A tech sector pioneer, now constructing a brewing enterprise, Patrick McAliskey was the extremely fashionable recipient of this yr's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The co-founder of Novosco, which was established in 1994, Patrick invested a few of his proceeds from the £70m sale of the corporate in a brand new brewery fashioned in his dwelling city of Lurgan.
Spadetown Brewery Firm, the primary enterprise of its sort within the city for the reason that 1830s, already has three beers on the cabinets.
Novosco, which supplied cloud-based companies and assist and primarily based within the Catalyst-managed campus in Belfast, was bought to Cancom Group in a transaction that valued the corporate at £70m.
Cancom, with round 350 workers in Belfast, was later bought to Spanish multi-national Telefonica Tech in a deal price £339m.
Patrick mentioned he was "completely delighted" together with his award, including that he had not been to a enterprise award occasion for over three years. “This a implausible evening right here tonight. To get honoured in the best way I've been is simply wonderful.”
15. Best Large Company of the Year
Max Nesbitt, Partner from Wilson Nesbitt presents the Best Large Company of the Year Award to Niall Harkin from the Almac Group at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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14. Best Medium Sized Business
Claire Rutherfrom from Down Royal Racecourse presents the Best Medium Sized Business Award to Terry Moore from Outsource Solutions (NI) Limited at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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13.Ê Best Established Small Business
Clair Gheel from eir evo presents the Best Established Small Business Award to David Ribeiro, Alison Gillan, Elisha Cain, Phillip Weir and Ciaran Meganaghan from ProAxsis Limited at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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12. Best Start-up or Emerging Business
Donna Linehan, Client Services Director at VenYou presents the Best Start-up or Emerging Business Award to Ryan McSorley from Neat at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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11. Outstanding Commitment to Climate Action
Mark Crimmins, Head of NI at Ulster Bank, presents the Outstanding Commitment to Climate Action Award to Ian Henry, Kirsten Mullan, Deborah Madden and Hannah Crawford Henry Brothers Limited at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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10. Young Business Person of the Year
Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast presents the Highly Commended Young Business Person of the Year Awards to Ellen Yates from Taylor Yates and Sarah Gallagher from La Bella Vita at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022. Katie Matthews from The Mind Tribe UK won The Young Business Person of the Year Award.
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9. Food/Drink Company of the Year
Emma Cross from Asda presents the Food/Drink Company of the Year Award to Sonya Cassidy, Dr Terry Cross, Shauna Parkes and Michael McHugh
from Hinch Distillery at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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8. Excellence in Workplace Health & Wellbeing
Fiona Dowds, Corporate Strategy Manager at Kingsbridge Membership Club presents the Excellence in Workplace Health & Wellbeing Award to Christine McIlhatton, Alison Sweeney and Kate Rooney from NI Water.
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7. Retail Sector Business or Retailer of the Year
Glyn Roberts, Chief Executive Retail NI presents the Retail Sector Business or Retailer of the Year Award to Gemma Montgomery and Peter Wallace from Grattan’s Family Greengrocers & Fine Food Store at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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6. Best Use of Digital and/or Social Media
Cara Pennell, Office Manager at Sparq presents the Best Use of Digital and/or Social Media to Anthony Sinclair from Sign Source at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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5. Excellence in Innovation
Brian McCrory, Chief Operating Officer, OSG Cloud presents the Excellence in Innovation Award to Paul McMorran from The Crosslé Car Company Limited at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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4. Excellence in the Development of Management and Leadership
Dr Mary Boyd, Acting Head of the Department of Management, Leadership and Marketing at Ulster University Business School presents the Excellence in the Development of Management and Leadership Award to staff from Dowds Electrical (Holdings) Limited at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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3. Excellence in Exporting
Jenni Barkley, Communications Manager, Belfast Harbour presents the Excellence in Exporting Award to Paul Creighton and Dean Lyttle from AES Global Ltd at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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2. Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility
Niall Harkin, Group Finance Director, at Almac presents the Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award to Patricia McIlroy, Jennifer Morton and Carol Marshall from Musgrave NI at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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1. Excellence in Marketing
Ann McGregor, Chief Executive NI Chamber of Commerce & Industry presents the Excellence in Marketing Award to Stephen Smith, Shaun Mulhearn, Susan Cummings and Aleks Marsh from Andor Technology at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patrick McAliskey at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Eoin Brannigan, Editor-in-Chief, Belfast Telegraph and Mark Crimmins, Head of NI, Ulster Bank present the Lifetime Achievement Award to winner Patrick McAliskey at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022.
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Mark Crimmins from Ulster Bank pictured at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022 in the Crown Plaza Hotel.
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Margaret Canning pictured at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022 in the Crown Plaza Hotel.
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He added, “It's an outdated cliché however I might not have been getting this award if it had not been for all of the folks in Novosco.
“I'm thrilled to be acknowledged for all of the onerous work within the tech sector in Northern Eire. It has been an excellent evening and all the most effective to all the opposite award winners.
“The enterprise began in 1994 so it was again within the day when there was not a lot of a tech sector in Northern Eire.
“Creating employment for 300 folks in Belfast is a tremendous achievement for anyone and the workforce of people that constructed Novosco had been delighted to take the corporate that far.
“And it's now owned by Telefonica, a world firm, a world model recognised in all places and that firm is carrying on rising.”
On the pivot to the brewing enterprise, in partnership with Vernon Fox, and Martin Dummigan, Patrick mentioned, “Everytime you get into a kind of positions you need to be selective about your time however I'm delighted to get entangled in one thing, operating a brewery, creating new beers and making them in my dwelling city of Lurgan.
“What higher factor might you be doing.”
Guests from Dowds at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2022 in the Crown Plaza Hotel.
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