April Business Breakfast
Members €25, non-members €50
Tues 9th April | 7:30am–9.00am | The Metropole Hotel
In association with The Irish Examiner, our April Business Breakfast will take place in The Metropole Hotel. Through partnership with the Chartered Accountants Cork Society, our guest speakers Dr. Eoin Byrne, Cyber Ireland and Mike Harris, Grant Thornton will provide you with valuable insights into the role of cyber-security systems in Ireland.
The Continuous Evolution of the Recruitment Industry
FREE for Cork Chamber & NRF members
Thurs 11th April | 5pm - 7pm | Clayton Hotel Cork City
In partnership with the National Recruitment Federation we welcome guest speakers Prof David Collings, DCU and Karen O’Reilly, Founder of Employmum along with industry experts to impart their knowledge on Talent Acquisition, Retention and the Flexible Work Movement.
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Redeem Your Gift Card
Shop Local
If you were lucky enough to receive a Cork Chamber Gift Card, don't forget that there are more retailers than ever accepting the card across the city and county. TK Maxx, the Maldron South Mall and Sliced are among the 358 outlets accepting the gift card!
Happy Shopping!
Cork Chamber continues to work with Ireland's 4 other City Region Chambers to drive the success of their regions as critical economic and cultural drivers.
On 28th March next the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government will speak at City Region’s Ireland (CRI) conference, in Galway: ‘Ireland’s Cities: Powerhouses of Regional Growth’. He will be joined by John Moran of the Land Development Agency and Anne Graham of the National Transport Authority.
The half-day conference will explore how Ireland’s five cities can fulfil the goals of economic development for their regions set out in the National Planning Framework and Project Ireland 2040.
CRI will present the Minister and speakers with hard data on businesses’ priorities on infrastructure. To have your voice heard on a topic that’s vital to the economic development of our city region, click here to complete the survey now, which will take just 5 minutes of your time.
Click Here for conference booking
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Techstars Startup Weekend
Techstars Startup Weekend 2019 is a full weekend long experience at Republic Of Work! Participants pitch their ideas then vote on the most interesting ideas and form teams with diverse skill sets. You'll be challenged to create a prototype and will get feedback, iterate, and likely pivot your approach entirely!
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Register Now, Be Brexit Ready
Special Weekly Series: 6 of 7
If your company is exporting to the UK and will be shipping products to the UK after March 29th then we encourage you to register with us for our Export Documentation Service, so that you are export-ready in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario.
To discuss your requirements please contact our Export Documentation Manager imelda@corkchamber.ie
Trade Briefing - Canadian Market Potential
Free Event
28th March | 10:30am -1:00pm | River Lee Hotel
Join this informative networking seminar with John Roxburgh, Senior Trade Commissioner- Canadian Embassy Dublin, Voxpro Ireland, Esentire EMEA, Cork University Business School and Osborne Recruitment.
This event will focus on the wealth of opportunities that have opened up for trade and investment flow since 99% of tariffs on Irish export goods between to Canada were scrapped as a result of the 2017 CETA free trade agreement.
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Customer Service & Complaint Handling
Members €210
Thursday 28th March | The Clayton Silver Springs
It’s not the complaint that matters, it’s how you handle it.
Join us for a fact filled approach to turning a customer experience around either over the phone or face-to-face.
This course will allow you to gain a greater understanding of how you can influence customers, handle difficult situations and resolve complaints successfully.
Digital Marketing Day
€50 per event - Special offer for members, €75 euro for both events
Weds 20th March | Cork International Hotel
Facebook & Instagram Advertising 9.30am - 1pm
This workshop will show how to run advertising in an easy and cost-effective way. The course will cover Ad Platforms, Ad types, how to utilise your ads and how to run and decipher reports.
Social Media Content Creation 2pm - 5pm
This workshop will show how to create a unified social media content strategy. Learn what content works best on each platform, how to reuse content you have created and how to be efficient with social media planning.
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Call for Case Studies
Irish businesses benefiting from EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
During the recent Brussels working visit, Cork Chamber met with DG Trade, which is responsible for the EU’s common policy on trade, are interested in profiling Irish businesses as case studies.
Cork Chamber is invited to provide case studies of Irish businesses who have benefited from EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)- for example, companies who have exported to Canada, South Korea, Mexico, Japan, etc. The European Commission wants to promote the economic benefit of these trade deals to businesses.
If you would be interested in providing a case study read more.
During the recent Brussels working visit, Cork Chamber met with DG Trade, which is responsible for the EU’s common policy on trade, are interested in profiling Irish businesses in this area as case studies.
Cork Chamber is invited to provide case studies of Irish businesses who have benefited from EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)- for example, companies who have exported to Canada, South Korea, Mexico, Japan, etc. The European Commission wants to promote the economic benefit of these trade deals to businesses.
For example:
Exporters Stories here
CETA Case studies here
If you would be interested in providing a case study, please email Pauline Lowe at Chambers Ireland
Healthy Commuting Options and the Built Environment
2019 Seminar
Friday 29th March | 10am - 1pm | Cork City Hall
The Transport and Mobility Forum Cork presents the 2019 Mix Your Mode Seminar.
This year’s theme ‘Healthy Commuting Options and the Built Environment’ aims to explore how the built environment influences active travel.
The seminar offers stakeholders an opportunity to hear about and discuss modern sustainable and active travel developments and goals for Cork.
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Enhancing your Environment
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N40 | Dunkettle | N28 Progress Update
Updates on progress of the following road improvements
- Dunkettle Interchange Project.
- Advance Works at Silversprings.
- Advance Works at Little Island Interchange.
- N28 Works at Shannonpark, Raffeen Junction.
- N40 Intelligent Transport System.
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Cork goes Green
Celebrations kick off for St Patrick's Fesitvals across the city and county. There are hundreds of local parades and events across the region.
Cork City Festival kicks off on March 15th. Weekend events, programme and parade details can be found on Cork City St Patrick's Festival page.
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Brexit Preparedness
Your Number One Priority
The Brexit narrative is unfolding by the minute as we accelerate towards March 29th.
Our recent quarterly survey shows that 37% of businesses have appointed someone to oversee Brexit preparedness. If you are among the 63% who haven’t, the time to prepare is now.
In the last 24 hours, the UK has announced the detail of a proposed set of tariff rates and a “UK Trade Tariff Tool” for a leave scenario. This is being met with mixed reviews regarding legality and validity in the context of the accepted WTO rules.
In theory, the UK Trade Tariff tool would be updated with the new customs duty rates if the UK were to leave the EU without an agreement and the rates would apply from 11pm on 29th March 2019.
Read more to find out what these rates would be ahead of the tool being updated.
In theory, the UK Trade Tariff tool would be updated with the new customs duty rates if the UK were to leave the EU without an agreement and the rates would apply from 11pm on 29th March 2019.
To find out what these rates would be ahead of the tool being updated:
Find out whether a preferential tariff rate, MFN tariff rate or tariff quota rate applies by searching for the good using the commodity code.
The other most likely tariff regime is WTO and the data on WTO members' tariffs are of two types:
- Bound rates (the ceiling rates as listed in members’ “schedules” or lists of commitments)
- Applied rates (the rates members currently charge, which can be lower than the bound rates).
To access the WTO Tariff database options searching the databases can be found here.
For further general Brexit information and tools visit Cork Chamber Brexit Page
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