Waterford Business Awards Entry Opening Soon
Waterford Business Awards Entry Opening Soon
Entries are being accepted for the 2025 Waterford Business Awards from August 11th, with the gala awards ceremony taking place on November 14th in the Tower Hotel. The awards are designed to recognize excellence in business across Waterford City & County and are organized by Waterford Chamber, in collaboration with Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber, with support from Waterford City & County Council and WLR.
Launching the awards, Waterford Chamber Deputy President, Eadaoin Carrick said, “The 2025 awards will honour the best and brightest who showcase Waterford as a great place to invest and do business locally, nationally, and internationally. We have introduced new categories for the 2025 awards and are confident there is something for everyone. We are especially excited to add a new Think Waterford First award, which will recognise a local company who goes above and beyond to support and promote Waterford, from community input to driving the business agenda. “We are appealing to businesses to take time now to record their achievements ahead of the August 11th opening date, so they can be ready to enter the awards and be proud and acknowledge their ongoing achievements.”
Oren Byrne, President, Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber said: “We are encouraging all our members to consider entering the awards. It is a great opportunity to review your activity for the past year and acknowledge the successes along the way, while the awards night itself is a fantastic coming together of businesses in the city and county to network and do business.”
CEO of WLR, Michael Byrne added: “WLR is delighted to partner with Waterford Chamber, Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber, and with Waterford Council on the 2025 Business Awards initiative. I think it’s more important than ever to recognise excellence in local business and industry and the awards are a very positive spotlight on the innovation and entrepreneurship we have in the City and County”.
The full list of categories is as follows:
- Business of the Year (up to 20 based in the South East region)
- Business of the Year (up to 100 based in the South East region)
- Business of the Year (100+ based in the South East region)
- Customer Service Excellence
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Retailer of the Year
- Food, Beverage & Hospitality
- Marketing Excellence
- New Business of the Year
- Excellence in Innovation
- The Visit Waterford Award
- Workplace Excellence
- Entrepreneur of the Year
- Special Recognition Award
- Think Waterford First Award
- Radio campaign of the Year
- Overall Waterford Business of the Year
All businesses located in Waterford City and County are encouraged to enter, whether you are a Chamber member or not. You can enter the Waterford Business Awards through Waterford Chamber’s website www.waterfordchamber.ie
