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The Mayo Business Awards 2023 is now open for entries.
Once the flagship annual event for businesses across Mayo, the Mayo Business Awards returned in 2015 after an absence of a number of years. The 2022 awards were a huge success, after a two year break in 2020 and 2021, returning to Westport, hosted in Westport Town Hall, spearjheaded by WEstport Chamber, Mayo Chambers and LEO Mayo.
The Mayo Business Awards are a cross-community initiative supported by the Mayo Chambers and other local business organisations with the backing of the Local Enterprise Office Mayo. It is important that the Mayo Business Awards are seen as a truly countywide occasion as we aim to reach businesses in every corner of County Mayo in order to discover the very best in Mayo Business.
The objective of the Mayo Business Awards is to help businesses grow their networks, lift their profile and open the door to new opportunities and possibilities while also giving local businesses the opportunity to be recognised for their dedication, investment, accomplishments and hard work across several award categories.
On Thursday August 24th in Ballina the launch of Mayo Business Awards 2023 took place in Great National Hotel. It was attended by representatives from the Chambers across county Mayo and also by John Magee and his colleagues from LEO at Mayo County Council. We are delighted that Keira Keogh will be joining us again to host the event. Keira’s experience in running her own business in Mayo, her local knowledge and her enthusiastic delivery makes her the ideal presenter.
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Ballina is where the awards will be held, a welcome addition to the closing months of this year-long celebration, Ballina 2023, marking 300 years of the official establishment of this proud Mayo town. Entries are now open in 7 categories and you can enter by logging on to www.mayobusinessawards.ie and follow the links. There will be three special awards this year The Neil O Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, a special award from Ballina Chamber and an award from the organisers of Ballina 2023.