Michael Malone, 24 May
A Tuam-based manufacturer of natural animal healthcare products is gearing
up to represent Galway at the National Enterprise Awards in the coming
weeks.
GH Agri will represent Local Enterprise Office Galway at the prestigious
awards that take place on 1 June in the Round Room at the Mansion House in
Dublin.
The business was established in 1989, and provides safe and effective
immunization programmes for the prevention and treatment of a range of
on-farm diseases.
GH Agri products are manufactured in their own HPRA accredited facility in
Tuam. The company is licensed to manufacture, wholesale and retail in
Ireland and UK by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine and
Veterinary Medicines Directorate in the UK.
This is the 23^rd year of the Local Enterprise Office initiative, which
was won last year by Aqualicence, supported by Local Enterprise Office
Wicklow.
Headed up by former Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) Finalist Kate
Dempsey, Aqualicence have positioned themselves at the forefront of
planning and project delivery in the offshore renewable energy sector.
This year the finalists cover a range of sectors and industries from
augmented reality tours and sensory friendly clothes designers to energy
saving software platforms and agtech solutions farmers.
The finalists also include a range of consumer products from chocolate and
whiskey to artisan bakery products and a zero-waste food company.
Valerie Kelly, Head of Enterprise at LEO Galway, said that the National
Enterprise Awards serve to highlight the very best businesses that the
Local Enterprise Offices are working with across the country.
“The diversity of sectors and innovation shown again this year is
outstanding and the winners will no doubt produce businesses destined for
international success,” she said.
“These Finalists have shown outstanding resilience to get to where they
are today and we are looking forward to celebrating with them at the
Awards.”
The Finalists compete for a prize fund of €50,000 and along with an
overall National Enterprise of the Year winner there are categories for
Best Start-Up, Best Export Business, an Innovation Award, a One-to-Watch
Award, and a Sustainability Award.
There is also an Outstanding Achievement award for a business that started
with their Local Enterprise Office and has gone on to achieve
international growth with the assistance of Enterprise Ireland.
Previous winners of the National Enterprise Awards include the likes of
Irish Yoghurts (1998), Obelisk (2000), Simtech Aviation (2008), Digiweb
(2004) and Design Pro (2013), Terra NutriTech (2018), Pestle & Mortar
(2019) and Bevcraft in 2021.