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Good News For Cork
160 new jobs for the Cork region
Chairperson of Cork Regional Chambers, Mr. Donal Kelleher welcomed the announcement that Aldi, has today opened its new regional distribution centre in Mitchelstown, creating 160 new jobs for the Cork region. Full story available here.
PM Group developing their international business with the creation of 250 new jobs
This week PM Group announced the creation of 250 new jobs, 100 of which will be located at its operations in Cork and Dublin. This announcement once again substantiates the key strengths and resources that the Cork region has to offer and clearly positions Cork as a location of choice for industry requiring high skills levels and an enabling and facilitative business environment. Read full story here.
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Need help understanding your finances?
Then our Business Finance for Managers & Entrepreneurs Course is the course for you! This is a blended learning course which combines classroom sessions with access to the comprehensive web-based training programme www.fabeducation.com This course will help participants to speak the language of finance to communicate effectively in business situations and use the financial perspective to make smart business decisions.
This course starts on the 12th September next and places are limited, so don’t delay, BOOK TODAY!
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.
Business Finance for Managers & Entrepreneurs Course Dates: 12th & 19th September Member Rate: €250.00 This course is suitable for anyone working in business who wishes to gain a sound overall understanding of finance, owner managers, those thinking about setting up a business and advisers and managers in specialist disciplines who want to understand how business and finance works. Participants will have access to the website www.fabeduaction.com during and after the course for designated exercises and self-directed practice sessions to reinforce learning. This course will help participants to speak the language of finance to communicate effectively in business situations and use the financial perspective to make smart business decisions. The programme has four modules: 1. Financial Statements – the purpose, content and structure of the scorecards of business (“Knowing where to look to get information from financial statements”) 2 The Language of Finance – developing an easy familiarity with the terms and concepts used (“Communicating effectively using the language of business”) 3 The Financial Perspective – using financial awareness to make smart business decisions (Focusing business tactics and decisions of the three key result areas – profit, stability and asset utilisation) 4 Ratio Analysis – the calculation, meaning and factors influencing the most common ratios (“Transforming numbers into useful information to pinpoint important issues and trends) Participants will be entitled to unrestricted access to www.fabeducation.com for three months from the time they register on the site. This course is €250.00 for Chamber members so BOOK NOW! See our full range of courses at www.corkchamber.ie/training Bookings can be completed through the website and enquiries should be directed to Aoife@corkchamber.ie (Training Services Administrator)
BUSINESS SCHOOL CALENDAR
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Show me the Money! Access to Finance for SMEs
Date: Wednesday 11th September
Time: 8.30am – 11.30am
Venue: Clarion Hotel Cork
Cost: free of charge
To Book: HERE
The Enterprise Europe Network is bringing you a four-part seminar series this autumn, outlining the numerous financial supports available to SMEs and how to access them. The first seminar, available to book now, will focus on bank financing and loan reviews. Look out for our future seminars focusing on EU funding, VC and other forms of investment funding, and state agency and government incentives.
Part 1: Bank Financing - 11th September 2013 Speakers at this Seminar include: - Eoin Gunn, Business Banking Senior Relationship Manager, AIB Bank - Michael Ashe, Trade Finance Manager, Ulster Bank - Brendan Moran, Senior Business Manager, Bank of Ireland - Paul Kerr, Senior Reviewer, Credit Review Office Attendees will learn more about the following themes: - Managing all elements of the payments cycle effectively - What banks look for in a lending application - Working Capital Finance Options - Export financing options for businesses going international - Medium and Long-term funding facilities - The role of the Credit Review Office and how to proceed if you have been refused bank credit All speakers will be available for one-to-one consultations after the seminar. The Seminar takes place in the Clarion Hotel Cork from 8.30am – 11.30am. To reserve your place click here or contact: katherine@corkchamber.ie (021- 4530137) Themes and provisional dates for the rest of the series include: - Part 2: EU Funding - Wednesday 9th October 2013
- Part 3: Venture Capital and Private Investments - Wednesday 6th November 2013
- Part 4: State Agency Funding - Wednesday 4th December 2013
The seminars are free of charge and details of each seminar will be announced in due course.
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Port of Cork Business After Hours
Date: 17th September
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Port of Cork Boardroom
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To Book: Visit our website HERE
Cork Chamber will hold the September Business After Hours Event at the Port of Cork building on Custom House Quay on Tues 17th September.
The Port of Cork is the key seaport on the south of Ireland and acts as a major facilitator of both imports and export. The Port of Cork also attracts on average 100,000 cruise passengers and crew to the region every year, which in turn contributes significantly to the local economy. This event will give you a unique opportunity to see the historical Port of Cork building and will also give you an opportunity to network, meet potential clients and grow your business.
Please note that although this event is FREE for you, there is a cost to the organiser so we ask that if you or your guests can’t attend on the night, you let us know. You can BOOK HERE to secure your place.
