The Draft Local Area Plans for each Municipal District in Cork County Council is now open for public feedback.

The Plans cover the areas of East Cork, Fermoy, Kanturk-Mallow, West Cork, Ballincollig-Carrigaline, Bandon-Kinsale, Blarney-Macroom and Cobh. Once finalised they will replace the previous Electoral Area Local Area Plans adopted in 2011 and will incorporate and update the land use zoning maps and associated policy objectives of the nine Town Development Plans adopted by former Town Councils.

Have your say on the draft plans before Friday 6th January 2017 by clicking the link below or contact Sarah if you want to share your views ahead of Cork Chamber’s submission.

Chambers Ireland will be preparing a submission in relation to Revenue’s proposals to modernise the PAYE system, as announced by Minister Noonan in his Budget statement.

The consultation paper is available here and calls for the views of employers, employees, payroll providers, tax practitioners, bookkeepers etc on PAYE modernisation. At its core, PAYE Modernisation means that, for each member of staff, employers will make the right tax deduction when the staff member is being paid, employees will have the certainty of knowing that they are not overpaying or underpaying tax and Revenue will, through real-time reporting by the employer, have the most up to date information possible to determine that each employee is subject to the tax deduction that is appropriate. It is anticipated that this reporting process by employers to Revenue will be fully integrated into the employer’s payroll run, thereby contributing to a significant streamlining of business processes and reducing administrative cost for employers.

If any Chamber or member business has feedback that they would like to be considered for inclusion in the Chambers Ireland submission please contact Sarah by 5^th December 2016. 

Date: Friday 9^th December
Time:12.30pm – 3.30pm
Venue: Vienna Woods Hotel
Cost: €60 members/€75 non members
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The Cork Chamber Christmas Lunch is one of our most popular events and we hope that this year will be no different.  Held again this year in association with Brightwater Recruitment, the Christmas Lunch is the social event of the season, with plenty of festive food and drink, music, raffle prizes and more.

We have a "roight chormer” visiting us this year, as the one and only Ross O’Carroll Kelly ventures outside the Pale to entertain us at the Vienna Woods Hotel for the Christmas Lunch.

As always, this event will be held in partnership with the Marketing Institute in Cork and we hope to have a great mix of both organisations on the day.  So, make sure to come along to the Vienna Woods Hotel for some seasonal networking.  This is a fantastic opportunity to entertain clients and colleagues, so book a table and make a day of it!

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Date: Tuesday 6th December
Time: 08.30-12.00 
Venue: The River Lee Hotel
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Join us at this workshop, held in association with the EU SME Centre (China) to learn more about the WeChat phenomenon and how it is changing the face of e-commerce and communications in China. WeChat is sometimes described as the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, but in reality, the WeChat app has a lot more functionality than WhatsApp, including the widely-used instant payment and money transfer facilities. The event will feature Mark Hedley, EU SME Centre Expert; and Adam Knight, cofounder of Tong Digital. 

The EU SME Centre is an EU initiative that provides a comprehensive range of hands-on support services to European SMEs doing business with or looking at China. Tong Digital is a digital agency at the forefront of branding, communication and technology services in China. 

If you are interested in the Chinese market, in e-commerce with China or in app development, then you need to understand how WeChat works! Tap into China’s 700 million WeChat users and understand what they like and dislike about your products and services.

For further information please contact Katherine. 

Complete a short consultation to WIN a fantastic Cocomo Chocolate hamper! The objective of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC is the supply of safe equipment but irrespective any accidents, non-compliance can result in the prohibition of the sale and use of machine the Machinery Directive. 

Currently, the Directive aims to facilitate the functioning of the internal market for machinery while ensuring a high level of health and safety protection for machinery users (workers, consumers and other exposed persons), as well as environment protection for machinery used in pesticide applications. Examples of products covered by the Directive include small hand-held power tools, gardening machinery, construction machinery, industrial robots etc. 

Complete a short public consultation for the evaluation of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC (link accessible here), send your case ID to Katherine and your name will be included in the draw to win a fantastic Cocomo Chocolate hamper!

We are currently seeking tenders for the delivery of a range of training programmes for 2017! The request for tender be found here.

Starts February 20th - €980 for Chamber Members! 

Lean Six Sigma Green Belts are vital assets to any business. They are key employees equipped with specialist tools to make these ‘changes for the better’ happen. Utilizing a vast array of tools, Lean Six Sigma focuses on improving speed and quality of a product or service, regardless of the industrial sector or size of the business, helping a business in becoming better and faster, providing a greater value product to the customer. Click here to reserve a place!

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