Pacem is delighted to announce that we have have been shortlisted in three categories for the 2022 Eastside Awards.
The Eastside Awards exist to showcase the best in East Belfast and Pacem is a proud recipient of the ‘Eastside Award for Employer of the Year’ in 2020 and a double award recipient of both the ‘Eastside Award for Employer of the Year’ and ‘The Eastside Award for Business Growth in 2021’.
Speaking on what it means to win and Eastside Award and to be shortlisted again in 2022, Daniel Glover, MD at Pacem said: “We first heard about the Eastside Awards through East Belfast Enterprise as we were providing some accountancy advice to some of the early-stage businesses in the building. As someone who both resides, and works in the East Belfast area, I instantly thought it was a fantastic initiative to showcase some of the many vibrant businesses and people in the area. Over the years we have experienced a period of rapid growth, going from a team of 3 to 19, and we thought it would be great to enter the awards to showcase how far the business has come and grown in a short space of time. We brought the team to the gala dinner at the Stormont hotel where we were delighted to find out we had won ‘Employer of the year’ in 2020 and then again in 2021 along with the award for ‘Business Growth’, we had a fantastic night out with the team on both occasions celebrating all of their hard work and efforts over the years. He continued: “We have worked exceptionally hard on growing the business and developing a fantastic team and it is great to have that hard work and effort publicly showcased. The strength of our team combined with coordinated wealth planning and accounting services, are what sets Pacem apart from our competition and drives our continued success and we are looking forward to bringing the team along the the Gala dinner on 27th January to celebrate not just our success, but the successes of all the other worthy finalists who are making East Belfast a better place to live, work and play”.
The full list of the 2022 Eastside Awards in association with George Best Belfast City Airport finalists are:
Eastside Award for Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Wolseley Plumb & Parts:
Benjamin Bennett, Horatio Todds; James Mallin, Totalis; Jordan Sloan, Titanic Hotel Belfast
Eastside Award for Best Organisation to Work For sponsored by Fleet Financial:
Ashfield Girls’ High School; Connswater Homes; Pacem
Eastside Award for Business Start Up sponsored by Belfast City Council:
Bullhouse East; Joob Joobs; Murphy & Bailey
Eastside Award for Business Growth sponsored by We’resure Insurance Services:
Art Loves; La Bella Vita; Pacem
Eastside Award for Community Impact sponsored by Belfast Harbour:
EastSide Greenways; East Belfast Street Team; In This Together
Eastside Award for Contribution to the Arts sponsored by Millar McCall Wylie:
Ajendance NI; The Bright Umbrella Drama Company; The Gertrude Star Flute Band, Fifes & Fusion
Eastside Award for Environmental Sustainability sponsored by Kainos:
Davines; Pacem; The Wardrobe
Eastside Award for Excellence in Health and Wellbeing sponsored by Better Gyms:
Ashfield Girls’ High School; Helping Hands Autism Support Group; Jump Jiggle and Jive
Eastside Award for Favourite Classroom Assistant in East Belfast sponsored by Belfast Live:
Gary Chambers, Lough View Integrated Primary School; Kirstie Shaw, Ashfield Girls’ High School; Stephanie Wilson, Ashfield Boys’ High School
Eastside Award for Favourite Eatery (Café/Restaurant) in East Belfast sponsored by Solv Group:
Bodega Bagels; Gardener’s Rest at Hillmount; Lazy Claire Patisserie
Eastside Award for Favourite Teacher in East Belfast sponsored by The Open University:
Suzanne Greenwood, Orangefield Primary School; Mr Pollock, Elmgrove Primary School; Brendan Shannon, Lisnasharragh Primary School
Eastside Award for Sports Initiative of the Year sponsored by Phoenix Natural Gas:
CIYMS, Men’s Hockey Club; Titanic Tigers Special Olympics Club; Tullycarnet Boxing Club
Eastside Award for Tourism Experience sponsored by EastSide Partnership:
Glentoran in the Community; Scott’s Jazz Club; Titanic Hotel Belfast
Eastside Award for Young Person of the Year sponsored by George Best Belfast City Airport:
Ryan Jamison, Refresh Property Solutions Ltd; Lisa Jiang, Ashfield Girls’ High School; Rachael McDowell, Ashfield Girls’ High School
Eastside Award for Volunteer of the Year sponsored by East Belfast Mission:
Susan Gillen, Titanic Tigers Special Olympics Young Athletes Club; Rachael McDowell, Ashfield Girls’ High School; Chloe O’Neill, Youth Initiatives
Hosted by television presenter Tara Mills, winners will be announced at the glittering celebration in Hastings Stormont Hotel on Friday 27 January 2023.
