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Winners - Drogheda Business Excellence Awards 2009-2010 [November 2009]

Award presented by Liam Woods, Chairman of the Louth County Enterprise 

 


Drogheda Business Excellence Awards 2009/2010 [November 2009]

Brady Hughes Consulting has reached the final of the Drogheda Business Excellence Awards 2009/2010 in the category of Best Small Business sponsored by Louth County Enterprise Board.

The 5th Annual Drogheda Business Excellence Awards takes place on Saturday 14th November at CityNorth Hotel

Finalists are listed in alphabetical order for each category.

Best New Business sponsored by Drogheda Borough Council

  1. Aerga Productions
  2. Daisychain Creche
  3. Eastern Seaboard Restaurant
  4. Salthouse Cafe
  5. Tullyallen Pharmacy Ltd

Best Established Business sponsored by Irish Cement

  1. Drogheda Independent
  2. Droichead Arts Centre
  3. Glanbia
  4. Holcroft Motors
  5. Kennedy Motorcycles

Best Small Business sponsored by Louth County Enterprise Board

  1. Aspirations Creche
  2. Brady Hughes Consulting
  3. Morsolutions
  4. NVM Ltd
  5. Salthouse Café

Best Medium to Large company sponsored by Vhi Healthcare

  1. Bru Bar Bistro
  2. Drogheda Independent
  3. On Line Web Accounting Ltd
  4. Scholars Townhouse Hotel
  5. Staffords Fine Foods

Customer Excellence in Retail and Services presented by Anglo Printers

  1. CTI Business Solutions
  2. KOBI
  3. Louth Craftmark
  4. Tullyallen Pharmacy
  5. You're Gorgeous

Customer Excellence in Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality presented by Outsource Support Services

  1. Bru Bar Bistro
  2. CityNorth Hotel
  3. Millmount Museum
  4. Scholars Townhouse Hotel
  5. Windsor Lodge

Best Service Provider to Business sponsored by Image Group

  1. Achieve Marketing
  2. Healthforce
  3. Kinetic Computer Solutions
  4. Morsolutions
  5. Paycheck Plus

Best Website sponsored by morsolutions

  1. CityNorth Hotel
  2. Louth County Museum
  3. Drogheda Women's and Children's Refuge
  4. Gifts and Vouchers
  5. Westcourt Hotel

Environment Award sponsored by Tesco

  1. Glanbia
  2. Image Group
  3. Sonairte
  4. "The Big Hog" Drogheda Borough Council
  5. V&W Recycling

Community Commitment sponsored by Beverage Business Solutions

  1. Boyne Navigation Branch
  2. Down Syndrome Ireland (Louth/Meath Branch)
  3. Drogheda Youth Development
  4. Old Drogheda Society
  5. Rainbow Community Services

The final award "Lifetime Achievement" will be decided by nominations and vote of the Council of Drogheda and District Chamber and will be presented on the night of Saturday 14th November

 


Non-Domestic Energy Rating [October 2009]

Yvonne Brady is now registered with SEI in relation to Non-Domestic Energy Ratings.

http://www.bradyhughes.com/services/Energy.html


Non-domestic BER Qualification Complete [May 2009]

Yvonne Brady has successfully completed the qualifying exam for non domestic Building Energy rating. She is currently awaiting registration on the SEI registered assessor data base. She is now qualified to carry out both domestic and non domestic energy assessments.

As part of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD), a Building Energy Rating (BER) certificate, which is effectively an energy label, will be required at the point of sale or rental of a building, or on completion of a new building. The implementation dates for this new regulation are as follows:

  1. 1 January 2007 BER of new dwellings.
  2. 1 July 2008 - BER of new non-domestic buildings for which planning permission is applied on/after that date. Transitional BER exemptions will apply to new non-domestic buildings for which planning permission is applied on or before 30th June 2008 provided the new non-domestic buildings involved are substantially completed by 30th June 2010.
  3. 1 January 2009 - BER of existing buildings and existing non domestic dwellings, when offered for sale or rent
We at Brady Hughes are fully qualified assessors and are a registered Company with Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI). Our Energy assessors are Chartered Engineers with the Institute of Engineers of Ireland. .We at Brady Hughes can provide an extensive energy rating service including BER Certificates and Advisory Reports for the domestic and non domestic markets.


