FinTrU & Feargal McCormack Honoured At 2022 AIB Business Eye Awards
Belfast and Derry/Londonderry-based FinTrU has won the coveted Company of the Year Award at the 2022 AIB Business Eye Awards for the second year running.
The fast-growing financial services software company recently announced a new base in Portugal and has been widely praised for the measures it has introduced to help its employees through the current cost of living crisis.
The 2022 AIB Business Eye Awards, covering 19 different categories, were awarded at a black-tie event attended by almost 600 guests held at ICC, Belfast.
A Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on Feargal McCormack, the founder of FPM Chartered Accountants, former President of Chartered Accountants Ireland and an active spokesperson for the business community in Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile, the 2022 Business Personality of the Year Award went to Judith Totten MBE, founder and Chief Executive of working capital finance specialists Upstream, and a board member at Invest Northern Ireland.
Amongst the other key winners announced on the night included retailers Lidl Northern Ireland as Employer of the Year and pharmaceuticals giant Almac Group as Manufacturer of the Year. Ballymena-based Wrightbus picked up the Green/Sustainable Company of the Year Award for their low and no emission range of buses while a brand-new Diversity & Inclusion Award went to Antrim-based high-tech manufacturers, Sensata Technologies.
“We were delighted with a record-breaking entry for this year’s awards, despite the economic challenges which businesses are facing in the present climate,” said Richard Buckley, Editor of Business Eye. “The awards reflect the resilience and continued commitment of Northern Ireland companies and their leadership teams to innovate and continue to succeed whatever the economic climate.”
AIB, a key supporter of the Northern Ireland business community, is a long-standing partner of Business Eye and its award programmes. Congratulating this year’s finalists and winners, Brian Gillan, Head of Retail & NI at AIB said; “The AIB Business Eye Awards are a fantastic showcase of local business leaders and innovators who are continuing to drive best-practice and inspire others. The competition grows from strength to strength every year and we offer our congratulations to all those shortlisted as well as to the overall winners. Your hard work, determination and resilience encourages others to embrace these qualities and contributes to the success of our local business community as a whole.”
Full List of Winners AIB Business Eye Awards 2022
Homegrown Business of the Year
Highly Commended:
Shredbank
Winner:
Bathshack
Innovative Business of the Year
Winner:
Artemis Technologies
Employer of the Year
Highly Commended:
FinTrU
Seating Matters
Winner:
LIDL Northern Ireland
Tourism & Hospitality Company of the Year
Winners (x2):
Galgorm Collection
Marine Hotel Ballycastle
Outstanding Management & Leadership
Highly Commended:
Barbara McKiernan, Van Rath
Winner:
Louise Skeath, SDG
R&D
Winner:
ESO
Executive Support Professional of the Year
Winner:
Joelene Poole, Retail NI
CSR/Community Award
Highly Commended:
Musgrave NI
ArtsEkta
Winner:
Hagan Homes
Diversity & Inclusion Award
Winner:
Sensata Technologies
Medium/Mid-sized Business of the Year
Highly Commended:
Foods Connected
Winner:
Barclay Communications
Green/Sustainable Company of the Year
Highly Commended:
Fraser Millar Homes
Winner:
Wrightbus
Young Business Personality of the Year
Winner:
Laura Haldane, Scileads
Fast Growth Business of the Year
Highly Commended:
Viberoptix
Winner:
Maine Surface Finishing
Professional Services Firm of the Year
Highly Commended:
Pinnacle Growth Group
Cavanagh Kelly
Winner:
MKB Law
Manufacturer of the Year
Highly Commended:
AG Paving & Building Products
TBC Conversions
Winner:
Almac Group
Small Business of the Year
Highly Commended:
Industry Training Services (ITS)
Winner:
SDG
Business Personality of the Year
Highly Commended:
Terry Moore, Outsource Solutions
Winner:
Judith Totten, Upstream
Company of the Year
Highly Commended:
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Almac Group
Winner:
FinTrU
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner:
Feargal McCormick