--- title: CARLOW-BASED MAVEN TM NOMINATED FOR MAJOR NATIONAL AWARD description: Maven TM, a leading B2B telemarketing and lead generation agency to the tech industry, has been shortlisted for a major award run by the SFA. image: https://www.maventm.com/hs-fs/hub/180459/file-2404191680.gif --- [![Maven TM - Funnel Wide Inside Sales](https://www.maventm.com/hubfs/Maven_2016_Theme/mavenLogo-onWhite-01.svg "Maven TM - Funnel Wide Inside Sales") ](https://www.maventm.com) Call us: [+353599101500](tel:+353599101500) ## [Back to Articles](https://www.maventm.com/telemarketing-blog) # CARLOW-BASED MAVEN TM NOMINATED FOR MAJOR NATIONAL AWARD 27 Jan 2015 | By The Maven TM Team --- **![SFA_Awards_2015_(Finalist)](https://www.maventm.com/hs-fs/hub/180459/file-2404191680.gif?width=227&name=file-2404191680.gif)** Carlow-based Maven TM, a leading B2B telemarketing and lead generation agency to the technology industry, has been shortlisted for a major award run by the Small Firms Association (SFA). Maven TM, which now employs a staff of 30 at its facility in Enterprise House, has been nominated for an award in the Services Category where they are up against companies such as Horizon, Atlas Travel Service, Dualtron and Home Instead Senior Care. The SFA National Small Business Awards 2015 aim to celebrate the achievements of small business in Ireland and to recognise the vital contribution of the samll business sector to Irish industry. *“We are absolutely delighted to get this nomination from a body such as the Small Firms Association”,* said Maven TM founder, Mark Cradock, who added: “*This marks the end to a really great year for us where we made huge progess in terms of winning new customers and adding to our workforce.”* Launching the 2015 Awards nominations, SFA Chairman, Mr AJ Noonan, said: “*The companies that have been announced as finalists this year represent all that is good about small business. The people behind these companies are dynamic, diligent and determined.”* An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, who is Patron of the Awards,** **stated: “*I am delighted to support the SFA awards as small firms are at the forefront of the economic recovery. Only by supporting our small firms will our plan to get the domestic economy back on track to succeed.’ * In all 33 companies have been selected as finalists across seven categories in the National Small Business Awards which will be presented by the Taoiseach at a ceremony in March 2015. Set up by Mark Cradock in 2011, Maven TM has been built largely on self-funding without external investors and has achieved strong results, growing to over 30 staff and building an impressive client base of over 60 leading technology companies across eight countries. Providing its services in 12 languages, Maven TM finds and qualifies, through data analysis, digital marketing, social media and targetted telemarketing activities, new sales opportunities for its clients, boosting their sales revenue. 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