Cass & Co 

The Book Centre 

Ardkeen Quality Food Store 

Excellence in ESG 

Coffee House Lane 

Molloys Butchers Ardkeen 

Local Link Waterford 

Marketing Campaign of the Year 

The Shona Project 

Irwin’s Megastore Expert 

Fitzgerald Power 

New Business of the Year 

Comeragh Pods 

Klearcom.com 

GoChallenge 

The Taste of Waterford Award 

Merry’s Gastro Pub 

The Local 

Faithlegg 

Transformational Change 

Walton Institute 

Murphy Larkin Timber Products 

Visit Waterford Award 

The Majestic Hotel 

West Waterford Festival of Food 

Ardmore Glamping Pods 

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