Dr Coy’s in Greystones up for family business award

The resilience and adaptability of family-run businesses across Leinster counties during the recent pandemic will be recognised at the upcoming Energia Family Business Awards.

Winners will be announced virtually on October 18. The event will celebrate ‘resilience through generations’ showcased by Irish family businesses.

Dr Coy’s in Greystones is among the Leinster finalists, in the ‘Family Business Longevity’ category.

This year’s Energia Family Business Awards feature 18 categories, each of which recognises the outstanding achievements of generations of Irish family companies across all sectors and industries.

Family-owned businesses from all six Leinster counties have been named as finalists across a range of sectors.

From October 18 to 22, broadcaster Matt Cooper will make five daily category winner announcements on the Family Business Awards social media channels, honouring businesses who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and resilience throughout the pandemic while continuing to thrive and grow.

The theme of ‘Resilience through generations’ aims to recognise the most adaptable family

businesses across the country.

Alan Mulcahy, Head of Sales at Energia, said: “Irish family businesses have experienced unprecedented challenges over the past year. The lifeblood of communities across Ireland, their resilience has been an instrumental part of the broader national effort to combat the impacts of the pandemic.”