Yvonne Brady wins the Drogheda & District Chamber Award... [April 2009]

 

Women Who Lead By Example Awards 2009 Yvonne Brady wins the Drogheda & District Chamber Award 2009 in the professional category of  the ‘Women who lead by Example’  

 In recognition of International Women’s Day Drogheda & District Chamber launched The “Women Who Lead By Example” Awards during March 2009. The Drogheda Chamber sought out ladies of Drogheda and the surrounding region that through their work inspire others around them. Over 60 nominations were made and these were shortlisted down to 13 . The campaign ended in an Awards ceremony in The d Hotel on Wednesday 25th March. The guest of honour was the irrepressible Mary Ann O’Brien of Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates. Patricia Rooney, Chamber President, made it clear right from the beginning that the event was a celebration of the contribution of women in this region to all aspects of community and business.  Special guest speaker, Mary Ann O’Brien of Lily O’Briens chocolates spoke honestly and from the heart. She told her own story – about her work, her family, the life and death of her young son Jack who lead to and her husband Jonathon Irwin to found the Jack and Jill Foundation. She praised the positivity of the event, the energy of the women in Drogheda and the spirit that is demonstrated through the business community (both entrepreneurial and voluntary). After Mary Ann departed dinner was served and the ladies waited to see who would be the recipients of the four awards. The categories, Community, Creative Arts, Professional and Entrepreneur were filled with amazing women. The judges had a shockingly difficult time selecting the shortlist, never mind the winners. Below is the shortlist and winners. The Awards ceremony itself allowed President Patricia Rooney to speak for two or three minutes about each of the finalists and really explained why each of these women truly lead by example in their field. Each of the winners were presented with a Mullingar Crystal Trophy, a certificate and a luxury gift basket of beauty products. Runners up each received a certificate and a voucher for dinner for two in one of a selection of local restaurants. At the end of the ceremony Patricia proposed a toast to all of the ladies working so hard around the town and everyone sipped a glass of champagne in their honour.  

  Women Who Lead By Example Awards 2009

The winners in each category are marked in red:- 

Professional:-

Gail McEvoy, McEvoy and Associates

Patricia Townley, P. Townley and Sons

Yvonne Brady, Brady Hughes Consulting  

Community:-

Carmel Freeman and Cora Fagan, Drogheda Hospice Homecare

Catriona Culligan, Drogheda Youth Development

Kelly McKenna, Mumstown 

Creative Enterprise:-

Aoife Ruane, The Highlanes Gallery

Collette Farrell, Calipo Film and Theatre Company

Elaine Hanrahan, Millmount Design Store 

Entrepreneur:-

Gwen Fearon and Orlaith Callaghan, Stockwell Artisan

Jacinta Kierans, Hodgins Hair Design

Miriam Meagher, Town Centre Pharmacy

Sharon Gilmartin, Anu Therapie

 


PANCR Approved [October 2008]

New road link approved for planned 7,000-home town.

A milestone has been achieved in delivering the North Drogheda Environs as An Bord Pleanála has approved a compulsory purchase order and granted permission for a major road linking the M1 north of Drogheda with Drogheda port.

This is good news for Brady Hughes Consulting as it is a major step towards providing the 2900 units approx. we have designed for our clients. See the attached map outlining the areas which Brady Hughes Consulting are involved in. Some of our services to date have included Planning Consultancy, Architectural Design, Engineering, Landscaping, etc. 

For the Irish Times press release click on link below.  

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1001/1222724598658.html


Yvonne Brady completes BER Certificate training [August 2008]

Adam Kolodziej

Yvonne Brady has just recently successfully completed a training programme that meets the requirement of a Training Specification which was published in October 2006 by Sustainable Energy Ireland. She can now complete a Building Energy Rating Certificate as required by the Building Regulations 2008 Part L.
For anyone selling or leasing a new home from 1st July 2008 a BER certificate will be compulsory. If you are buying or renting a new house or apartment now, you may already be entitled to a BER - so do ask the seller/landlord or their agent for it.

A Building Energy Rating (BER) and advisory report is to be supplied by the owner to a prospective buyer or tenant when constructed, sold or rented. The BER is intended to give prospective buyers and tenants details about the energy performance of buildings.
The BER also gives builders/developers and vendors/landlords an incentive to upgrade the energy performance of the building by giving visible credit to superior standards. The following is a list of further important dates for the implementation of the BER:
1st July 2008 - BER of new non-domestic buildings for which planning permission is applied on/after that date.
1st January 2009 - BER of existing buildings, when offered for sale or rent.

Traditional BER exemptions do apply to the new non-domestic buildings and the new buildings. Contact Yvonne for further information regarding these dates.


Appointment of Adam Kolodziej [March 2008]

Adam Kolodziej We are pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Kolodziej. Adam is from Gdansk in Poland but has worked in Ireland for 4 years. He qualified as an architect in 2000, graduated from Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) in 2003 with a MSc in Architecture & Urban Design and MSc in Economy & Management, and is currently just completing his appointment to the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland.


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