Kilkenny company wins Overall Title at National Enterprise Awards
MyBio, a Kilkenny company founded by entrepreneur Linda Nolan was crowned overall winner at the 18th Annual National Enterprise Awards organised by the Local Enterprise Offices and announced by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton T.D. (June 11th 2015).
MyBio was founded in 2009 and supplies research products to companies in the Life Sciences industry and is supported by the Kilkenny Local Enterprise Office..
All title winners were among the 24,000 small businesses supported by the network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices last year. The National Enterprise Awards were set-up to celebrate the achievements of Ireland’s micro-enterprise sector and previous winners have included Irish Yogurts from West Cork, Hot Irishman Irish Coffee (Walsh Whiskey Distillery) from Carlow and DesignPro from Limerick.
Congratulating this year’s winners, Minister Richard Bruton T.D. said: “Small business, like the winners and finalists here at the National Enterprise Awards, are the driving force behind Ireland’s economic growth, and we must recognise and celebrate their achievements. Crucially, if we are to keep creating the jobs we need, then we must support more entrepreneurs to start and grow local businesses. That is why we have placed small businesses right at the centre of our Action Plan for Jobs, and put in place new measures like establishing a new system of easily-accessible supports through the Local Enterprise Offices. ”
Kieran Comerford, Chair of the Network of Local Enterprise Offices, said that the awards were a celebration of Ireland’s enterprise stories. He said: “These awards showcase local business heroes on a national stage. The Local Enterprise Offices are there to help identify and support the heroes in our society, who take the brave step of starting and developing their own enterprises.”
MyBio
Since it was established by Linda Nolan in 2009, My Bio has developed into the country’s most proactive supplier of research products, technologies and knowledge to the Scientific Research Industry. The company is now the exclusive supplier of many of the world’s leading bio-science reagents to the Irish market. MyBio clients are Life Scientists based in laboratories across various sectors including Academia, Government, Biotech, Diagnostics, Forensics and Pharmaceutical companies.
MyBio is located at the TSSG/Arclabs Research and Innovation Centre at Burrell's Hall, St Kieran's College Campus which was established in 2010 under the 'Invest Kilkenny' Initiative. The business incubator facility in Kilkenny helps entrepreneurs to harness ideas, creativity and innovation and to convert concepts into thriving, commercial businesses.
Linda Nolan E: l.nolan@mybio.ie W: mybio.ie
Supported by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
