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All-Ireland Business Foundation โญ•The AIBF is an autonomous national accreditation body tasked with enterprise development. Apply here: https://aibf.ie/accreditation-registration/

Today more than ever it's important to stand out in a way that not only gets you in front of your ideal audience but also allows you to illustrate the value you bring to the marketplace. On top of that, social proof, third-party verification and trust are some of the most valuable currencies in business. Business All-Stars celebrates your business success and entrepreneurship in a way that positions your business, your product or service as best-in-class all of which builds more trust, more authority and credibility than you could ever do on your own.

โžก๏ธ Apply here: https://aibf.ie/accreditation-registration/

Our existing All-Stars have reported more recognition, more exposure and more bottom-line return on investment results from becoming an All-Star than any other revenue-producing activity theyโ€™ve done. Our All-Star Business accreditation process not only gives you a snapshot of everything youโ€™ve achieved so far but also gives a clear indication of what you need to do to scale your business to the next level. Becoming an All-Star also enables you to showcase (and retain) your best employees while also enabling you to attract the best talent in the marketplace. Finally, entrepreneurship can be a lonely place regardless of how big your team or business may be. Our All-Stars become a part of our growing community and TRIBE of All-Stars all of whom are forward-thinking, optimistic and open to new business opportunities and growth.

โœ”๏ธ The next All-Stars accreditation programme is getting started.

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง!It's wonderful to Thรฉa Pharma Ireland featured in both The Connaught Tel...
29/10/2026

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง!

It's wonderful to Thรฉa Pharma Ireland featured in both The Connaught Telegraph and MayoLive, following its recognition as ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! ๐Ÿ‘

Since establishing its Irish operations in Castlebar in 2018, Thรฉa Pharma has been making a difference in eye healthcare across Ireland.

From bringing innovative eye care treatments to patients to supporting the healthcare professionals who look after them, the company's work is built around one thing: helping people receive better eye care.

And behind that work is a dedicated team, proudly based in Mayo.

For Country Manager ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ ๐†๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง, receiving Business All-Star recognition for a second time means a great deal.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œ๐‘‡๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ด๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘šโ€™๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ผ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘.โ€

It's particularly lovely to see this achievement recognised in the local press. A business with strong roots in Castlebar, making an impact right across Ireland.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐žฬ๐š ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ! ๐Ÿ‘

Read more: https://aibf.ie/times/thea-pharma-honoured-as-mayo-champion-enterprise-for-2026

Kapil Khanna Elaine Carroll

29/10/2026

Will you and your team be joining us at the Aviva this Christmas? ๐Ÿฅ‚

On December 17th, we're bringing Ireland's business community together for a very special afternoon at our AIBF Leaders Forum & Christmas Lunch!

A chance to celebrate the year, catch up with familiar faces and make some new connections along the way.

We'd love to see you and your team there!

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 17 December๐Ÿ“ Aviva Stadium, Dublin
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Book your tickets and join us: https://learn.aibf.ie/christmas

Elaine Carroll Kapil Khanna

๐ŸŽ‰ And the winners are...!A big congratulations to the winners of our Social Media Competition from last week's Your Econ...
28/10/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ And the winners are...!

A big congratulations to the winners of our Social Media Competition from last week's Your Economy, Your Money, What's Next? masterclass, hosted in collaboration with Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland!

๐Ÿ† ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง

Peter McCaughey | IJM Timber Engineering Ltd.

๐Ÿ“š ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

Natasha Arvinte-Hickey | ASCENDIA

Peter Mulvaney | Property Claims Loss Assessors Ltd

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the masterclass and took part in the competition!

We hope you all walked away with some valuable insights to help you make more informed financial decisions.

And of course, a special thank you to Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland for collaborating with us on such an insightful session.

Congratulations again to our three winners! ๐Ÿ’™

Elaine Carroll Kapil Khanna

28/10/2026

Every successful business has a team behind it. But how many of those teams get the recognition they truly deserve?

They solve the problems. They look after your customers. They go the extra mile, support each other and keep your business moving forward.

And while business success is often measured in growth, revenue and results, it's the people behind those numbers who make it all possible.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ˆ๐๐… ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง.

It's independent recognition of the hard work, teamwork and dedication that often go unnoticed in the day-to-day running of a business.

It's an opportunity to recognise your team for what they've achieved together and give them something they can genuinely be proud of.

As Bevin Mahon, AIBF President, puts it:

"๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž, ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž."

We've had the privilege of seeing what this recognition means to teams across Ireland. The pride is real, and so is the impact of having their collective efforts formally recognised.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐.

