Tullamore Business Awards back for 2022
Tullamore & District Chamber of Commerce has relaunched its Business Awards for 2022, after a two-year break due to the covid 19 pandemic.This year the Chamber in partnership with its new sponsor, Tullamore Credit Union, have been working behind the scenes to bring a new and improved Business Awards to the region.
John Leavy, Chairman of the Chamber's award subcommittee stated: "We are delighted this year to welcome our new event sponsor Tullamore Credit Union on board and look forward to working with Paul, Caroline and the team in the local branch in bringing a new and improved Business Awards.
"Tullamore Credit Union have been supporting the local business community and Tullamore Tidy Towns for many years now and we feel that this new partnership will further enhance the relationship with the business community."
He continued: "During the past year we have reviewed all our awards categories to examine whether they were fully inclusive of all businesses and organisations within the region. With that in mind we have made changes to the format of the awards for 2022 with the introduction of some new categories, Best Community Service and Social Responsibility Award, which is being introduced this year to recognise groups, services or individuals who contributed to their communities during the pandemic, and the re-introduction of the Offaly Tourism Award.
The Tullamore Chamber & Tullamore Credit Union Business awards are open to all businesses and organisations within the region and not just to members of the Tullamore Chamber of Commerce.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore on Saturday, October 22, at 7.30pm
AWARD CATEGORIES
Best Customer Service Individual
This award is open to all employees/managers of public facing businesses who excel in the area of customer service
Best Customer Service Business
This award is in recognition of businesses that consistently excel in providing the best overall customer experience and environment.
Retail Excellence
This award is open to all retail businesses who consistently strive to offer best in class standards of Retail excellence.
Community Achievement
This award is open to community and charitable groups who dedicate their efforts for better communities and wellbeing of others.
Best SME 1-30
This award is open to all commercial businesses who employ no more than 30 people that can demonstrate excellence in business practices.
Best SME 30+
This award is open to all commercial businesses who employ more than 30people that can demonstrate excellence in business practices.
Best Professional Services
This award is open to all companies who offer professional services to the public. This category is open to medical, legal, banking and public services providers.
Emerging New Business
This award is open to all new emerging businesses whose presence further enhances the business environment in Tullamore.
Best Licensed Premises
This business award category is open to all licensed premises including bars, pubs and hotels.
Best Dining Experience
This business award category is open to all Dining premises including bars, pubs and hotels.
Best Multi-National Business
This business award category is open to all Multi-National businesses that can demonstrate excellence in business practices.
Business Person of the Year
This business award category is open to all business persons in the Tullamore and District area. The objective is to award someone for outstanding achievement in business over the past years.
Best Website and Social Media Presence
This award is open to any enterprise that can demonstrate that they have a current and unique web-site enabling them to drive business success while also leveraging all aspects of social media through its design.
Offaly Tourism Award
This category is open to all heritage and cultural attractions, activities, festivals and events in Offaly which can demonstrate excellence in their business practices, business performance and success.
Best Community Service and Social Responsibility Award.
This new award is being introduced this year to recognise groups, services or individuals who contributed to their communities during the pandemic.