Tyco wins top Cork Chamber's Company of the Year awar
The award caps a remarkable turnaround for the company which returned to Cork in 2014 to establish its global headquarters.
Recognition of the firm’s important role within the city, and the staff it has hired since its return, also came on the day it moved to its new home at One Albert Quay.
“We in Tyco are thrilled to have won Cork Company of the Year.
“It’s been a hugely significant year for us, establishing a global business services centre in Cork, hiring more than 200 highly talented staff and delivering Ireland’s ‘smartest’ building at One Albert Quay.
“It’s a wonderful, happy coincidence that we move in on the same day of the award,” said Tyco Ireland general manager, Donal Sullivan.
“Winning these awards truly reinforces our belief that we are doing something that is significant and transformational for Tyco and for Cork. One Albert Quay will become a cluster of world-class companies in its own right and will serve as a talent magnet, not only for Tyco, but for the region generally.
“I would like to pay tribute to our wonderful staff and our building project team in particular who have done extraordinary work to deliver this project on time.”
As well as being named the winner of the overall award, Tyco also saw off stiff competition from Laya Healthcare and Mallow-based EPS Group to take home the large company award.
Three other business were also recognised, with the spotlight firstly falling on software company Platform Avenue for their win in the emerging company category.
Blackpool’s Teamwork. com claimed the SME of the year title.
In the special category — excellence in customer engagement — Fota Wildlife Park came out on top after seeing off Cork International Hotel and The River Lee Hotel.
The awards, which are run in association with Vodafone and media partners the Irish Examiner, saw a host of business leaders in attendance on the night including keynote speaker and Glen Dimplex CEO, Seán O’Driscoll.
Mr O’Driscoll warned against taking the country’s economic recovery for granted and urged leaders to be wary of external shocks that could hamper growth.
Cork Chamber president, Barrie O’Connell called for political leaders to adopt a prudent approach to managing the country’s finances that would sustain the recovery.
He also called for greater efforts to be made to address the country’s housing crisis and for certainty to be provided around key infrastructural projects such as the proposed Cork-Limerick M20 motorway.
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