Leading Guaranteed Irish member businesses filled the room at today’s awards ceremony with Anton Savage as MC, to celebrate the best of business in Ireland, both indigenous and multinational, across various sectors and categories.
Building on the success of the inaugural Guaranteed Irish Business Awards in 2022, the sold out 2023 ceremony saw a big increase in finalists with more than 120 member businesses shortlisted across several categories, with 18 counties represented on the day. The categories included Beauty & Fashion; Construction, Engineering & Manufacturing; Craft, Home & Gifting; E-Commerce; Food & Beverage; Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & MedTech; Professional Services; Retail, Tourism & Hospitality; and Technology. There were also a number of Guaranteed Irish Achievement Awards and the Guaranteed Irish Person of the Year Award.
Several of last year’s winners were named winners again at the 2023 ceremony, including Revive Active who reclaimed their award in the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and MedTech category and Elave (Gardiner Family Apothecary) who picked up the Home, Beautify and Lifestyle award in 2022, and followed it up with a Craft, Home & Gifting award in 2023.
Beauty Winner: SEABODY
Irish Fashion Designer Winner: Lil & Izzy
Winner: Briody Bedding Ltd
Home & Lifestyle Winner: Elave Sensitive
Guaranteed Irish Gift Champion: Irish Socksciety
Under 20 Employees Winner: Greyhound Recycling – Skip Sales
100 Plus Employees Winner: SuperValu
Food Academy Award Winner: Kinsale Mead
Food Supplier or Producer Winner: GIY Ireland
Beverage Supplier or Producer Winner: Lough Ree Distillery
Winner: Revive Active
Indigenous Winner: LIA
Multinational Winner: Manguard Plus
Business Support Solutions Winner: ISS Facility Services
Retail Winner: Applegreen
Tourism & Hospitality Winner: Emerald Park
Winner: Nostra Technologies
Brid O’Connell, CEO Guaranteed Irish, said: “Congratulations to all our worthy winners at the second annual Guaranteed Irish Business Awards! We have been overwhelmed with the reception to and interest in the awards this year after the success of the inaugural event in 2022, and were blown away by the number of entries. It is fantastic to be able to celebrate Ireland’s leading businesses who continue to support Irish jobs, community and provenance. We again encourage all Guaranteed Irish Members to keep a close eye on our announcements later in 2023 as we invite applications for the 2024 Guaranteed Irish Business Awards in line with our own 50th Anniversary Celebrations.”
Speaking to the Awards, Patrick Farrell, Director of Retail Banking at Permanent TSB said,
‘Permanent TSB is proud to support the Guaranteed Irish Business Awards for the second year in a row, celebrating the very best in Irish business while recognising the resilience, determination and innovation that has been shown by so many over the last year.
“I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to each of this year’s winners across the 22 award categories. We were honoured to be able to recognise the exceptional contribution to local communities made by Irish business, as well as celebrate the commitment to Irish provenance and local employment during this year’s awards cycle.’