Richie Boucher was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Ireland Group in February 2009 and has led the Group through a major recapitalisation, restructuring and rationalisation process maintaining the Bank in private ownership with its core-franchises intact.

Join with your fellow members to hear directly from the leader of a key Irish bank talk about the new landscape of banking in Ireland, from local to global. This is a unique opportunity for you to ask some of those burning banking questions, so don’t miss out!


For more details and booking information, please CLICK HERE

Date: 19^th November
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Doubletree Hilton Hotel
Cost: €120pp / €1200 per Table
To book: visit our website here

Now in it’s third year, Cork Chamber’s Dublin Dinner 2013 will once again promote the strong connections that exist between Cork and Dublin Businesses and enhance existing business relations between the two regions. It gives unique potential for Dublin-based companies to meet with their Cork peers as well as Cork companies doing business in Dublin. It also affords the opportunity for networking amongst Cork business people who are Dublin based.

For more details and booking information, please CLICK HERE

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: 4th December
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel in Little Island
Cost: Free
To book: HERE

The fourth and final part within the Enterprise Europe Network’s ‘Access to Finance for SMEs’ series will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Little Island and it will outline the State Agency Funding and Revenue Incentives relevant to SMEs.  

The seminar will deliver an overview of the supports available to SMEs at local, regional and national levels alongside the criteria for funding.  The Revenue commissioners will identify key tax incentives and Revenue initiatives to assist businesses.  

Speakers will be drawn from MicroFinance Ireland, Enterprise Boards, LEADER groups and the Revenue Commissioners. For further information, contact liz@corkchamber.ie.

Date: 14th November
Time: 9am – 4pm
Venue: City Hall, Cork
Cost: Free
To book: here

The leading showcase for entrepreneurs, innovators, startups and small business, INBusiness INCork will take place on 14 November 2013 at City Hall, Cork.  Hosted by Cork innovates, this all-day event promises to be a ‘must-attend’ for anyone interested in business and entrepreneurship. 

Nearly 180 entrepreneurs, businesspeople, technologists, students and general startup junkies from the region were transported to Dublin to facilitate them taking part in the event. Once on board they were given the opportunity to take part in a host of networking and activities in three specially designated carriages.

Best of all, it was completely free with all costs being covered by three of Cork’s technology companies - VoxPro, PCH International and Trustev.

Cork Chamber was delighted to support this initiative and in the above picture you will see our President Gillian Keating just about to board!

Then our Influencing & Negotiating Skills course is the one for you!! The programme aims to enable participants to influence the thinking and behaviour of others through effective use of communication skills. This course will help you improve your persuading, influencing and negotiating skills, key skills that once learned, have applicability across both business and life situations. So grab this chance to influence the man in the red suit!! BOOK NOW!

Why train with us? We have small class sizes of an average of 10 persons per class (individual attention guaranteed) Top Trainers (all are leaders within their respective fields), locally delivered and exceptionally good value for money.

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:

• Enterprise Europe Network ‘Building a Business on Your Ideas’ Seminar, November 21, Waterford Institute of Technology
• EU-China Exhibition on Urban Development, November 20-23, Beijing, China
• EU Commission’s ‘Mission for Growth to Portugal’, November 28-29, Lisbon, Portugal
• Business partnership opportunities

Period of the offer:  Booked prior to the 20^th of November.

Why not celebrate Christmas in Style by having your Christmas Party at the Five star Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney. Party Nights scheduled for the 13^th,14^th  of December will include, A Mulled wine reception on arrival, A four course gala Christmas Dinner, Live Band and DJ,( J90 & Jigabite) Great spot prizes. All for €49.00 per person or €119 per person to include deluxe Bed & Breakfast.

Period of the offer: 1^st Nov-30^th Nov From: €105 B&B per room per night

Enjoy One Nights Bed & Breakfast at the Castlemartyr Resort. Terms & Conditions: Offer available Sunday-Thursday only. Promotional rate only valid from the 1^st November - 30th November 2013. This rate and offer is based on a single deluxe king room. Please quote promotion code ‘NOVCORP’ when making your reservation HERE

Period of the offer: December 2013

Christmas 2013 Make it Special. Come celebrate your Christmas party in Corks leading Christmas party venue. Fitzgeralds Vienna Woods Hotel at Christmas is a magical winter wonderland hidden in 20 acres of Woodlands, the warm fires and delicious cuisine will make your Christmas Party a special and memorable event. Contact with any Christmas inquiries to christmas@viennawoodshotel.com.

George will be broadcasting with Newstalk from Opera Lane in Cork next Wednesday 6^th and Thursday 7^th November for Breakthrough Cancer Research (who fundraise for Cork Cancer Research Centre).

As part of Electric Ireland’s Powering Kindness campaign, which encourages the public to do an act of kindness for one of three charities from 2-8 Nov, George Hook is getting behind Breakthrough Cancer Research, he will visit the business in Cork with the best good deed banked for Breakthrough Cancer Research and will do a good deed for you in return – whether he washes your windows, serves behind your bar, or sells for you!

Period of the offer: 25% Discount on Orders before December 31st

Conversation Piece Recently Appointed National Distributor for Gigaset Portfolio. Suitable for: Home / Office use,  Doctors Surgery, Warehouse / Garage, Solicitors Office, Estate Agents, Health Centres. Can be linked to most Existing Telephone Systems. Plus Free audit of your current Traffic Costs, Plus Free audit of your existing Telephone System. For full details on the Gigaset Range of products contact: Jim Dunne:- jimdunne@conversationpiece.ie or Call 1800 300 677  

Date: 9^th of December
Time: 9.45am – 12.45pm and 2pm – 5 pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork
To book: For a booking form please call Ciara or Gavin on 051-395900 or email sales@pims.ie

Yes, it’s that time of year again. We want you to be prepared for your Payroll End of Year by making this process less tedious and stressful, leaving you time to enjoy the more important things at this time of year. We will be running a morning & afternoon seminar in Cork.

‘Sponsor for a Day’ competition valued at €50,000, with one lucky winner sponsoring rugby team Leinster and one sponsoring Munster during key Heineken Cup Games.

The competition is open to all businesses, offering them the opportunity to win a sponsorship package at a Munster or Leinster Heineken Cup game in January 2014. The prize, which is valued at a minimum of €50,000, includes the winner’s company logo on the players’ jerseys during a Heineken Cup match in front of a very large audience both at the games and the TV viewers, as well as coverage in the Irish Independent.

Date: 11th November
Time: 6pm – 8.45pm
Venue: Upstairs at The White Horse, Ballincollig, Cork
Cost: €20 per person
To book: Email events@smarteregg.com

A Live interview with Bob Savage, VP & GM of EMC Ireland Centre of Excellence preceded by Egg Talks from three high-achieving people in business with fascinating stories to tell - Donagh Kiernan, Founder & CEO of Tenego Partnering, Ann-Marie O’Sullivan, Director, H&A Marketing+PR and Donal Cahalane, CMO, Trustev.

Date: next 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.

Date:  November 13^th
Time:  16.00-18.00
Venue: ORB 255 O’Rahilly Building, UCC Main Campus
Cost:  Free
To book: Registering for tickets here   

UCC are hosting a series of Innovation Workshops in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship over the 2013/14 academic year.  The first workshop is entitled "Structuring your Innovation Process: Managing the levers of success" and is aimed at organisations beginning their journey towards effective innovation management.  It will address the key challenges associated with innovation management and present a number of models applicable when structuring organisational innovation.  The workshop will be delivered by Dr. Lawrence Dooley of UCC’s Management & Marketing Department.