Best Shop Front Both Interior & Exterior sponsored by Av Direct.
This award recognises excellence in exterior and interior premises in terms of visual impact for customers. Window displays, floral displays, cleanliness, and overall appearance will be taken into consideration (Mystery Shopped). Sponsored by AV Direct.

This award is open to all relevant businesses in these sectors who have demonstrated strategic growth, innovative entrepreneurship, and sustainability with a strong focus on excellent customer care and satisfaction (Mystery Shopped). Sponsored by L’Oreal.

Open to all Licensed Premises that offer exceptional ambience, service along with cleanliness, hygiene, exterior and interior décor (Mystery Shopped). Sponsored by Diageo.

Entrants must be able to demonstrate how they support local producers, provide excellent and consistent customer service, provide innovative offerings in the food and beverage market, and display excellent levels of housekeeping (Mystery Shopped). Sponsored by Dundalk Stadium.

Open to all businesses operating in the Tourism Sector including visitor attractions, activity based or guided experience, museums, historic houses, garden exhibition centres, hotels, conference and banqueting venues. Judges will look for commitment to excellence across all areas of the business (Mystery Shopped). Sponsored by Value Centre Cash & Carry.

This award is open to community and charitable groups who dedicate their efforts for better communities and wellbeing of others. Sponsored by Dundalk Credit Union.

This award will be open to any company that has engaged in staff training programmes over the previous 12 months. The award demonstrates a commitment to upskilling of staff in personnel enhancement. This award recognises a company that invests in its people and the importance of human potential in its future growth. Sponsored by Dundalk Skillnet.

This award seeks to find those businesses which provide an excellent, supportive, inclusive, secure, and nurturing environment for their employees. Entrants will be asked to explain their HR policies and the benefits, support structure and other incentives that they provide for their key asset, their employees. Sponsored by Oriel Hub.

The award celebrates innovative ideas, processes, products, services, technologies, and applications that have the greatest impact on a company’s success and the county’s reputation as an innovative place. This award will recognise a business that has most successfully applied innovation to their own business and can demonstrate how they have improved business results and financial performance through innovation. Sponsored by Regional Development Centre at DkIT.

The award recognises excellence in customer service, product knowledge and commitment to developing sustainable business practices across the full range of activities. Nominees will come from professions such as estate agents, architects, insurance companies, travel agents, solicitors, dental and medical providers, accountants, banks, and financial advisers. Sponsored by Permanent TSB.

Open to all family owned and run businesses across all sectors who are at least second generation that have successfully blended strong business acumen and family engagement. Sponsored by Prometric.

Open to all businesses with 1-5 Employees this award aims to acknowledge new & emerging businesses and entrepreneurs who have taken the brave step to start their own business in the past 3 years.  The winner will clearly demonstrate to the judges that they have the potential to grow successful companies which will create employment and maximise opportunities in their marketplace. Sponsored by Local Enterprise Office Louth.

The Outstanding Small Business Award recognizes those businesses employing fewer than 50 staff on a full-time basis, who have made a long-standing contribution to the community. Nominees will be able to demonstrate success in company growth and they will also illustrate their commitment to research and the development of advances in the company’s industry sector. Consideration is also paid to their vision for sustainable growth, innovative and their impact on the wider community. Sponsored by AIB.

This category celebrates and rewards businesses who have over the last year committed to putting in place policies and practices to improve health and wellbeing of their employees. Sponsored by Servisource.

Omnichannel presence, a bespoke online presence that delivers in a range of ways. Website Purpose, Simplicity, Usability, Functional, Optimisation, impact on the business and connection with brand and communication channels. Sponsored by The Carrickdale Hotel.

Has your business embraced all things ‘green’ and made changes that directly impact on the environment, your business, staff, and customers? We want to find out about those businesses who are leading the way with their environmental procedures and decisions. Are you taking a stand on sustainability? Sponsored by Enterprise Ireland.

Open to businesses with 50 plus employees involved in the production of goods for supply and /or sale that can demonstrate excellence and best practice in all aspects of manufacturing including but not limited to the following: innovation, design, quality control, sustainable manufacturing processes, supply chain and logistics management, a commitment to continuous improvement processes etc. Companies will also be successful in exporting and committed to continued growth in their international trade. Sponsored by Bank of Ireland.

Winner will be selected from among the category winners. The company awarded distinguishes itself among the other category winners as being outstanding in its field. The winner will have made a significant contribution to the economic life of Louth through its commitment to responsible business practices in all its endeavours, its innovation, its creativity, and its integrity in dealing with people. Sponsored by Vhi Healthcare.

This is not a category to apply for as picked by Management. This award is given to an individual who has contributed to the business life of Louth and is outstanding in every way. Sponsored by PayPal.