Edition 04
Finalists
Presented by the Malta Chamber of SMEs and Malta Enterprise.
Category
Distinct Initiatives
Local Cultural Contributor
This award is designed to recognise business entities that give special attention to the local culture (Malta/Gozo), either through inspired goods, or services. The feel of the local culture must be evident and tied to the business concept or the concept of the specific goods or service being put forward with as a nomination.
The aim of the award is to seek out those businesses that translate the local culture into a successful commercial activity and interpret it giving it new life and visibility. The enterprise, product and/or service would need to have been developed in Malta or primarily involving Maltese counterparts.
ReCoop
Studjurban
Udjenza
Customer Service Excellence Award
This award is targeting businesses that champion customer care and have a client centred approach. These businesses should have developed internal policies and structures that ensure clients are handled with satisfaction and that their experience is a positive one. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that have successful models to show and have a proven track record that can be presented.
Boye Designs & Projects
Brillace Cafe
Panina
Exceptional Wellbeing at the Workplace
This award is designed to recognise the workplace that brings the best out of their employees through the healthy workplace they foster. Whether it is based on individual initiative/s or a wellbeing programme, the workplace should be proven to have a positive impact, in one way or another on the individual employees. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that have a holistic understanding of wellbeing at the workplace and can possibly derive models that can be utilised to set an example, whilst also truly seeking to utilise the full capabilities of any individual, irrespective of their differences.
Examples could include the quality and safety of the physical environment, to how workers feel about their work, their working environment, the climate at work amongst others and equal opportunities at work.
Bank of Valletta PLC
Mapfre
Scope
Social Impact Award | 26+ Employees
This award is designed to recognise the best initiative taking up by a business for care of society or the communities and leaving an impact. The initiatives should be focused on giving back to society and/or of an inclusive nature. Businesses are not simple commercial entities; they have an important role to play in society. Even though interventions might be completely self-less, it is recognised that many times this has a positive impact on the business implementing it. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that have a noble initiative to share that was specifically done not as a main commercial strategy but just to do something positive for the community, especially if revolving around an inclusive concept.
Maltapost Plc
SIGMA Group
Scope
Social Impact Award | Up to 25 Employees
This award recognises outstanding initiatives undertaken by small businesses that make a meaningful contribution to society or their local communities. The focus is on efforts that are entirely centred on giving back, rather than serving commercial interests.
While businesses are commercial entities, they also hold a vital role within society. The award celebrates initiatives that are driven by a genuine desire to create a positive social impact—regardless of whether they result in any direct benefit to the business itself.
The Selection Committee will be looking for initiatives that were clearly motivated by a sense of social responsibility rather than profit, particularly those that promote inclusion and foster community well-being.
Mamma's Sugar Ltd
Merill Rural Network
Willingness Team
Category
Innovative & Sustainable Ambassadors
Best Waste Management Strategy
This award is designed to recognise efforts of businesses that have either implemented initiatives within their business to reduce reuse or recycle waste or who have made an effort to meet the requirements of different environmental legislations with the ultimate aim of reducing, reusing or recycling waste. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that can highlight the benefits through this initiative, while demonstrating how they have made an invaluable contribution to the aim of waste reduction, reusing or recycling.
Eden Leisure Group
Filament Corporation Ltd.
Refab Light Blue Partnership
Green Transport Initiative
This award is designed to recognise efforts of businesses who have implemented initiatives which encourage the use of smart and sustainable transport initiatives such as collective/shared transport, joint transport, fleet electrification, car-pooling, etc... The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that can be used as an example and a best practice in terms of efficiency in transportation and how this initiative is contributing and benefitting the business.
Manna EV
Paradise Bay Resort
TW Consulting & Trade Ltd.
Leader in Quality Tourism
This award is designed to recognise the private sector providing the best Tourism contributor to the Maltese product of the year. Open to businesses that have created products/services to target the tourism industry in a value adding way. The Selection Committee will be looking at commercial offerings targeting tourists in an innovative way attracting tourists for a reason beyond what is traditionally associated with Malta.
Baldacchino Group
Casa Gourgion
Exclusively Malta Luxury Travel
Innovative Digital Solution Award
This award is designed to recognise an Innovative Digital Solution. Digital solutions today offer exceptional means of service, efficiency and accessibility. Digital Solutions give users and those administering it valuable tools to be able to do more and reach farther, in addition to insights, added visibility, functions and AI benefits.
