This year there is a new category of award at Showcase 2024 - the LEO Business of Craft Award which seeks to acknowledge great products being produced by businesses that are supported by their Local Enterprise Office.
The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) awards are open to all the LEO clients who are exhibiting at Showcase as part of the Local Enterprise Showcase. This is the first year of the awards that celebrate the business acumen behind the amazing craft and design products that are created all across Ireland.
The new awards have three categories: Best Newcomer for the best craft and design business exhibiting for the first time; One to Watch for the craft and design business with the most export and international potential and the Sustainability Champion award for the craft and design business excelling in terms of sustainability.
The LEO Business of Craft Awards ceremony will take place at 8am in the Minerva Suite on Monday 22 January. Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend.
The Shortlist:
Best Newcomer
• Sully & Juno – supported by LEO Wexford -
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• Pawpear – supported by LEO Waterford -
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• Kyna Maree – Supported by LEO Meath -
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One to Watch
• Bex Shelford Prints – supported by LEO Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown -
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• Hanna's Bees – supported by LEO South Cork -
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• Sketchico – supported by LEO Galway -
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Sustainability Champion:
• Irish Socksciety – supported by LEO Galway -
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• Palm Free Irish Soap Ltd – supported by LEO Clare -
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• Conscious Convert – supported by LEO Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown -
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