Wonderwomen of Business Award-Winners Announced

The WEN Wonderwomen of Business Awards took place on Friday 15th June at Lismore Hotel. Guest Speaker, Lauren Fisher of Simply Zesty flew in from London to join the local businesswomen in their celebrations.  Having started her business from her bedroom, Lauren successfully grew the company and sold it to UTV for £2million.  As part of the deal, she still works for the company and is currently growing the UK branch. 

"Anything is possible ", says Lauren, "you just need to put the time ito building your dreams.  There's always an extra hour in the day that you can use, whether that means getting up an hour earlier or staying at it an hour longer in the evening, if you want success you'll find the time."

County Manager and Chair of Waterford County Enterprise Board, Denis McCarthy, congratulated all the finalists and highlighted the importance of female entrepreneurship.  Anike Tyrell, CEO of Waterford County Enterprise Board, who sponsored the top prize of €2500 worth of social media from Simply Zesty spoke about the impact of social media and about the female contribution to social media.  This was the first time these awards have taken place in Co. Waterford and the standard of entries was extremely high.

The wonderwomen of business award winners were:-

   

Eunice Power;
Businesswoman of the year

 

Tracy Quinlan;

Outstanding Professional Service



 

  

Jenny Beresford;
Oustanding Employee

  

 



  



 



Olivere Lannen;

Outstanding Personal Service



Miranda Corcoran;
Excellence in the Arts





   

  







 



Imelda Walsh;
Tourism & Leisure



Breda Mackle;

New Business

 

Audrea Hassett;
Food







Emma Hall;
Online



Dungarvan Enterprise Centre was proud to be involved in the Waterford WEN and also host the WEN meetings once per month.  It is a free network open to all women in business.  The network offers skills development, guest speakers, networking and referrals.  We look forward to starting meetings again in September.  More details about the network can be found on www.facebook.com/waterfordwen







 





Enterprise Centre Proud To Host Photoshoot For WEN Wonderwomen of Business Awards

Dungarvan Enterprise Centre were proud to host the photoshoot for the WEN Wonderwomen of Business Awards recently.

Waterford WEN are proud to be running the Wonderwomen of Business Awards this Friday 15^th June at 1PM in Lismore House Hotel. Waterford WEN is the network organisation of Waterford County Enterprise Board and has been running since 2009. This free network is a space and a place for women in business, it offers training, skills development, networking, referrals and peer-to-peer mentoring. The network meets once per month in Dungarvan Enterprise Centre and regularly runs events with other organisations such as Dungarvan Chamber.

The Wonderwomen of Business Awards celebrate outstanding women in business in Co Waterford. This is the first year of the awards, which aim to recognise the contribution of women to the local economy. “They say behind every great man is a great woman, it is my view that behind many great businesses there is a wonderwoman, whose work and efforts drive the business forward,” says WEN Network manager Mags O’Connor, “We are absolutely thrilled to be able to recognise this work. We were delighted with the response to the call for entries, the standard and level of entries is exceptionally high.”

The entries have now been narrowed down to a shortlist, with two women from each category going forward to the final stages of the awards. Winners will be announced at the event taking place Friday 15^th June. The top prize for Businesswoman of the Year is a €2500 campaign from Simply Zesty, one of Ireland’s top social media companies. The founder, Lauren Fisher, will be on hand to present the prize and share her story with the attendees.