The international Startup Nations Summit, which has never been held on the European continent, will be welcomed to Cork for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016.  The Startup Nations Summit, which takes place on 19 November, is just one of many events organized for startups, entrepreneurs, policy makers and stakeholders in the startup ecosystem. Supported by Enterprise Ireland, and co-hosted by Cork innovates and Startup Ireland, an extensive range of events including the Global Startup Gathering, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, will take place across Cork city and county from Spike Island to City Hall. 

Cork County Council voted 40-8 in favour of adopting the proposed budget for 2017 which sees no increases to commercial rates.

The budget also sees the continuation of 1% of commercial rates being ring fenced for the Economic Development Fund (equal to €1.1m) as advocated by Cork Chamber and an expansion of the successful Town Development Fund.

You can read our commentary on the Cork County Budget here.

As called for earlier this year (see here), Cork Chamber believes that a dedicated rental strategy must be developed and implemented in order to restore balance to the Irish housing market and recognise the rental sector as an essential and permanent feature of our housing sector. We were pleased to see Government subsequently committing to developing a rental action plan as one pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland policy framework by the end of 2016. In developing a new National Residential Rental Strategy, the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government invited submissions from interested stakeholders.

Our submission highlighted the social and economic consequences of failing to tackle rising rental prices and called for a rental strategy which stimulates new affordable and professionally managed rental accommodation in urban centres.

You can read our submission here.  

Date: Thursday 17^th November
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Musgrave MarketPlace, Ballycureen Business Park
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
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Cork Chamber is delighted to partner with Musgrave MarketPlace on the Airport Road for the November “Network & Shop” After Hours event.

This is a must-attend event in the run up to Christmas, with delicious canapes and party food, special deals for your Christmas shopping requirements including a wide selection of hampers and Christmas decorations and all at wholesale prices. We will also have a cookery demo from Head Chef Clement for those foodies amongst you.

We won’t be leaving empty handed either, with some lovely goodie bags to take home.  And to top it all off, some energetic pre-Christmas networking before the shopping starts!

Date: Friday 9^th December
Time:12.30pm – 3.30pm
Venue: Vienna Woods Hotel
Cost: €60 members/€75 non members
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The Cork Chamber Christmas Lunch is one of our most popular events and we hope that this year will be no different.  Held again this year in association with Brightwater Recruitment, the Christmas Lunch is the social event of the season, with plenty of festive food and drink, music, raffle prizes and more.

We have a "roight chormer” visiting us this year, as the one and only Ross O’Carroll Kelly ventures outside the Pale to entertain us at the Vienna Woods Hotel for the Christmas Lunch.

As always, this event will be held in partnership with the Marketing Institute in Cork and we hope to have a great mix of both organisations on the day.  So, make sure to come along to the Vienna Woods Hotel for some seasonal networking.  This is a fantastic opportunity to entertain clients and colleagues, so book a table and make a day of it!

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Date: Thursday, 17th November / Time: 18.30-20.00 / Venue: The River Lee Hotel

Join the EEN for an opportunity to network with delegates from around the world, who are all gathered in Cork for the Startup Nations Summit. The Enterprise Europe Network will outline their role as an international support network for businesses in the region and a conduit to the European Commission.  Networking facilitated by Gina London - refreshments compliments of The River Lee Hotel -Jameson whiskey tasting - Waterford Crystal glass cutting.  Make it your goal to connect with people from three different countries, because you never know where these connections might take you!             

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Date: Tuesday 29th November / Time: 09.00-11.30 / Venue: The Kingsley Hotel

Working with other like-minded companies or exploring the knowledge that exists in research institutes can significantly improve the competitiveness of your business. Let us help by introducing you to some of the businesses who have worked with the CAPPA and TEC research centres in CIT!  Our industry speakers will outline how they have benefitted from their partnerships with the research centres and the experts will be available to answer any questions you might have about: Innovation vouchers; EU-funded research projects; New product development; Innovations in your business plan; Internet of Things.


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Date: Tuesday 6th December / Time: 08.30-12.00 / Venue: The River Lee Hotel

Join us at this workshop, held in association with the EU SME Centre (China),to learn more about the WeChat phenomenon and how it is changing the face of e-commerce and communications in China WeChat is sometimes described as the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, but in reality, the WeChat app has a lot more functionality than WhatsApp, including the widely-used instant payment and money transfer facilities. If you are interested in the Chinese market, in e-commerce with China or in app development, then you need to understand how WeChat works! Tap into China’s 700 million WeChat users and understand what they like and dislike about your products and services!

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 Have you ever tried to access information online about doing business abroad? Was the information easily accessible? Complete a short public consultation giving us your feedback on this, to help inform the European Commission about their proposed Single Digital Gateway, and be in with the chance of winning a delicious Cocomo Chocolate hamper! To be in with the chance of winning, complete the survey (accessible here) and send Katherine your case ID number before Friday, 25th November.  

The Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation would like to invite you to participate in market research on 'The Impact of the Brexit Vote for Irish SMEs'. This research will take place on Monday, 21st November from 5.30pm to 7.30pm in Clayton Hotel Silver Springs (sandwiches and refreshments provided) and will take the format of group discussion designed to inform the content of a wider SME survey on this topic.

November 29^th - €460 for Chamber Members!

The Project Management course is designed to be practical and help people apply the knowledge to the workplace. The trainers are expert on multiple project management systems so if a specific company has questions on practical application of theory they are able to answer and give examples of how these systems are used in real life.

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November 24^th - €140 for Chamber Members!

This workshop intends to show people the current state-of-play on online media usage, including how search engines like Google treat websites on mobile searches.

This workshop will also show you the work involved in creating and marketing apps and show you how WhatsApp, Instagram and even Snapchat can help your business.

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Starts December 6th- €160 for Chamber Members!

• Would you like to have an EMPTY INBOX at the end of each day?!
• Would you like to schedule realistic days and never have to worry about forgetting to do or follow-up on a piece of work?
• Would you like to have an organised system that will help you work more effectively on a daily basis?

The Practical Productivity course will provide you a practical and workable solution to managing your workload and time more effectively in the work place!

• UCC’s Information Systems for Business Performance in the running for gradireland Higher Education Awards - read more

• Irish Project Wins EU Award - read more

• Winners of the 2016 Cork Better Building Awards announced - read more

• Economic Development Focused County Budget Adopted - read more

• Prestigious Award for Cork from Chinese Government - read more

• Skillnets launched its four-year strategy on 3rd November 2016 - read more
• Smarter Eggs are challenged to think about their human potential - read more
• PM Group Wins 2016 CPD Employer of the Year Excellence Award from Engineers Ireland - read more
• Cork International Choral Festival Presents: Christmas at the Cathedral - read more

• Retaining Competitiveness Critical for Irish Economy - read more

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• Fin's Horticulture: 10% off  Christmas Tree's - read more
  
• Dublin Coach: Receive an extra 10% discount on all private hire booking - read more
• CEA Engineers & Architects: 10% Reduction in all Services for all Cork Chamber Members - read more
• Moloney HRM: Free Human Resources Consultation - read more
• The Ambassador Hotel: Christmas Lunch and Dinner at McGettigans Cookhouse & Bar Cork - read more