Date: Tues 26^th November
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Northridge House, St Lukes Home
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: HERE

Cork Chamber brings you another FREE networking event for your November calendar, so it’s definitely time to start getting down to business before the Christmas rush!

This month’s event will take place in Northridge House on the grounds of St Luke’s Home in Blackrock. Northridge House was officially opened by President Michael D Higgins in 2012 and is a state-of-the-art, bright, spacious and attractive venue which is an ideal facility for businesses, associations, organisations, government bodies, societies and clubs who need a conference or meeting room for team building, training or seminars.

Join us for this fun networking event, where you will meet a minimum of 8-10 contacts with the help of the Chamber bell, in the bright and modern surroundings of Northridge House.

Date: 13^th December
Time: 12.30pm – 3.30pm
Venue: Radisson Hotel, Little Island
Cost: €50 Cork Chamber & MII members / €75 non members
To Book: HERE

Cork Chamber is kicking off the Christmas period in style with two of Cork’s greatest sporting heroes to inspire and motivate you for 2014.

Steve Redmond is a world class open water swimmer and became the first person in the world to conquer the Ocean’s 7 challenge last year.  Rob Heffernan is a champion race walker and winner of the 2013 World Championships in Moscow 50km race. Both are proud Cork men and leaders in their chosen field, flying the flag for Ireland on the International stage. We look forward to an interactive session where they share their motivational secrets and determination to succeed that we can all apply to our business lives.

This event is ideal for entertaining staff or corporate clients as it uniquely combines inspiring speakers, active networking, lots of great prizes with Christmas merriment! So book now and join with your fellow Cork Chamber and Marketing Institute of Ireland members for one of the most popular events in the Chamber calendar. 

Drinks reception kindly sponsored by Brightwater Recruitment.

Tickets for the hottest event in town go on sale on Friday 22nd November at 9am, so please mark this date in your diary and do not miss your chance to network with close to 1,000 business people at one event, in one location, on one night!

Cork Chamber's Annual Dinner will take place on Friday 7th February 2014 and promises to be another great success with companies from across the business community descending on City Hall.

Due to increasing demand and to facilitate the maximum number of member companies attending, tickets are limited to 4 per company and are priced at €175 per ticket including VAT.

NOTE: Requests for additional tickets will be placed on a waiting list and subject to availability.

Bookings can only be made by fully paid up Cork Chamber members through the website - www.corkchamber.ie

Cork County Council has launched a public consultation regarding proposed N28 upgrade works on Shannon Park and Shanbally Roundabouts. The proposed works include:

· New traffic signal heads and controllers
· New road signs and road markings
· New Slip Road to facilitate Cork to Ringaskiddy traffic at Shannon Park
· New pedestrian crossings, cycling facilities
· Other necessary associated works.

The Chamber is preparing a submission as part of the public consultation and invites interested parties to submit their views/observations/suggestions to Alma Murnane, Director of Policy & External Relations (alma@corkchamber.ie) before Monday, 9^th December.

For further details please click here. 

The Business School @ Cork Chamber has 2 courses left for 2013, so now is your chance to squeeze the very last bit out of your training budget! First up is our Present & Express with Confidencecourse on the 28^th November – a course to take the fear out of presentations, public speaking, meetings & one to one conversations. Then on the 4^th of December, our final Project Management Professional course begins, designed to help you take the chaos out of project management!

Improve business performance through people!

The Enterprise Europe Network helps small business to maximise their presence on the European marketplace. Working through a network of local business organisations across Europe and further afield, we can help you develop your business in new markets, source or license new technologies or access EU finance and EU funding.

For more information, please see: www.een-ireland.ie or contact Liz@corkchamber.ie

See the ‘read more’ section (below) for further information on the following:

• Mission for Growth to Peru, 02-05 December, Lima, Peru 

• Ireland India Business Association Christmas Lunch, December 6, River Lee Hotel, Cork

• Business Partnership Opportunities

Parking People Would Like To Offer half price parking in our

• Woods Street Car Park (off Washington St, take a right just after Square Deal, behind the PC clinic)
• North Cathedral Car Park (on the junction at the top of Shandon Street)

Show Cork Chamber Of Commerce On Your Dash Next To Your Parking Ticket and whatever time you have paid for we will double the time allowed.

Offer available: €50 off for Cork Chamber Members

MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE: MSC Splendida Feb 2014, 7 nights €499

Includes : Return Flights, Full Board Cruise,

Ports of Call: Barcelona, La Goulette, Palermo, Civitavecchia, Genoa, Marseille

Offer available: from now

Increase employee motivation. Boost productivity. Encourage team work. Improve job satisfaction. Increase sales. Available in all denominations (From €10 upwards) ***Makes an ideal Christmas bonus***

Offer available:  until the end of 2014

'Complete Legal Business Protection' for just €65. New and existing commercial customers to MIG are being offered an enhanced legal protection cover to supplement basic legal protection cover they may have from their current provider. For just €65 per annum, you basically have 'a solicitor in your pocket', 24/7/365 and more… Freephone 1800 50 11 11

Date: Sunday 1^st December
Time:  1.30pm (Registration & pick up)  3.30pm race starts
Venue: Marina, Blackrock
Cost: Pre register online €10 or on the day €15
To book: here 

A professionally timed  7km Run/Walk/Jog/Dash that will hopefully get people warmed up for Christmas – it’s happening at 3.30pm from the marina in Blackrock and the course will take participants around the railway line, estuary. The Castle Café are sponsoring refreshments afterwards. We’re only charging €10 for registration that will cover the cost of running the event and we want everyone to bring a gift that will be passed on to the SVP

Date: Thursday November 21st
Time: 6pm
Venue: Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork
Cost: €10 for members, €25 for non-members
To book: here 

Sponsor: Gresham Metropole Hotel

As we approach the year-end what are the ten key things that we could do to make 2013 truly count in the life of our business? Susan Hayes, returns to her native Cork, to deliver a practical and implementable workshop on how to finish the year with a flourish and be poised and ready for growth in 2014.

With her trademark positive attitude, she will encourage the audience to focus on what you can do while focusing on the five key areas of business; strategy, finance, marketing, sales and productivity. She will openly speak of her own journey of opening international doors, reinventing herself in times of recessionary opportunity and how she practises what she preaches.

Date: Tuesday, 26^th November
Time: 3 pm
Venue: Cork City.
Cost: Free
To book: For further information please contact: Jacqui Norton, Enterprise Ireland, tel: +353 21 4800228 or email at jacqui.norton@enterprise-ireland.com.
You can also register online here. 

If you are currently considering entrepreneurship as a career option, an Enterprise START workshop will help you to understand and evaluate the entrepreneurship process and what it involves. Each workshop is targeted at individuals with a business idea that has the potential to be scaled up significantly within three years and be export driven.

Date: course begins the 16th of January
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork
More information: HERE or contact Fiona Sneddon 087-9690428/ fiona@ics.ie

ICS is now offering a new HETAC Level 8 course in Business Analysis. The course was developed by the Business Analysts Association of Ireland and is delivered by the National College of Ireland. The programme is delivered two days per month across six months and leads to the Certificate in Business Analysis .

Previous courses have been fully booked out and have been excellently received by course participants.