Kyle ‘thrives’ to win Roscommon Enterprise Award

The winner of this year’s overall County Roscommon Enterprise Award is Boyle based business Posude, which is owned and managed by local man, Kyle McLoughlin.

Proving the enduring reputation of these awards as a showcase for new and established businesses, Kyle completed a double of sorts at the Roscommon Local Enterprise Office (LEO) awards. He won the county’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2016.

Presenting the award at a special ceremony last week, Chief Executive of Roscommon County Council Shane Tiernan said Posude characterised “all the best qualities of a successful, ambitious local business”.

Kyle designs business apps for accounting systems. An exciting new innovation of the business is the creation of a new cloud accounting software package, called ‘Thrive’, which is a business accounting system, particularly for the distribution sector.

Posude has six full-time employees and a further four employed through contract and other engagements. The company has a flourishing market both domestically and in the United Kingdom.

Kyle said that he was delighted to win the award.“Since we launched Thrive, we’ve been in strong sales and marketing mode. Our ambition going forward is to get a further foothold in the UK and export market.

“It has been a challenging time for our customers but they have been very loyal. We have seen the benefits of our product in terms of cost and time savings on their business,” said Kyle, who was accompanied at the awards by his wife Aoife.

“LEO have been there for me since day one of the business. Both Louise Ward and Enda Cannon have been particularly helpful to me. They have been very supportive in terms of innovation assistance, grant aid and mentoring,” said Kyle, who also acknowledged the support of ‘his right-hand man’ in the business, Kevin Purcell.