The Selection Committee will be analysing the solution in terms of its efficiency, innovative elements, facilities, development and deployment in line with recognised standards and best practices as well as the value added it gives to its users. The solution would need to be developed partly or wholly in Malta and by/with the contribution of a local business.
Bio Aqua Garden Ltd.
Casa Gourgion
Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd.
Business Leader in Energy and Water Sustainability
This award is designed to recognise the enterprise that has shown leadership in the implementation of sustainable operation within their sector with regards to the use of energy and water. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that have been frontrunners and engrained energy and water sustainability in the enterprise ethos and therefore carried out sustainable energy and water initiatives to ensure the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Baxter Malta
Eden Leisure Group
ST Microelectronics (Malta) Ltd.
Innovative & Sustainable Initiative
This award is designed to recognise any form of enterprise sustainability initiative, which is however deemed to be innovative. The initiative should have contributed to their operational improvement or product/service efficiency and overall sustainability of the business with an innovation element embedded in it. The Selection Committee will be looking for businesses that have carried out innovative sustainable initiative/s in favour of the business beyond more traditional sustainable measures.
Filament Corporation Ltd.
Manna EV
TW Consulting & Trade Ltd.
Category
Celebrating Business
Start-up Business of the Year | Less than 5 years in operation
This award is designed to recognise a Start-up Company to champion for the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking at the businesses that has addressed as many of the following as possible and in the most effective manner: business growth and value added, innovation, employee work condition and/or working environment, support to society, environmental-friendly measures.
Fyorin
Matter of Care Operating Ltd.
SPACEOMIX Ltd.
Family Business of the Year | 26+ Employees
Family business are a main pillar in Malta’s business makeup. To be eligible the business would need to be registered with the Family Business Office. The Selection Committee will be looking for a Family business that can show and equally balanced commitment and proficient attitude between the family structure and business model. Any specific structures, safeguards and plans will be considered in the adjudication.
Baldacchino Group
Greens Supermarket Ltd.
Magro Brothers (Foods) Ltd.
Family Business of the Year | Up to 25 Employees
Family business are a main pillar in Malta’s business makeup. To be eligible the business would need to be registered with the Family Business Office. The Selection Committee will be looking for a Family business that can show and equally balanced commitment and proficient attitude between the family structure and business model. Any specific structures, safeguards and plans will be considered in the adjudication.
Extreme Effects
Mifsud Brothers
Tacris Ltd.
Female Entrepreneur of the Year
This award is designed to recognise a female Entrepreneur to champion for the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking for a female business owner/s showing exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, provides a fresh outlook to business and is backed by a good quality business plan and model. The successful progression of the business and forward-looking outlook will be taken into consideration.
Alexandra Sciberras
Cher Engerer
Muriel Grech
Young Entrepreneur of the Year | Under 35 years
This award is designed to recognise a young Entrepreneur to champion for the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking for a young entrepreneur who shows exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, provides a fresh outlook to business and is backed by a good quality business plan and model. The improvement that the business made from when it was opened until today will be taken into consideration.
Alexandra Sciberras
Joseph Matthew Muscat
Reuben Camilleri
SME of the Year | 26 to 250 Employees
This award is designed to recognise an SME (26 up to 250 employees including owner) as the champion of the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking at businesses that made an overall holistic improvement in one or more of these areas: business growth and value added, innovation, internationalisation, digitalisation, ESGs and work-life balance for employees.
AquaBioTech Group
4JM Solutions
SIGMA Group
Small Business of the Year | Up to 25 employees
This award is designed to recognise a Small Business (up to 25 employees including owner) as a champion for the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking at small businesses that made the most improvement holistically touching one or more of these areas: business growth and value added, innovation, employee work condition, support to society, and/or ecological sustainability.
Freehour Ltd
IoT Solutions Ltd.
POTS
Gozo Business of the Year
This award is open to businesses operating in Gozo and designed to recognise the Best Gozo Business of the Year. The Selection Committee will be looking at the best businesses in a holistic manner, especially seeking those that can be deemed to be the best and/or made the most improvement holistically touching one or more of these areas: business growth and value added, innovation, employee work condition, support to society, environmentally friendly measures.
Agius Group
Customize Nation
SISU Tours