Innovative company that employs 25 staff wins Tipperary Enterprise Award

Above: Eamon Lonergan, Director of Services, Tipperary County Council; Tipperary County Council Cathaoirleach Roger Kennedy; Paul Lucey, True Pos; Ita Horan, Local Enterprise Office, Tipperary;  and Michael Maher of TruePos, at the announcement of the award winner

An IT management solutions business from Clonmel is this year’s winner of the Tipperary Enterprise Award.

Premier Utilities Limited, trading as TruePos, took the top prize of €5,000 and will now represent Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Tipperary at the 23rd National Enterprise Awards at the Round Room in Dublin’s Mansion House on June 1.

Clonmel-based TruePos payment solutions is an innovative company employing 25 staff.

It has developed an IT management solutions system that provides Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems and credit card payment services to the SME Sector in Ireland, UK and Europe.

TruePos will now compete against 30 other finalists from every local authority area for a share of the €35,000 winner’s prize fund, as national judging gets underway in May.

Categories include Best Export Business, Best Start-Up and Innovation, along with One to Watch and a Sustainability/Green award, in addition to eight regional awards.

The Tipperary Enterprise Awards took place as part of a very successful Local Enterprise Week programme of events. Over 300 physical events took place across the country, run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices from March 6 to March 10.

LEO Tipperary offered 18 events to local businesses, ten in-person and eight virtual events.

Among the special guests at the ceremony was Tipperary County Council Cathaoirleach Roger Kennedy, who wished the winner well at the national final and said, “The National Enterprise Awards is about recognising and celebrating the achievements of small businesses. It also reflects the contribution these businesses make to their local communities by providing employment and the role they play in the economic vibrancy of our county”.

Local Enterprise Week is organised every year by the Local Enterprise Offices and supported by Enterprise Ireland, local authorities and the Government, with over 300 events taking place nationwide this year.

Other high-profile events that took place during the week in Tipperary included the Student Enterprise Awards final and a celebration of International Women’s Day with keynote speakers Lisa Fallon, Dr Karen Weeks and Valerie Maher from local company Borrisoleigh Bottling Ltd.

Businesses also got to hear from Sir Steven Wilkinson, who delivered a very colourful talk on how to become financially literate.

Across all 18 events during this year’s Local Enterprise Week, LEO Tipperary engaged with over 200 businesses and 200 students across the county.