Sodexo, Ding.com and JCDecaux win France-Ireland Business Awards

Outdoor advertiser JCDecaux, services group Sodexo and mobile top-up platform Ding. com emerged as winners of the 2018 Ireland-France Business Awards on Thursday.

Organised by the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce (FICC) and NetworkIrlande, the awards recognise excellence within the Franco-Irish business community.

Ding.com won the award for best Irish company in France. “Ding’s purpose is to change billions of lives by accelerating mobile access,” said Ding founder and chief executive Mark Roden.

The award for best French company in Ireland was presented to Sodexo, the Irish arm of which delivers a range of services to clients in business, education, health and pharma among others. Across the Republic and Northern Ireland, Sodexo employs about 3,700 and had a combined turnover of €130 million in 2017.