Get Ready for SEPA
Date: 25th September
Time: 07:30 - 09:00
Venue: Gresham Metropole Hotel
Cost: FREE
To Book: visit our website here
Are you one of the 50,000 businesses in Ireland that will be affected by SEPA? This is the Single Euro Payments Area and all companies using electronic payments must migrate over to this new system by 1st February 2014.
Cork Chamber will run an important and informative morning seminar on the steps you need to take to become SEPA compliant and how SEPA will affect your business. This event will feature expert speaker John Rice, SEPA Programme Manager with the Central Bank, as well as a Cork Chamber case study company.
This is a Must-Attend event for any business that makes payroll or creditor payments, or collects direct debits electronically. SEPA can also greatly enhance the payments system for your customers.
BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment
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Jobs Expo 2013: Final Call for Exhibitors! The best candidates in the world will be there. Will you?
Date: 10th September
Time: 12-6pm
Venue: Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Tivoli, Cork
Cost: Details upon application.
To book: Call: 01 8652160 or Email: info@jobsexpo.ie Website: www.jobsexpo.ie
Jobs Expo Cork will bring together national and international employers seeking to recruit experienced and skilled candidates and graduates. In addition, the event will include a number of education and training course providers and will feature a 'Starting your own Business' area, plus much more. With a rich pool of talented, experienced and educated attendees, Jobs Expo is an ideal opportunity for companies looking to recruit the right talent.
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Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
The Enterprise Europe Network helps small business make the most of the European marketplace. Working through a network of local business organizations across Europe and beyond, we can help you develop your business in new markets, source or license new technologies or access EU finance and EU funding.
Keep up to date with Enterprise Europe Network on Twitter @EEN_CORK
For more information, please see: www.een-ireland.ie or contact Katherine@corkchamber.ie.
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Up The Rebels!
Cork Chamber would like to wish Jimmy Barry Murphy and all the Cork hurlers the best of luck for Sundays final.
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Home&Biz Cleaning September Offers
Period of the offer: 10% off Window Cleaning & 10% off Office Cleaning for Month of September.
These offers apply to commercial premises and are open to Chamber Members. We are a Cork based company in business since 2007. We provide the following cleaning services: window cleaning, carpet cleaning, office cleaning, home and end of tenancy cleaning. We also carry out external home cleaning and maintenance. We provide repeat or once off cleaning services, and are focussed on customers’ needs. Our prices are very competitive and we aim to provide services, which ensure we get called back again
Please call on 086 0451664 or 021 4840426 or email us here to avail of these offers.
Dine in Style at The Best Western Montenotte Hotel
Period of the offer: December 31st (excludes bank holiday weekends)
To launch our new dinner menu which you can enjoy in our superb Vista Bar & Grill at The Best Western Montenotte Hotel with spectacular views over looking the City, our Chamber colleagues can enjoy a glass of wine with our compliments (mentioned on booking) call 021 4530050 to reserve your table. www.themontenottehotel.com
Munster Rugby Hospitality offer for Leinster (5th October) & Perpignan (8th December)
Period of the offer: Available until end of September 2013
Munster are an intrinsic part of the magic that is European Rugby. Add to this the atmosphere that is generated in Thomond Park and you have a combination that has produced some of the most remarkable sporting events now you and your clients can be part of it, in our famous Thomond Suite for just €3,950 (saving of €600) for both Leinster (5th Oct) & Perpignan (8th December). For more on this offer email: anthonymorrissey@munsterrugby.ie or telephone 087 6202530
Munster Rugby Thomond Suite | Heineken Cup Package | Leinster Rabo Direct Package | Category A match tickets in East stand or A+ match tickets located outside Thomond Suite | Depends on availability | Depends on availability | 3 course meal with 4 bottles of wine per table of 10 | √ | √ | Entry to Thomond Suite 3 hours before kick off | √ | √ | Pre-match drinks reception | √ | √ | Guest speaker from the world of Sport/ Entertainment | √ | √ | 2 Complimentary parking passes at Limerick IT | √ | √ | Munster Rugby Corporate Gift for all visitors | √ | √ | Access to Post match reception, which includes Q&A with Munster player | √ | √ | Match programme | √ | √ | Price per person | €310 | €175 | Price per table of 10 | €2,900 | €1,650 | Special Offer for Munster v Leinster & Munster v Perpignan Heineken Cup – table of 10 | €3,950 |
The Corona Party Lounge at Boardwalk Bar & Grill
Period of the offer: September, October & November.
The Corona Party Lounge at Boardwalk Bar & Grill ~ 20% off food for our Chamber Colleagues booking Friday events for September , October & November.
Please mention this offer when booking.
September Offer @ The International Hotel
Period of the offer: Available from 1st – 30th September.
