• Stepping Stones to the UK - read more
• 'Don' your Glad Rags for the MII Mad Men Marketing Ball 2016 - read more
• Cork City sees a new express service brought by Dublin Coach - read more
• Young Vietnamese Entrepreneurs visit CIT on their Entrepreneurial Journey - read more
• DARE Technology to represent Cork City at National Enterprise Awards - read more
• CIT Innovation Week 2016 in full swing - read more
• 27th Cork French Film Festival - read more
• Cork Midsummer Festival announces 20% funding increase for its 20th anniversary - read more
• Top 20 law firm continues its expansion with move to a prestigious new office - read more
• The Alternative Board launches in Cork - read more
• Deep Focus: Women In Film Festival takes place at Triskel Christchurch Cinema 6 - 8 May - read more
• The Grafton Barber are pleased to announce the opening of their second branch - read more

Date: Thursday 10^th March
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Venue:  Regus, Phoenix House, Monahan Road
Cost: Free 
To book: online

Cork Chamber is delighted to partner with Regus to bring you March’s Business After Hours Networking event. This event will take place in Regus’ newest Cork location in Phoenix House, on Monahan Road. Join with your fellow Cork Chamber members for an exclusive preview of the almost complete Phoneix House, one of Cork’s newest and  premier office locations.

Regus is the largest provider of serviced office space in the world, with 3000 locations globally across 120 countries and 900 cities, including both City Gate and now Phoenix House in Cork along with other Irish sites in both Dublin and Limerick. Regus offers a myriad of office space solutions to satisfy the requirements (and pockets!) of start ups, entrepreneurs, SMEs and major global businesses.

Don’t miss out on what promises to be a fantastic evening of networking!

Date: Wednesday, 16^th March
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Nimbus Centre, CIT
Cost: FREE
To book: online

This seminar is being run by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in association with the Rubicon Centre and will include nuggets of information for Irish SMEs that aspire to entering the UK market. It will take place from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm. Speakers on the day will include Chris Lyons, EEN Bristol; Shirley McCay, Director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in Dublin and Dirk Schaefer, Manager of the University of Warwick Science Park.

We are delighted to confirm that our case studies at this event will feature Justin Mc Inerney, founder and Chief Executive of Accuflow, a Cork company with a strong UK presence. Justin also sits on the board of the British Irish Trading Alliance (BITA). Meanwhile Helen O’Dowd of Cork-based Virginia Foods Ltd. will provide an insight to her experience in the UK retail grocery market for both branded and private label products.

See ‘read more’ for speaker bios. 

At the night of the general election, the European Commission published it annual country report for Ireland which assesses the economic situation in the country and identifies a number of reform agendas in need of being addressed by the incoming Government.

While the report recognised a strong rebound in the Irish economy, the European Commission also flagged legacy issues including debt levels, infrastructure needs, access to health and housing, inactivity traps, and unaffordable childcare as some of the remaining challenges that render the economy vulnerable and hinder Ireland’s investment potential.

The annual country reports form part of EU’s system of economic governance and is intended to alert policy makers of macroeconomic imbalances.

The full report can be accessed here.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February fell by 0.1% to 8.8%, latest figures from the CSO show. Year-on-year the unemployment rate has dropped by 1.2% to its current rate, which marks the lowest level since 2008. Meanwhile, the total number of unemployed has reduced by 42% from its peak in 2012. This trend matches progress in the rest of the Eurozone, which last month recorded the lowest unemployment rates since 2011.

Although declining, youth unemployment remains high (20.1%) and is in further need of targeted action.

Brush up on your IT Skills this month with our 3 courses designed to get you more tech savvy!

Personal Productivity using MS Outlook - 22^nd March

• Do you want to have an EMPTY INBOX at the end of each day??!!
• Do not let e-mail rule your day, become more effective and manage your workload more efficiently!

Prezi Presentation Skills – 23^rd March

• Turn a simple presentation into something your audience won’t forget with this Prezi course!
• Learn how to convey information through visuals, to animate, share and publish your presentation.

MS PowerPoint – 31^st March

• Produce and run professional looking slide shows. Learn the Do’s and Don’ts of PowerPoint, formatting, Smart Art, Charts, Multimedia and creating the Slide Show. 

Date: Thursday, 19th May, 2016

Enterprise Europe Network at Cork Chamber, in association the Polish Embassy to Ireland, will host a delegation of Polish ICT companies here in Cork, on Thursday 19^th May. The delegation will comprise of a number of ICT companies from Podkarpackie (South Eastern Poland) and will include a representative from Podkarpackie’s ICT Cluster.


See ‘read more’ for details of participating Polish companies or contact Katherine. 

DigiCon Cork 2016 is Ireland’s biggest digital conference for SMEs. The theme of the day is Grow Your Business Online and the event will provide small and medium businesses with the knowledge to drive your businesses forward through the delivery of real and relevant information, presented by leading experts in the online space.

Hear speakers from Google, facebook, PayPal, Linkedin, YouTube and lots more explain how to learn and connect with new and existing customers, increase sales in a cost-effective way and become more competitive.