Baxter Storey and Bluebird get QMark award nominations

TWO Wicklow nominees have been announced for this year’s National Q Mark Awards.

Representing the county this year for the much sought-after National Q Mark Award for Hygiene and Food Safety are BaxterStorey at Servier, Arklow, while Bluebird Care Dublin South East and Wicklow has been nominated in the Quality Management Systems (QMS) category.

The coveted Q Mark is awarded only to companies who achieve the highest standards of quality and excellence. The Q Mark awards celebrate the success of businesses over a range of sectors that review 100% of their processes and procedures 100% of the time so that they continually operate best practice standards.

The award ceremony which will take place on Friday, September 29, will see over 450 people representing 135 companies converge at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road in Dublin 4 to battle it out for 25 prestigious National Q Mark Awards. The master of ceremonies will be Chicago-based keynote speaker, author and business humourist Conor Cunneen; Irishman Speaks.

Speaking at the awards’ launch Irene Collins, Managing Director of EIQA said ‘ To be nominated for The Q Mark Awards is an enormous achievement. Companies who achieve the Q Mark provide their own customers with added confidence in their products and demonstrate that the highest standards of quality and excellence are at the heart of their business’.