I would also like to thank Bank of Ireland for its continued support of the Business Awards.” The Irish Times, and in particular the business editorial team, are delighted to help showcase and celebrate the successes of those nominated and wish everyone the very best for the year ahead. “The calibre and quality of those nominated this year was testament to the strength and resilience of the Irish business community in what was a highly challenging year, marked by soaring inflation, war in Ukraine and the lifting of Covid restrictions. “The Irish Times Business Awards acknowledge outstanding corporate leadership and excellence amongst Irish business leaders,” said Ciaran Hancock, business editor with The Irish Times. Oliver Wall, chief of staff and head of Corporate Affairs at Bank of Ireland Today, Fitzpatrick Manhattan and its sister hotel, Fitzpatrick Grand Central are the best-known Irish owned and operated properties in Manhattan. He was born in Dublin, and with his father, brothers and sisters worked in many of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group’s Irish hotels in the 1970s and 1980s. Fitzpatrick is a well-known hotelier and philanthropist, and owner of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group New York. The Distinguished Leader in Business award went to John Fitzpatrick, president and CEO of Fitzpatrick Hotel Group. The businesses add about €25m to ATA’s annual turnover. The Irish company acquired Dutch manufacturer Van Hoorn Carbide and Industrial Tooling Corporation in Tamworth, England. In December, precision tool-maker ATA acquired businesses in the Netherlands and Britain, in moves that will take its annual revenues to about €100m and its group employee numbers to 500. Local Enterprise of the Year was Cavan-based ATA. This helped to give the Irish company the headroom to invest $3bn on 21 acquisitions last year, the largest being the $1.9bn purchase of US residential fencing and railing company Barrette Outdoor Living in July. In February of last year, CRH said it had agreed to sell its North American glass building products unit, Oldcastle Building Envelope, in a deal worth a higher-than-expected $3.8bn (€3.4bn) to KPS Capital Partners. The Company of the Year accolade went to building materials giant CRH. Exemplary business leadershipĭeal of the Year went to Global Shares, the Clonakilty business founded by Tim Houston that was acquired by New York banking giant JP Morgan in March 2022 for an undisclosed sum, but which was reportedly in the region of €665m. The brand was developed in-house at Connolly’s Richmond Marketing Group before being spun into a separate business that at the time of the acquisition by Ferrero was selling 1m cases a year in Ireland and the UK. “Everyone nominated has displayed a resilience and determination to not only keep the show on the road, but to thrive in the face of adversity”
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