Tipp at the top as The National Q Mark Award nominations are announced

A Tipperary company is in the running for a ‘Business Oscars’ for highest standards of quality and excellence.

The National Q Mark Awards 2017 nominations have been announced and Bluebird Care Tipperary and East Cork is representing Tipperary this year for the much sought-after National Q Mark Award for Quality Management Systems (QMS)

The coveted Q Mark is awarded only to companies who achieve the highest standards of quality and excellence. The Q Mark awards celebrate the success of businesses over a range of sectors that review 100% of their processes and procedures 100% of the time so that they continually operate best practice standards.

A glitzy, black tie ceremony, which will take place on Friday, September 29, and will see over 450 people representing 135 companies converge at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road in Dublin to battle it out for the prestigious National Q Mark Awards.

The Master of Ceremonies will be Chicago based keynote speaker, author and business humourist Conor Cunneen; Irishman Speaks.

EIQA (Excellence Ireland Quality Association) has been the Irish National Quality Association since 1969. They currently audit the operating standards of thousands of organisations and businesses both in Ireland and Internationally. EIQA is known as the ‘Guardian’ of The Q Mark suite of standards which includes: The Q Mark for Hygiene & Food Safety, The Q Mark for Quality Management Systems, The Q Mark for Nursing Homes, The Q Mark for Leisure Centre’s, The Q Mark for Accessibility (ABLE) and The Q Mark for Environmental Awareness (The Green Q). 

Only business that achieve the highest scores at audit are shortlisted in their relevant category.  Once Shortlisted, all companies must complete a very detailed submission document. This submission document is then presented to an expert panel of independent judges from the areas of Food Safety, Employment Law, Academia, Business & Quality to name but a few.