A Critical Power Fuel Storage company from Kells, Co Meath are set to compete with the country’s best small businesses as one of the Finalists for the National Enterprise Award taking place next week.
Premier Energy Storage will represent Local Enterprise Office Meath at the prestigious awards that take place on Thursday 22nd May in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin.
Premier Energy Storage provides bespoke high quality fuel system solutions to assist clients transition to HVO fuel. With years of engineering experience, they offer expert guidance in making heating and power generation systems greener. Committed to sustainability, efficiency, and innovation, Premier Energy Storage serve clients across Europe with specialist expert engineering solutions.
Jonathan Heasley of Premier Energy Storage said: “This nomination is a reflection of the hard work, technical excellence, and customer focus of our entire team,” said Jonny Heasley, Sales Director at Premier Energy Storage. “We are honoured to be recognised at a national level and see it as validation of our mission to deliver secure, reliable, and efficient energy solutions to our clients across multiple sectors.”
“Meath Local Enterprise Office have been instrumental in our journey. Their unwavering support at every juncture has provided us with the tools, guidance, and connections we needed to grow both domestically and internationally,”
This is the 25th year of the Local Enterprise Office initiative, which was won last year by DreamDev Technologies, supported by Local Enterprise Office Kildare. Set up in 2019 by Eoin Barry and Douglas Augiar, the AI augmented platform helps companies to significantly increase their product’s time to market
Joe English, Head of Enterprise LEO Meath said: “The National Enterprise Awards serve to highlight the very best businesses that the Local Enterprise Offices are working with across the country. The diversity of sectors and innovation shown again this year is outstanding and the winners will no doubt produce businesses destined for international success. These businesses have excelled in their areas and have the potential to follow in the footsteps of previous winners to become successful global companies.”
The Finalists compete for a prize fund of €50,000 and along with an overall National Enterprise of the Year winner there are categories for Best Start-Up, Best Export Business, an Innovation Award, a One-to-Watch Award, and a Sustainability Award. There is also an Outstanding Achievement award for a business that started with their Local Enterprise Office and has gone on to achieve international growth with the assistance of Enterprise Ireland.
Previous winners of the National Enterprise Awards include the likes of Irish Yoghurts (1998), Obelisk (2000), Simtech Aviation (2008), Digiweb (2004) and Design Pro (2013), Terra NutriTech (2018), Pestle & Mortar (2019), Bevcraft (2021), Aqualicence in 2022 and Advanced Cosmetics in 2023.
The National Enterprise Awards are one of a number of initiatives that the Local Enterprise Offices run, to foster entrepreneurship across the country. Others include Local Enterprise Week, the Student Enterprise Programme, National Women’s Enterprise Day, and Local Enterprise Showcase. The Local Enterprise Offices in local authorities are funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland.
Established in 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices are the essential resource for any entrepreneur looking to start a business or any small business that is looking for support or advice to help them grow. Since their inception eight years ago, the Local Enterprise Offices have helped create over 75,000 jobs across the country. The LEOs work with thousands of client companies across Ireland in a diverse range of sectors offering mentoring, training, expert advice, and financial supports to small businesses. For more information see www.LocalEnterprise.ie