15 Maltese businesses named national champions in European Business Awards

RSM has congratulated the 15 businesses from Malta who have been named National Champions in The European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM, Europe’s largest business competition supported by businesses leaders, academics and political representatives from across Europe.

The European Business Awards, now in its tenth year, attracted over 33,000 businesses from 34 European countries this year and the National Champions companies were selected after the first round of judging.

Maria Micallef, Managing Partner of RSM in Malta said: “We are delighted that 15 businesses have been recognised in Malta for their success. They truly represent the excellence and innovation that our business community has to offer. The European Business Awards platform is an excellent showcase for businesses seeking to succeed beyond their traditional confines. We are working hard on fulfilling our ambition to become the natural, go-to professional services firm for medium sized, growth focussed companies to help them move forward with confidence.”

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards said: “Congratulations to all the talented businesses who have been selected to represent their country as National Champions. They are central to the success of Europe’s strong business community, and have shown the core principles we look for of innovation, ethics and success.”

The next round requires the National Champions to make a presentation video, telling their unique story and explaining their business success. The Awards’ independent judges will award the best of this group the ‘Ruban d’Honneur’ status and the selected companies will then go on to be part of the Awards Ceremony and Gala Event in 2017.

Separately, in a two-stage public vote, the videos will be hosted on the European Business Awards website, and the company who receives the most votes in their country will become the ‘National Public Champion’.  Last year over 227,000 votes were cast as companies were supported globally by their clients, staff and peers, as well as the general public.

The Maltese finalists are:

AirX Charter Limited, AquaBioTechGroup, Business Leaders (Malta) Ltd, Camilleri Paris Mode, CasaSoft Ltd, Cloudlabs, Exigy, FIN Ltd, HalMann Vella Group p.l.c., NetRefer, OzoGroup of Companies Ltd, Parallels Malta, Pharma MT Ltd, STM Malta Trust and Company Management Limited, Wasteserv Malta Limited.

RSM is the sixth largest network of independent audit, tax and consulting firms worldwide and has supported the European Business Awards since its inception. The Awards’ core purpose is to support the development of a stronger and more successful business community throughout Europe.

In the 2015/16 competition, all EU member markets were represented plus Turkey, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Their combined revenue exceeded €1.2 trillion employing over 2.5 million people.