Winners announced at 2013
InBusiness Editor’s Choice Awards
Tuesday, Dec 17th 2013
2013 marked the second successful year of the InBusiness Editor's Choice Awards, which took place on December 17th at the Hibernian Club, St. Stephen's Green, to celebrate success and excellence in Irish business. At this unique event which brought together representatives from a wide variety of businesses, awards were handed out in 22 categories – including Best Tourist Attraction, Best in Financial Services, Exporter of the Year and Company of the Year.
The awards are run in association with Chambers Ireland and winners were chosen by the editorial team of InBusiness on the broad criteria of company growth, profile of business, range of services offered and business to customer relationships. Over the past number of years, InBusiness has reported extensively on the state of business affairs in Ireland, but these awards represented an opportunity to celebrate the success stories in Irish business. InBusiness Editor Joseph O' Connor said: “it’s also been a pleasure to cover the highs – those companies who have thrived in adversity or shown inspirational leadership and innovation when it has been most needed. We are delighted to recognise the men, women and firms who have displayed such qualities with this event.”
Companies awarded on the day included Emirates, for Business Airline of the Year; AIB for Best Financial App for their new My Money Manager; and Ireland's newest health insurance provider GloHealth, for Best Private Health Insurer. Intel Ireland was awarded Manufacturer of the Year for the second year running. 2014 marks Intel's 25th year of operations in Ireland where the company has shown commitment to research, development and innovation as well as to business and employment in Ireland. Big Red Book were also repeat winners for Best Accountancy Software for SMEs.
Businessman of the Year was awarded to Christoph Mueller, CEO of Aer Lingus. Mueller was chosen for his display of commendable business acumen in the face of adversity, guiding his company through a difficult and challenging restructuring process. Mueller accepted the award on behalf of the entire Aer Lingus team. “The workings of an airline are the absolute exemplification of teamwork,” he said. “You cannot achieve anything alone in our business.”
Louise Phelan of PayPal scooped the Businesswoman of Year accolade for guiding her company through one of the most challenging economic periods in Irish history and for securing significant jobs and investment in Ireland. Commenting on her award Phelan said “It's a great honour. It's up to publications like InBusiness to celebrate Businesswoman of the Year; because for every woman that makes it to the top of her game, we get that bit closer to changing the status quo.”
Other winners on the day included eircom, who scooped the coveted Company of the Year award.
Winners on the day were:
Business Airline of the Year
Winner
Emirates
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Best Tourist Attraction
Winner
Waterford Crystal
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Best Private Health Insurer
Winner
GloHealth
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Best Financial App
Winner
AIB
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Executive Car of the Year
Winner
Audi
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Best Accountancy Software for SMEs
Winner
Big Red Book
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Best Business School
Winner
Dublin Business School
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Best Service to SMEs
Winner
Credit Review Office
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Manufacturer of the Year
Winner
Intel
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Best in Financial Services
Winner
Zurich
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Exporter of the Year
Winner
Monaghan Mushrooms
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Best in International Logistics
Winner
DHL Express
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Retail Excellence
Winner
The Loop
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Best Senior Healthcare Specialist
Winner
Home Instead
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Accountancy Firm of the Year
Winner
KPMG
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Best Life Assurance Company
Winner
Friends First
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Best in Pharma
Winner
Boehringer Ingelheim Ireland Ltd
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Best International Marketing Initiative
Winner
Molson Coors
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Best Brand
Winner
An Post
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Businesswoman of the Year
Winner
Louise Phelan
PayPal
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Businessman of the Year
Winner
Christoph Mueller
Air Lingus
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Company of the Year
Winner
eircom
