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Policy
Cork Chamber Meeting with Lord Mayor and County Mayor
Subsidised Training
A Project causing you Problems??!!
Events
Calling all Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies -The Future is Now!
Cork Chamber Speed Networking in association with Aviva
International
Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
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JCI Cork, the Evening Echo, Silver Springs Moran Hotel and Cork Chamber have teamed up to find Cork's Friendliest Small Business (max. 20 employees) for 2014.

The award scheme is intended to acknowledge and reward businesses who give their customers a warm and friendly welcome and who excel in customer care.

If you know of a business who you feel should be awarded the title of Cork's Friendliest Small Business for 2014, or if you'd like to nominate your own business, simply complete the entry form here or in the Evening Echo and send your entries to the JCI / Evening Echo Friendly Business Awards, c/o Evening Echo Marketing, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork.

Closing Date for receipt of entries is Sunday, July 6th 2014

If you would like to volunteer as a Mystery Shopper with the Friendly Business Awards team, please email Michael Sikora here and include ‘Mystery Shopper’ in the subject line.

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Come Visit Us At Cork Chamber
 

Are you interested in learning more about Cork Chamber and meeting the team? Why not drop into see us this Friday 4th July between 10am - 12pm. Please pass this information on to anyone who you feel would be interested in attending. This is open to both members and non-members. 

We look forward to seeing you Friday! 


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63rd Cork City Sports International Athletics Meet
 

Date:  8th July
Venue: Cork Institute of Technology 
Buy Tickets: HERE

The Annual Cork City Sports International event has gone from strength to strength and this year alone will welcome 200 international athletes, coming into Cork to participate in the event. The sports event is one of the premier International Athletics Meet in Ireland. Cork City Sports organizers received a timely boost when it was confirmed that Olympic Gold winner Mark Lewis-Francis is set to take to his blocks for the much anticipated 100m clash at the CIT Athletic Stadium on Tuesday 8th July next week. With 9.95 sec speedster Keymar Hyman from the Cayman Islands already in the lineup the 31 year old Birchfield Harriers, the sole still active survivor of Britain’s famous Olympic Relay triumph over the seemingly unbeatable USA quartet in 2004 ensures that there will be at least two sub 10 second men performing in Cork for the first time. With Ramon Gittens from Barbados, Rondell Sorrillo (Trinidad & Tobago) and Warren Fraser from Bahamas  also declared starters do not blink when the gun is fired!


More information on tickets and the programme of events available here.   

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News Headlines
 
1. Cork Chamber Welcomes SouthWestern's Announcement Of 260 New Jobs - Read More HERE 

2. Local Enterprise Offices On The Hunt For Cork’s Best Young Entrepreneurs, With €150k Investment Fund Up For Grabs - Read More HERE 

3. New EU Commission President Must Support Growth Of The European Economy - Read More HERE 

4. PunditArena.Com Named IGNITE Business Of The Year Award 2014 At Annual Awards And Showcase - Read More HERE 

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Events
Calling all Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies -The Future is Now!
 

Date:  3rd July
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber/NRF members
To book: HERE


Cork Chamber will once again partner with The National Recruitment Federation to bring you an informative evening seminar.


This event will focus on how the recruitment industry:

  • is performing both at home and globally
  • how it will play an integral part in helping to get the Country back to work
  • skills needed for the recruitment industry and businesses for the future
  • trends that are emerging as we move in a fast social media world.


This evening event will be chaired by Chamber CEO Conor Healy. 

Additional speakers include Barbara McGrath, NRF, Anthony O’Mara, Voxpro, Phil Prendergast and Eva De Lacy Staunton from LinkedIn. 


CLICK HERE
 for further details and to book your FREE place. 

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Cork Chamber Speed Networking in association with Aviva
 

Date: 24th July
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: River Lee Hotel
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: HERE 



Cork Chamber and Aviva are working in partnership to bring you a highly energized event, where you will make over 10 business contacts in a fast-paced environment. ‘Speed networking’ is a more structured form of networking where you have 1 ½ minutes each side to pitch your business and make connections for both buying and selling.


This is a practical event for SME’s, giving you a chance to speed network and meet new business contacts as well as receive referrals and renew existing connections.


Places are limited, please BOOK EARLY to avoid disappointment

 

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Policy
Cork Chamber Meeting with Lord Mayor and County Mayor
 

As part of our ongoing lobbying and engagement campaigns Cork Chamber President, Gillian Keating and Chamber CEO Conor Healy met with the newly elected Lord Mayor of Cork City Cllr. Mary Shields and Cork County Mayor, Cllr. Alan Coleman earlier this week. At the meetings Cork Chamber outlined priority issues of concern for the business community in the Cork region for the coming twelve months.

As well as discussing key infrastructural projects the importance of marketing Cork as a region through Cork INC was discussed.  The Chamber re-enforced our position on the necessity of ensuring the continuation of the City and County Council’s Economic Development Fund to further support the creation and expansion of sustainable enterprises in the micro and SME sectors of the Cork economy. 

 

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Subsidised Training
A Project causing you Problems??!!
 

Do you want to gain the tools & knowledge to manage your workload & deliver your projects on time?

 
Do you want to learn key project management techniques?


Do you want to understand Project Management Technical Skills and Tools?


Then our Project Management Professional Courseis the course for you! Starting on the 15th July,  this 3 day course is only €420.00 for Chamber members, so don’t delay, BOOK TODAY!

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International
Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
 

Overseas Business Partnership Opportunities

See 'read more' below for details of overseas business partnership opportunities which are contained in the Enterprise Europe Network database.

 

Upcoming Events


Green Connections, Driving Green, Copenhagen, 27th-28th August 2014

Driving Green is Denmark’s biggest sustainable and efficient road transport event. Green Connections is its official matchmaking event and will be free of charge to participate in. Read More 


Horizon 2020 Brokerage Event, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2nd September 2014

This networking event is aimed at pan European companies, universities and researchers who are interested in sharing new project ideas and in finding Horizon 2020 partners. 


See 'read more' below for further details! 

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Members Offers
Rhythm of the Dance
 
Period of the offer available: Sunday, July 6th, 8pm, Cork Opera House 

A toe-tapping Irish dance spectacular, Rhythm of the Dance has toured internationally since its creation 15 years ago thrilling over 5 million fans across the globe.  With a gifted young cast of dancers, musicians and featuring three Irish tenors, you’ll be taken on a two-hour richly-costumed extravaganza. Choreographed by former Riverdance star, Doireann Carney, it’s a must see! Special Offer: Tickets are €29 and Cork Opera House is delighted to extend a ‘2 for 1’ offer to Cork Chamber members.

To avail, simply contact their Box Office on 021 427 0022 and quote “Cork Chamber Offer”.  
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