| 08 March 2011
Almir Business is pleased to announce that it now a licensed partner of the Centre of Competitiveness which is the sole National Partner organisation for the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality of Management) www.efqm.org on the Island of Ireland. It has offices in Belfast, Derry and Dublin.
Its mission as a private sector, membership based, not for profit organisation is to actively support Irish firms to become internationally competitive. The 2010 European Excellence framework contains the latest revision in international competitiveness for all sizes of firms, sectors and maturity and is available for your use now.

If you have a desire to be best in class within your sector, want to be ready for the upturn or wish to grow your business, you can assess and identify opportunities available to you by applying the Excellence model to your firm or organisation. The Excellence model was developed by the EU commission, industry and European academia to assist companies throughout Europe to excel.
2010 Assessor and associated training is being delivered consistently to European Standards through the Irish Times training Unit and these will be advertised in due course. In the meantime we recommend that you consider undertaking a review or diagnostic of your firm or organisation against the Excellence model. For more detailed information, please contact:
Limerick: Dick Whelan – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it –Tel: +353 (0)61 514598
Dublin: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Tel: +353 (0)868197584 or +353 (0)18454152
Belfast & Derry: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Tel: +44 (0)7717150020 or (0)2890 737950
Irish Times Training: Una O'Hare - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For further details on an Introduction to EFQM Course <Click Here>
Independent External accredited EFQM Excellence assessors are available through CforC Ireland



