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Launching the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme were Kevin Sheehan, Partner, Deloitte; Siobhan McAleer, Head of Strategic Partnerships, IMI; Ramona Nicholas of winning company Cara Pharmacy and Andrew Hastings, CEO Barclays Bank Ireland. Photo: Jason Clarke Photography

Deloitte, the leading business advisory firm, in association with Barclays Bank Ireland, has announced the launch of the 2014/2015 Best Managed Companies Awards Programme. The indigenous Irish companies that are successful in this year’s programme will join the growing network of almost 100 leading companies that have been recognised in the six years since the programme began.

The Best Managed Companies Awards Programme recognises companies of outstanding quality that have demonstrated superior business performance, and showcases the power of the best Irish indigenous companies.

Competing companies will be put through a rigorous judging process, measuring a company’s performance using a wide range of criteria including strategy, capability, commitment, financials and management performance across all key functions of the business. Companies that are successful at the end of this process will be announced in March 2015.

PLATINUM WINNERS

For the first time, at the awards gala in March 2015, ‘platinum’ winners will be recognised – these are companies that have been awarded Best Managed status each year since the programme began.

The only awards programme that considers companies from every perspective and evaluates the management practices of companies, the Best Managed Companies judging panel will take a holistic view of the companies, their performance in relation to their peers, and the industries that they are operating in, in order to determine management success.

The awards, which are open to companies from all 32 counties on the island of Ireland, offer benefits to all companies entering the programme – not just the winners. Valuable insights into the ingredients for long-term success of their business will be available to all applicants - and those who progress through the awards process will receive customised feedback and coaching from Deloitte and Barclays Bank Ireland, thereby benefiting from experienced business acumen and expertise.

In addition, winners also receive national and peer recognition, the opportunity to network with their peers in the industry at a gala awards ceremony and attend a symposium organised by the IMI. The ’Best Managed’ designation is an important marketing tool – but, perhaps most importantly, the awards provide a reason to celebrate the efforts of the entire company.

For further information and details of how to enter the awards, visit www.deloittebestmanaged.ie. The closing date for entries is 8 August, 2014.

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