The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation celebrated cross-border business cooperation on Wednesday, October 28, awarding €500,000 to entrepreneurs strengthening commercial ties between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland…
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Monaco resident and founder of the easy family of brands, presented the awards at Castle Leslie Estate in County Monaghan. Now in their second year, the North-South Business Cooperation Awards attracted 91 applications and were organised in partnership with Co-operation Ireland.
Belfast-based Nomadic Watches secured the €150,000 Gold Award. Founded in 2021 by Peter McAuley, the company combines Swiss mechanical watchmaking with assembly and quality control in Belfast. Its commercial partnership with Dublin jeweller Weir & Sons has helped expand sales and employment across the border.
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Two Silver Awards worth €100,000 each went to agricultural technology company MartEye and a partnership between Northern Ireland’s Langtry Lane garden centre and Irish dessert producer Dae Ice Cream.
Six further Bronze Awards of €25,000 recognised enterprises working in engineering, healthcare, recycling, food and other sectors. Sir Stelios praised the winners’ entrepreneurial ambition and highlighted the opportunities created through cooperation across the island.
The initiative reflects the Foundation’s wider commitment to supporting enterprise, encouraging job creation and bringing communities together through shared economic opportunity.
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