Two companies from Northern Ireland are among 13 new entrant businesses from across the island of Ireland to be awarded Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies (BMC) accolade at the 16th annual awards programme.
The Deloitte Best Managed Companies programme promotes and recognises excellence in Irish and Northern Irish owned and managed companies. It is the only awards scheme on the island of Ireland that considers a business’s performance from every perspective.
The two NI companies to achieve Best Managed status for the first time were Antrim-based Mivan, a leader in fit out contracting and specialist joinery and Newry-headquartered S&W Wholesale, one of the largest independent food and drink wholesalers in Northern Ireland.
This year, Deloitte recognised 129 indigenous companies at the awards, representing 28 of the 32 counties across the island of Ireland. The network of companies has a combined turnover of more than €15 billion and provides employment to over 45,000 people across a range of sectors from technology and healthcare to construction.
A thorough judging process precedes the recognition each year, evaluating the entire management team and the business strategy of each company.
Aisléan Nicholson, Partner at Deloitte in Belfast, said: “Best Managed Companies provides a great opportunity to recognise business success across the island of Ireland and it is great to see new companies from Northern Ireland winning the accolade, as well as several businesses awarded Gold and Platinum status for meeting the programme’s high standards over many years.”
Cathy Bryce, Managing Director, AIB Capital Markets, said: “AIB is proud to be the new lead sponsor of Ireland’s Best Managed companies. One of AIB’s core ambitions is to support Irish companies and their management teams in sustainable growth and development, something which is fully aligned with the goals of the BMC programme.”
A total of 116 companies requalified as a Best Managed Company. 19 of these achieved Gold Standard (four years as a BMC) and 12 achieved Platinum Standard (seven years as a BMC). Fexco won the Family Business Award.