Louth Business Awards now accepting 2016 nominations

NOMINATIONS for the Louth Business Awards are now open, with the opportunity for all local companies to hit the spotlight.

The awards are free to enter and it is an excellent opportunity to show case your business and give it the recognition it deserves.

The 2015 Louth Business Awards were a sell out event with over 550 in attendance.

Businesses can be nominated in up to four of sixteen categories including: Best Customer Service Independent Retailer Award, sponsored by The Argus. Best Customer Service Multiple. Best Bar/Pub, Best Eating Establishment, Best Tourist Attraction, Special Communi- ty Group award, Age Friendly Award, Business Growth Award for SME’s.

Also featured is the Best Exporter of the Year award, the Best Customer Service in the Professional Services Sector, Best Training Initiative, Dundalk’s Best High Growth SME, Best use of Internet Technology award along with the Best Marketing Campaign.

There will also be an award for Best Corporate Responsibility and the Best New Business under three years.

There is a special award for ‘Lifetime Contribution to Louth’ so if you know someone who deserves this award put their name forward.

This category is for the unsung heroes, people who have demonstrated social, economic and/or community leadership in Louth over the last year.

To enter just call Brenda or Michelle in the Chamber on Tel: 042 9336343 or email brenda@ dundalk.ie for an application form.

You can also enter on line by visiting www.dundalk.ie/ awards/apply . Closing date is the 5th August 2016 so get your nomination in now.

The awards night will take place on Saturday the 15th October in the Carrickdale Hotel and promises to be one of the highlights in the social calendar in Dundalk.