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Best Managed Company awards: requalifiers

A line-up of previous winners who have qualified for their awards again this year

Deloitte Best Managed Companies 2021: new winners

Twenty-five businesses from around the country have been named Best Managed Companies by Deloitte for the first time this year. All successfully completed an in-depth two-phase application process

How new winner Clonakilty combined investing in innovation and celebrating its roots

Clonakilty Food Company, makers of the famous Blackpudding, used the pandemic as a chance to do research – and is now re-welcoming fans to its visitors’ centre

Judges reveal what sets Ireland’s Best Managed Companies apart from the competition

An esteemed judging panel, led by IDA Ireland chair Frank Ryan, speak about this year’s winners of the Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Awards Programme

Winning companies will go the extra mile to emerge stronger

There has been no tougher test of grit and stamina for Irish firms than the past 18 months of the Covid pandemic. Those who made it in style have every right to feel validated by their recognition in this year’s Best Managed Companies awards

Best Managed Companies: platinum winners

Ten companies from around the country have demonstrated superior performance for seven years running. Their achievement is being recognised this year in the programme’s platinum club category

Phoenix Talent Talks Podcast – Episode 10: Starting & scaling for success: the inside track

Limerick: Software engineering moves out of the lecture hall and gets straight down to business

UL’s new Immersive Software Engineering programme is the result of a collaboration between the university and cutting-edge tech companies to give students experience of real world environments

Limerick: the innovation capital

With a growing population, world-class education, top technologies and a major plan for the docklands, the city is well on the way to achieving the goals of Limerick Twenty Thirty

Limerick: Development blueprint envisages a green future for the region

The Draft Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 seeks to develop the city and county as an environmentally sustainable and carbon neutral economy, becoming a pioneer in sustainable growth

Cork Docklands regeneration plan aims to deliver for state

Urban Regeneration and Development Funding of €353 million is integral to plans for accommodating population of 25,000 and a workforce close to 30,000, the chief executive of Cork Chamber says

Cork: Exciting plans on the horizon

Cork finds itself in the vanguard of innovation with employment among IDA clients increasing by 31 per cent in the past five years – and exciting new developments for its Docklands and Custom House Quay areas in the works

How to work: Contractors earn one and a half times more than employees

A survey by Trinity Business School seeks to shed light on the professional contracting sector and finds six-figure annual income is the norm

Chicken run pays off as Mediacom grows with two new contracts

Media planning agency signs deals with Lidl and free-range chicken brand Sicín Sásta, with total annual billings of €13 million

Making It Work: E-bike firm plugs into power of green revolution

Retailer GreenAer is on track to open three more outlets across Ireland and has struck deals with partners in France and Spain

Making It Work: Yatta’s €1.1m funding win shows good financial planning

The Dublin start-up’s platform allows businesses to help customers manage their finances in an easy, accessible and engaging way

Making It Work: Giant high-tech moving statue is going global

Entrepreneur Paddy Dunning says his ten-storey-tall figures with ‘skin’ of millions of programmable LED pixels will be in 21 locations by the end of the year

Virgin Media aims to engage new audiences with targeted advertising

The broadcaster has made a number of strategic appointments and is employing AdSmart, an advertising platform developed by Sky aimed at ‘new to TV’ advertisers