Owners reap a rich harvest from venture

CHRISTMAS came with an extra buzz for Sligo company Quickcrop when it won the innovation award at the National Enterprise Awards earlier this month.

Selling flatpacked raised vegetable beds in Ireland and the UK, company founders Niall McAllister and Andrew Davidson are delighted with the award and the recognition of their company’s ability to innovate.

They believe Quickcrop is probably the first to sell flatpacked raised vegetable beds in Ireland and say they are definitely the only ones to develop software to help people grow their own vegetables. Mr Davidson says they were also the first in Ireland to grow vegetable seedlings for sale online.