Lamber de Bie Flowers received an Award for Excellence in Retail. Established in 2000 by owners Lamber de Bie and Pat Fennessy, their moto has always been to innovate, not imitate. Lamber de Bie Flowers recently won Best Small Store in the Southern Region at the CREST Retail Awards. On receiving the award Lamber said ‘this would never have happened without the enthusiasm, knowledge and determination by all team working at Lamber de Bie Flowers’.
Waterford Viking Triangle received the well deserved Award for Excellence in Hospitality/Tourism. Mayor Mary O’Halloran accepted the award on behalf of the committee and said ‘A number of elements make up Waterford’s Project 2014 but probably none will capture the imagination quite as much as the Viking Triangle.
AOL Broadband received the Award for Excellence in Services. AOL were recently announced the overall winner at the CCMA awards, winning Contact Centre of the Year, Contact Centre Manager of the Year and Online Chat of the Year. Linda Ferguson, Director of HR and Communications puts the overall success down to ‘the dedication of all our staff and their commitment to professional standards – and AOL’s commitment to training and development, lifelong learning and career-progression, all of which contribute to employee motivation and morale’. Alain Meric accepted the award on behalf of AOL and thanked the Chamber and Vhi Healthcare.
John McGrath, Corporate Account Manager, Vhi Healthcare said, "I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the latest winners on their well deserved achievement which acknowledges their on-going commitment and dedication to delivering customer and business excellence. Vhi Healthcare is proud to support the Excellence Awards in conjunction with Waterford Chamber and we would encourage all local businesses to enter this prestigious programme to ensure their promotion of excellence is publicly recognised and applauded." |
