Franchise Direct would like to extend warm congrats to this year's impressive winners at the 2016 Irish Franchise Awards.
The Irish Franchise Awards celebrated their twenty-first birthday this year – it’s now one of the longest running business award ceremonies in Ireland. This year’s ceremony took place on Friday, 22nd April, at the Radisson St Helen’s Hotel in Dublin.
The awards recognise excellence in franchising and reward outstanding achievements of businesses and individuals in the franchise industry, reveals the impact of the newest trends and the industries poised for growth.
The judging panel for the 2016 Irish Franchise Awards included Newstalk Business Presenter and former Irish Dragon Bobby Kerr; Orla Nugent, Director Executive MBA, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School; Greg Swift, Head of Enterprise at Dublin Local Enterprise Office; Michael Bradley, former CEO of the Irish Franchise Association and Elaine O’Regan of the Sunday Business Post.
The award categories represent both retail and service industries across twelve categories.
WINNERS OF THE IRISH FRANCHISE AWARDS 2016
Franchisee of the Year (Retail) – sponsored by JBM and Merit Solutions
Winner: Eddie Rockets Charlestown Shopping Centre and Clare Hall
Franchisee of the Year (Service) – sponsored by Skillnet
Winner: Home Instead Senior Care Ballsbridge
Franchising Woman of the Year – sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care
Winner: Mary Dillon Sherry FitzGerald Countrywide
Best Pilot Franchise System – sponsored by Fastway Couriers
Winner: Right at Home
Best Emerging Franchise – sponsored by Snap
Winner: Freshly Chopped
Best Marketing Campaign – sponsored by The Sunday Business Post
Winner: TaxAssist Accountants
Best Franchise System and Business Practice – sponsored by Eddie Rockets
Winner: Snap
Best Indigenous Irish Franchise – sponsored by the Sunday Business Post
Winner: Insomnia Coffee Company Ltd
Best Irish Franchise Trading Internationally
Winner: BCM Business Cost Management Ltd
Outstanding Growth Award – sponsored by the Irish Franchise Show
Winner: Eddie Rockets
Franchise of the Year (Retail) – sponsored by AIB
Winner: Supermacs
Franchise of the Year (Service) – sponsored by AIB
Winner: Fastway Couriers
Franchisor of the Year 2016 – sponsored by AIB
Winner: AIL Group
Lifetime Achievement Award presented by David Killeen, chairman
Winner: Tony FitzPatrick