• Wm.O’Brien Goes Down Under
• Focus Ireland will mark Nollaig na Mban  2021 with an Afternoon Tea at  The River Lee hotel throughout 2021
• Roberts Nathan Welcomes New Audit Director
• Celebrating 10 years of Christmas Cinema at Triskel Christchurch
• Investec Europe wins Global Finance's 'Best Foreign Exchange Provider in Ireland 2021'
• Well known Irish Start-up companies unite to connect - Leigh Gillen Events and Conexion.ie
• APC and Tyndall researchers at UCC recognised for outstanding early career success
• Toyota to launch first 7 seater SUV Hybrid for 2021 – Cogans Toyota
• Award-winning independent Irish communications agency, Springboard PR & Marketing has rebranded as Springboard Communications

• Cork English College Online Evening English Classes
• Second City Trilogy: When I Was God – Presented by The Everyman & Irishtown Productions - 10 Dec
• Leigh Gillen Events -  10% off Team Boost Product exclusively for Cork Chamber members
• Ficino Quartet at Triskel Arts Centre – Beethoven Online – 11 Dec
• ROW Webinar – Intellectual Property – Protecting Your Investments & Business Goals – 15 Dec
• Nollaig na mBan Afternoon Tea 2021
• it@cork Fireside Chats Executive Webinar Series: John Applegate (KPMG - Global CIO) – 15 Dec

Bensons Workwear was established in 2012 by Fashion Designer, Mr. Beni Moussa, in attempt to revitalise a dying trade in Ireland. Bensons traditionally manufactured Workwear, Sportswear and Schoolwear. When the pandemic hit, Bensons diversified its product offering to manufacture high quality Medical Garments for the Health Service Executive. We worked day and night to accelerate our production to support frontline workers and went from production capacity of 400 Gowns per day to over 3,000 units daily.

We are proud to say that we have become the first manufacturer in Ireland to receive CE Certification and we were accredited with ISO 9001:2015 quality system certification in 2020. Bensons won the Gold Star Business Award in July 2020 and the Irish Business Design Challenge award in November 2020. We have also started producing Premium Disposable Aprons on a roll, and are consistently expanding our range of Healthcare products. We welcome you to visit our newly launched website for our healthcare range.

Following intense but constructive meetings over the past few weeks, the co-chairs of the EU-UK joint committee have released a joint statement on an agreement in principle on all issues, in particular concerning the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. 

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) continues with its free online Brexit Bite webinars to help you get your food business Brexit ready. The next event will be held on Tuesday 15th of Dec from 10.00am-10.40am with an opportunity to ask your questions and get answers from the experts.

Dear Chamber Member,

I hope you, your families and colleagues are well.

It was a pleasure to share in the exciting announcement earlier today that Bob Savage is the 2020 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Business. Bob has contributed hugely to the development of the region and I would like to extend the warmest of congratulations to Bob. We have captured a special video message below to share with you. 

Many households are counting down the sleeps to Christmas, and businesses are counting 

Bob Savage, Vice-President and Cork Site Leader at Dell Technologies has been honoured with the Cork Chamber ‘Outstanding Contribution to Business Award 2020’, sponsored by EY.

Paula Cogan, President of Cork Chamber “A true icon of the technology industry, Bob Savage has enjoyed an international career, and all from Cork. He has ensured that an entire sector has been able to develop from Ireland. Bob sat on the board of the American Chamber and Enterprise Ireland and has been instrumental in helping to position Ireland and Cork as a European location of choice for investors."

Join us in congratulating Bob on our social media posts

Fri 11 Dec | 12.15pm-1.30pm

Tickets: €10 PP - All proceeds will go directly to Chamber member charities

Let's make this Christmas, a Cork Christmas. Invite your team or get a virtual group of colleagues together and join our Christmas Charity Lunch Live in association with Cork Chamber Skillnet and in partnership with the Marketing Institute Cork. We promise to bring some festive cheer and magic with the world's leading TV hypnotist, mentalist and brain hacker Keith Barry.

Tues 15 Dec | 12pm-1pm

Join us for our final event of the year! This festive themed networking session online will give you a sneak peek inside Cork's brand new boutique hotel, The Dean.

You'll have the opportunity to e-meet other Cork Chamber members in a fun interactive quiz, catch up with those you already know and create long-lasting connections to take forward into the New Year! 

Wed 20 Jan | 09:30am-11:00am | 5 mornings

This course is designed to follow-on from MS Excel Intermediate. Having already familiarised yourself with the most efficient way of performing everyday tasks and now that you have mastered the more commonly used Intermediate topics, it is now time to build on that knowledge.  A large proportion of the course is dedicated to managing and manipulating lists of information from working with tables & slicers up to creating and working with Pivot Tables.

Wed 20 Jan | 11:00am-1:00pm

This webinar will incorporate what types of restructuring are available to businesses in line with relevant legislation.

What Needs To Be Done?

Who Needs To Be Involved?

Types of Temporary Restructuring.

Types of Permanent Restructuring.

On Dec 4th, Revenue provided important information to businesses in relation to the following:

1. the time limits for submitting Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) claim
2. access to the scheme for businesses who continue to be impacted by the current revised public health restrictions

Cork Chamber and Energy Cork invite your participation in a joint SME Energy Champion initiative.

Through SME Energy Champion, Cork Chamber and Energy Cork will work with you to identify how and where energy savings can be made within your business. This is a 12 month pilot initiative and is limited in numbers that can participate.

Find out more about what you will gain through this pilot, and how you can take part.

The SME Climate Hub for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provides a one-stop-shop to make a climate commitment and access best-in-class resources — by business, for business. These resources will help you measure, set targets, reduce your business’ emissions, track and communicate progress, and free up your time to focus on driving your business forward.

Review to Renew – the public consultation of the Review of the National Development Plan closing date is 29th January 2021. Details can be found online here.

Submit comments to Chamber team no later than Friday 15th January. Email here

M20 Cork to Limerick Public Consultation closing date is 18th December. More details can be found here. 

Submit comments to Chamber team no later than Friday 11th December. Email here.

Iarnród Éireann has advised customers that it will be mandatory to pre-book Intercity rail travel in advance for travel from Friday 18^th December 2020 to Wednesday 6^thJanuary 2021 inclusive.

We are advised that the JLT is due to close on the 19^th , 20^th and 21^st of January from 9pm to 4am for scheduled maintenance.

Traffic is advised to reroute during this hours.