CORK COMPANY OF THE YEAR - Large Category Finalists
Altada
Life Science Consultants
Spearline
Congratulations to finalists in the Large category of the Cork Chamber Cork Company of the Year Awards 2022 which are sponsored by Vodafone Ireland and media partner The Irish Examiner. Finalists in the International category will be published next Wednesday 27th April and the winner of each category will be announced on Thursday 5th May at our Annual Dinner.
Join us for the next session of the Greening Our City series to hear from Dr Maria Kirrane, Sustainability Officer, UCC about the work of the UCC Green Campus team in promoting and supporting grassroots change in the universities day-to day sustainability practices and Professor John O’Halloran, President, UCC about the overarching ambition of the university and its responsibility to lead the way in securing a sustainable future.
Join this virtual workshop to learn how to maximise your membership through our many promotional channels, particularly focusing on the Member's Area of the Cork Chamber website. In this session, we outline practical tips on how to access the wider Chamber membership base, maximise your visibility and use the digital Member's Area to promote your business.
This is a must-attend session for HR Practitioners who are seeking to inform and empower their HR planning in 2022. The HR Barometer is an invaluable source of information, analysis and insights on the key issues and challenges impacting HR in Ireland. Key senior consultants from Adare Human Resource Management will share the findings of the latest HR Barometer Survey and what these mean for HR Practitioners.
By practicing Dale Carnegie principles, masterfully using technology, and creating superior visuals, online presentations become dynamic and powerful.Join us for this session where you will learn how to break the mould of boring webinars and set the standard for Online Presentations. Presenting online is often the best solution to get information and training to the people who need it most when they need it. Dale Carnegie outlined four ways that people evaluate us - What we say, How we say it, What we do, How we do it.
This personal effectiveness workshop is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on the skills and personal competencies needed to respond to the challenges presented in a VUCA world. VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) represents the global economic landscape that many employees are navigating right now and into the future.
In the first Economic Trends survey of 2022 sponsored by Permanent TSB, Cork Chamber asked members about their experience in the most recent business quarter, Q1 2022 as well as the business outlook for Q2 2022. This Economic Trends captures a snapshot of business experiences and the overall operating landscape, in a period which saw the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the outbreak of war. In addition, Q1 2022 has seen a resurgence and second wave of the Omicron variant of Covid 19 and a subsequent impact on business and society. This survey also gathered information on the current experiences of Cork Chamber member organisations dealing with the rise in energy costs.
Cork Chamber are making a submission, on behalf of our members, on the Proposed Material Amendments to the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028. The consultation period will run until the 28th of April 2022. These consultations are an important part of shaping the future of our city and we encourage our members to engage in the process.
The Sustainable Business Impact Awards, by Chambers Ireland, showcase best practice in sustainable development and social responsibility undertaken by companies of all sizes across Ireland. This is an opportunity for Cork businesses of all sizes to demonstrate their impact and be recognised at an in person awards event in September 2022.
Chambers Ireland in collaboration with Chambers across the country have launched a survey to assess how businesses are being affected by the increased costs of energy.
Survey responses from companies will feed into a Department of Enterprise, Energy Supply Emergency Group and will contribute to ensuring policy supports are applied to businesses where they are most needed.
Stronger Together Values of equality, diversity and inclusion win out in skills attraction
In our recent Chamberlink magazine, Paula Cogan, President of Cork Chamber delves into issues around visas, quality of life, anti-racism and ownership and how they relate to skills attraction. At the outset of 2022, a number of member businesses reported serious issues with staff shortages and the recruitment of skilled labour across SMEs, large indigenous businesses and multinational employers. Beyond typical recruitment or retention problems - a genuine skills shortage exists across numerous sectors and is most acutely felt in the hospitality, health, manufacturing, technology, and financial services sectors.
DIGITALEUROPE invites you to the second event in our Digital Deep Dives series, taking place online 28 April, where they will delve into the ins and outs of the Standardisation Strategy and the effect it will have on areas such as AI and the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.
After two long years of no in-person connectivity CEO Conor Healy represented Cork Chamber and its members in the USA over the St. Patrick’s Day period. The first part of the visit was part of a Cork City delegation led by Lord Mayor Cllr. Colm Kelleher in Cork’s sister city of San Francisco, followed by a productive few days in Washington DC.
Ahead of the Summer, it is expected that the Right to Request Flexible Working and mandatory 'living wage' will be in place.
The introduction of flexible working arrangements is the result of the Government implementing the EU’s Work Life Balance Directive. The proposed Government Bill entitles employees to have the right to request flexible working arrangements.
In relation to the Living Wage, this is currently calculated at €12.90 per hour and is the basic amount that is deemed necessary to cover an average worker’s needs to a socially acceptable standard.
