Applications now open for 2023 Fingal Enterprise Awards competition

The Fingal Enterprise Awards competition is organised annually by the Local Enterprise Office to acknowledge and highlight the achievements of small businesses. This is part of a national competition in which one overall winner from each of the 31 Local Enterprise Office areas will compete for the National awards. 

The competition is open to internationally trading or manufacturing businesses that have received grant assistance from LEO Fingal in either of the following categories:

1. Measure 1 Financial Support

2. Exporter Grant (“Technical Assistance for Micro Exporter”)

The deadline for applications in the Fingal competition is 5pm on Friday the 13th of January 2023. Following an assessment of eligible applications, a shortlist of Fingal applicants will emerge to the judging phase. Each of these finalists who complete the full judging process will be awarded a €1,000 prize for their business, with the overall winner securing the top prize of €5,000 to be invested in their business. 

The Fingal winner will be announced and presented at an event to be held during Local Enterprise Week 2023. The Overall Winner will progress to represent Fingal at the National Finals to be held in the Mansion House, Dublin, in May 2023.

Entries will be judged in accordance with the national guidelines (marketing strengths, financial strength, innovation & technology, entrepreneurial skills, and business plan). It will be essential that all shortlisted candidates make themselves available for the judging process to include a pitching event at the Fingal Enterprise Awards event which will be held during Local Enterprise Week in March 2023. 

To find out more about the Fingal Enterprise Awards competition please email : info@leo.fingal.ie