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McCue Announced as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies

Company receives award for seventh year, achieving platinum status

MCCUE Crafted Fit, the Carrickfergus based specialist refurbishment and fit-out company, has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme, in association with Bank of Ireland. The company, which demonstrated superior business performance for the seventh year in a row, achieved the prestigious platinum status at the gala awards dinner held in Dublin on 1 March 2019.

This year, 12 new companies join a network of 136 companies that were awarded the status of Best Managed. The Best Managed Companies network this year has total revenues of almost €11 billion, export sales of almost €3 billion and total employment of approximately 44,000 people.

Commenting on the company’s success at the awards, Managing Director of McCue, Les McCracken said, “Achieving platinum status from Deloitte and maintaining our position as one of their Best Managed Companies is a fantastic achievement for our team. Deloitte Best Managed recognises the very best Irish companies operating at the highest levels of business performance and we’re proud to be in the company of many other successful Irish businesses.”

Les continued, “Being a member of Deloitte’s Best Managed programme has guided our company in various ways, helping us focus on our core vision, increase stakeholder value and strive for excellence in all aspects of the business. We’re looking forward to building on our current success, as part of the programme, in future years.”

Anya Cummins, Partner, Deloitte said: “Well done to all of the winning companies on their achievement. The Best Managed Companies process is a rigorous one, examining every facet of an organisation, and the bar is set high by our judging panel. As ever, the spread of companies, right around the country and across a number of industries, underlines the importance of Irish and Northern Irish companies to the economy and in the midst of economic uncertainty, technology disruption, an open competitive market and full employment, the continued strong performance of these businesses is admirable. In the current environment, it is important for this contribution to be recognised, supported and showcased.”

Tom Hayes, Chief Executive, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking said: “It’s a challenging time for businesses in general, with the operating environment consistently and rapidly changing, due to technological developments, new ways of doing things, and challenges on the macroeconomic horizon. The Best Managed Companies this year have demonstrated that they can optimise each area of their business while always operating with an acute awareness of their environment, recognising the opportunities of expansion into global markets, in addition to strategic alliances and partnerships. I look forward to their continued growth.”

This year’s judging panel members were Frank Ryan, Chair of the Judging Panel; Brendan Jennings, CEO, Deloitte Ireland; Tom Hayes, Chief Executive, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking; Siobhan McAleer, Commercial Director at the IMI; Rose Hynes, Chairman of the Shannon Group Board and Origin Enterprises; and Feargal Mooney, former Chief Executive Officer of HostelWorld.

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