๐Ÿ† Think you've got a SuperTeam? Find out how to achieve a SuperTeam Accreditation: https://aibf.ie/superteam/

Elaine Carroll Kapil Khanna

Booking a blood test should be straightforward. Understanding the results matters just as much.That thinking is central ...
27/10/2026

Booking a blood test should be straightforward. Understanding the results matters just as much.

That thinking is central to ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, the Clonmel business founded to make private blood testing simpler and more accessible.

Customers can book individual tests or health screening packages without a GP referral, with flexible appointment times and a quick turnaround of results.

Behind the service are experienced, qualified phlebotomists and results presented in clear language. Access to GP consultations and specialist nutritional guidance adds further support.

The AIBF particularly recognised Bloodwiseโ€™s professionalism, clinical expertise and patient care, alongside its focus on making the service convenient and accessible.

Now accredited as an ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, Bloodwise is celebrating an important milestone.

Congratulations to the entire team on building a service that puts people, their questions and their understanding at the centre.

Web: https://bloodwise.ie/

Elaine Carroll Kapil Khanna

27/10/2026

Successful at home. Starting from scratch abroad. ๐ŸŒ

Expanding internationally sounds exciting, but what happens when nobody in your new market knows who you are?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Dylan Walsh, CEO of Celtic Dynamics, shares the realities of growing an Irish business beyond Ireland.

From unexpected challenges to lessons learned along the way, it's a conversation worth hearing.

๐ŸŽง NEW EPISODE LIVE NOW!

Catch Dylan's full conversation with Elaine Carroll on AIBF Business Talk.

A little Bank Holiday Monday reading for the business owners among us! โ˜•๏ธGrowing a business teaches you plenty of lesson...
26/10/2026

A little Bank Holiday Monday reading for the business owners among us! โ˜•๏ธ

Growing a business teaches you plenty of lessons.

Some you learn quickly...others take a few years (and a few mistakes!) to figure out.

We recently sat down with Dylan Walsh, CEO of Celtic Dynamics, for a brilliant conversation about the realities of growing a business.

From discovering hidden talents in your team to knowing when it's time to change direction, Dylan shared some really interesting insights.

We've picked out 5 lessons worth thinking about.

Have a swipe through and let us know which one resonates with you most!

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ The full conversation with Dylan drops tomorrow morning, Tuesday at 6 am, on AIBF Business Talk.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday, everyone! โ˜•๏ธ

25/10/2026

Behind every Business All-Star recognition are years of hard work, long hours and the people who make it all worthwhile. ๐Ÿ’™

For Cathal O Sullivan of Sullivan Golf And Travel, being recognised for the second year running means a lot more than another accreditation.

It's about the work that goes on behind the scenes, the challenges along the way and, most importantly, sharing that achievement with his family.

And Cathal has no plans to stop at two-in-a-row!

๐ŸŽฅ Hear what this back-to-back recognition means to Cathal and the people closest to him.

Congratulations again to Cathal and everyone at Sullivan Golf and Travel.๐ŸŒŸ

It's Saturday morning, and we've got a little game of BINGO to play! ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ˜‚Business owners, how many of these can you tick o...
24/10/2026

It's Saturday morning, and we've got a little game of BINGO to play! ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ˜‚

Business owners, how many of these can you tick off from your week?

The "quick call" that turned into two hours, the 15 browser tabs open at once, or telling yourself that next week will definitely be quieter.

Sound familiar? ๐Ÿ‘€

Three in a row and you've got BINGO!

Let us know how many you've ticked off, and tag a fellow business owner who'll relate to this a little too much! ๐Ÿ˜‚

The right cleaning equipment matters. So does having someone who knows how to help when you need it.For over forty years...
23/10/2026

The right cleaning equipment matters. So does having someone who knows how to help when you need it.

For over forty years, Contico Ireland has combined professional cleaning products with technical knowledge, tailored advice and after-sales support.

Its customers can source everything from everyday janitorial supplies to specialist machinery and workplace hygiene solutions. Behind that range is a team helping businesses choose what suits their needs.

Contico also offers environmentally responsible cleaning technologies and eco-certified products, helping customers reduce their environmental impact while maintaining cleaning performance.

Following an independent assessment, Contico Ireland has achieved ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” Accreditation.

The AIBF Adjudication Board recognised the companyโ€™s business performance, customer focus and operational standards, alongside the reliable service that supports lasting client relationships.

Congratulations to the entire Contico Ireland team. A proud milestone for the people helping businesses keep their workplaces clean, supplied and supported.

Web: www.contico.ie

Elaine Carroll Kapil Khanna Contico Manufacturing IRE LTD

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