EQUESTRIAN and racing businesses featured prominently at the County Kildare Chamber Business Awards, held at the K Club last weekend which included top businesses such as Intel and Colourtrend.

Tara Lane of Centrepiece Rosettes, founded in 2016 and a leading supplier of rosettes, sashes, framed awards and rosette displayer hangers, was named the Networker of the Year 2018.

Punchestown Racecourse and Event Venue came out on top in the Social Media/Digital Marketing Award, followed by Naas Racecourse, named as the winner of the Customer Excellence Award. Equine MediRecord, based on the Curragh, won the Start Up Business of the Year Award while Mongey Communications, co-owned by Punchestown racecourse chairperson David Mongey, was named as the winner of the Innovation & Technology Award.

Lane said: “I am thrilled that Centrepiece Rosettes was featured among such high profile companies at the Awards. We employ three staff and some events that we have manufactured rosettes for include Area IPS Awards throughout Ireland, the Leinster Showjumping Ireland Awards, the Irish Association of Welsh Pony & Cob Awards and various Pony Club Awards.

“The equestrian sector was very well represented at the Kildare Business Awards. I am setting up an Equestrian Business Network so equestrian-based businesses can support and refer each other. If anyone would like to get involved, do contact me at info@centrepiecerosettes.ie.”