{"id":316972,"date":"2025-11-27T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316972\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:09:13","slug":"limerick-company-secures-two-nominations-small-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316972\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick company secures two nominations small business awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/692837893cbd5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Via Dromod<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The finalists have been announced for the SFA National Small Business Awards 2026.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The finalists in the SFA National Business Awards 2026 have been officially announced by Sue O\u2019Neill, Chair of the SFA Awards Judging Panel.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Limerick company, Dromod Boxty secured nominations in the family business and food &amp; drink categories. The aim of the awards is to celebrate the achievements of small business in Ireland and to recognise the vital contribution of the small business sector to Irish industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strong engagement with this year\u2019s awards programme shows the continued resilience and determination of Ireland\u2019s small businesses, who consistently strive for recognition of their hard work,\u201d said Sue O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlongside our nine award categories, we are also highlighting five exceptional Emerging New Businesses\u2014each established within the last two years\u2014and it\u2019s clear that entrepreneurship continues to flourish across the<br \/>\u00a0country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Small Firms Association remains dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of small business owners. With 273,000 small firms employing nearly half of Ireland\u2019s private-sector\u00a0workforce, these awards shine a light on excellence, innovation and success across all sectors and regions,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of the awards, An Taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l said: \u201cThrough the SFA National Small Business Awards, we honour their achievements and inspire the next generation\u00a0of entrepreneurs. With current uncertainty in the global economic environment, it is vital that our small businesses are strong, adaptable, and ready to meet any challenge. The Government will continue to work with them to grow our economy and ensure Ireland\u00a0remains an attractive place to do business&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>53 companies have been selected from 16 different counties, across ten categories.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764218293_102_68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Via Dromod The finalists have been announced for the SFA National Small Business Awards 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158,145112,145115,145111,145114,145113,145116],"class_list":{"0":"post-316972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-limerick-radio","11":"tag-limerick-today","12":"tag-limericks-live95fm","13":"tag-live-95","14":"tag-live95fm","15":"tag-live95fm-homepage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}