Ivan Bartolo of 6PM Holdings was awarded the Top Male Entrepreneur Award 2013, an event sponsored by Bank of Valletta and organised by Circle Events.

The event brought together some 18 of Malta’s top business people all competing for the Economic Update award. The judging panel comprised of David G. Curmi, CEO MSV Life, Doris Sammut, president Malta Association of Women in Business, Tonio Zarb, KPMG senior partner, Rachel Vella, director of ROCS Group, as well as Michael Bonello, franchise owner of RE/Max Alliance Group. The final votes for such an award was the result of a summation of 60% awarded by the aforementioned panel as well as 40% of votes received online via the magazine's website.

James Abela and Matthew Sammut (NIU) were awarded the 'Best Innovation Award'. The title for 'Entrepreneurial Spirit' was won by Mark J Galea (Quad Consultancy), while the title for 'Top Female Entrepreneur' was won by Sandra Zammit (TotallyFresh Ltd)

The event, started off with a lavish black tie gala event held on the 10th May at the Westin Dragonara Resort.