Vodafone Ireland has today announced it is seeking entries for its highly coveted See Your Business Pitchside Autumn contest. To date, the competition has seen over 10 SMEs receive up to €300,000 worth of prizes. To mark its 5th year, this Autumn’s competition offers unparalleled pitchside advertising opportunities for SMEs who, through seeing their name appear on screens across the Aviva Stadium, benefit from unrivalled exposure to domestic and international audiences.

The competition, which is open to Vodafone Business users, closes on the 9th of October, with the lucky winner appearing on screens across the Aviva Stadium at the major high-stakes fixture Ireland v South Africa on the 21st of November.

‘See Your Business Pitchside’ is a leading initiative by Vodafone Ireland which celebrates Irish creativity and entrepreneurship. With an increased prize value of over €35,000 in advertising, it provides small businesses with unrivalled exposure through both physical pitchside advertising to over 50,000 people at the Aviva and thrilling televised coverage via RTÉ and TNT Sports.

Previous winners of the contest, which has seen over 12,000 entries since its inception, include:

o   Horizon Prints 

o   Voya Seaweed Baths 

o   JANDO 

o   The Farmhouse Bees & Trees 

o   Lotts & Co 

o   SOS Cookies 

o   Hazel Mountain Chocolate 

o   Urban Aran 

o   House of Hofu 

o   Thomp2 Socks 

According to the CSO, there are 400,424 active small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ireland. With over 2.3 million customers, Vodafone Ireland is the connectivity and technology partner to six in ten Irish businesses. See Your Business Pitchside is part of Vodafone’s broader support offering for SMEs, which includes digital advisory services and partnerships to help Irish businesses thrive.

Speaking about the opportunities See Your Business Pitchside provides SMEs, Jo Gilfoy, Director of Vodafone Business, commented:

“See Your Business Pitchside provides unrivalled visibility to SMEs who continue to battle rising costs in the midst of inflation, which is why, to mark the fifth year of the contest, we are offering an increased prize value of over €35,000. At Vodafone Ireland, we are extremely proud to have been able to give something back to smaller enterprises as they provide support to communities and the wider economy. To date, See Your Business Pitchside has provided unrivalled exposure for over 10 lucky Irish SMEs, with many of them reporting record profit increases after appearing pitchside.”