“FREE pick me up” morning Tea and coffee break for all meeting room delegates. T&C – Offer available to new meeting room business in September. Contact - Bríd Ryan - Conference & Banqueting Sales Coordinator Cork International Airport Hotel Phone: + 353 (0) 21 454 9800, Email: bryan@corkairporthotel.com
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Network Cork September Event: Social Media - Risky Business or a way to do more Business
Date: 11th September
Time: 6.15pm
Venue: Vertigo, Cork County Hall
Cost: €25
To Book: Please click here
Guest Speaker David Levin, is a UK based social media expert will be talking about how we should speak to our audience on Twitter and Facebook and what creative approaches can be used to get the most out of both platforms. The event will be MC’d by Anton Savage
Guest Speaker David Levin, is a UK based social media expert who has worked for some of the biggest names in UK entertainment, BBC One’s The Voice, Channel 4, Radio 1 and brands such as adidas, and O2 will be talking about how we should speak to our audience on Twitter and Facebook and what creative approaches can be used to get the most out of both platforms – as well as pitfalls to be avoided. David first came to Ireland for CorkMeet in April and was one of the highlights of this event – so we have brought him back to expand on his presentation. The event will be MC’d by Anton Savage and following David’s talk and Q&A session Anton will chair a discussion on the topic with a discussion panel including David and local social media experts from various business backgrounds. Local Panellists include Laya Healthcare’s Digital Brand Manager Doreen O’Mahony, Social Media Expert and one of the country’s most prolific B2B Bloggers Greg Canty, Network Cork PRO Natasha Lynch, who uses social media extensively for her own business Essential French and Niamh O’Mahony from Cork City FC. The event is free of charge for Network Cork members and Network of Enterprising Women (NEW) to attend. Guests, men and women, are welcome to attend at a cost of €25. Refreshments are served on arrival RSVP: Attendees must register their attendance through this link: https://networkcorkseptember2013.eventbrite.ie/ Parking: - Parking is available on site in County Hall. As you come towards County Hall, take your second left for parking – (near the old tax office).
- Parking at the Kingsley Hotel
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IP Across the Pond: A review of selected 2013 US Patent Cases
Date: 12th September 2013
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Nimbus Centre seminar room, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork.
To Book: send an email with your company name and your contact details to Iseult O’Connor. Email: Iseult.O'Connor@cit.ie
CIT is delighted to invite you to attend a talk on US patent. Following on from last year’s very successful presentation on US patent legal cases, Gerard Reinhardt Esq has kindly offered to deliver a presentation on some of the more interesting US cases that have occurred in 2013.
Summaries on a sampling of prominent recent appellate decisions in US patent cases will be presented, including: 1) Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., (Sup. Ct., 2013), providing the last word in this protracted case on the patentability of DNA. 2) Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., Nos. 2009-1372, -1380, -1416, -1417, and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp., No. 2010-1291 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 31, 2012) (en banc), addressing the divided infringement of method claims. 3) Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 695 F.3d 1266 (Fed. Cir. 2012), dealing with a patent licensee's burden of proof for declaratory judgment of noninfringement. 4) Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013), concerning the indefiniteness of quantitative claim limitations.
A Taste of West Cork Food Festival & Belling Forum
Date: 6-15th September 2013
Time: Day and night!
Venue: Skibbereen, Glandore, Union Hall, Baltimore, Castletownshend and Leap.
Cost: Some free events and some free lunches also!
To book: www.atasteofwestcork.com
The Festival celebrates all that is special in West Cork – with almost 80 events and experiences, excellent accommodation rates and food to die for. Farm visits, historic walks, free lunches (see website), exhibitions, The Belling Forum and Awards, and a carnival atmosphere.
Go-2-Tender Irelands Most Successful Public Sector Procurement Training Programme
Date: 17th & 24th September
Venue: Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Tivoli, Cork
Cost: €100 per person
To Book: visit HERE
The Go-2-Tender programme is Ireland’s most successful and comprehensive tender training programme. The course consists of a 2 day in classroom programme which covers many aspects of public procurement ranging from making the bid/no bid decision, your approach to the market and the construction of a typical document. Further to this a free half a day mentoring session is attached to this programme which can focus on any procurement issue you are interested in and the option exists to apply for an additional up to 3 days of mentoring which is free of charge.
The Go-2-Tender programme is Ireland’s most successful and comprehensive tender training programme. We are running a workshop in Cork on the Tuesday 17th September and Tuesday 24th September. Bid Management Services and Core Consulting will be delivering the workshop and there will be equal emphasis on tendering in ROI and NI. The course consists of a 2 day in classroom programme which covers many aspects of public procurement ranging from making the bid/no bid decision, your approach to the market and the construction of a typical document. Further to this a free half a day mentoring session is attached to this programme which can focus on any procurement issue you are interested in and the option exists to apply for an additional up to 3 days of mentoring which is free of charge. Background of Go-2-Tender This programme has been developed and run for InterTradeIreland by Bid Management Services and is specifically targeted to provide companies with the skills to successfully tender for Public Sector contracts. Participants have been incredibly successful following the programme and have won €50m of business following on from their participation on the course in recent times. For example last year’s attendees on the programme have secured in excess of €10m of contracts since participating in the Go2Tender programme. It works by providing participants with two days of in class training followed by free mentoring from our expert tender specialists. Programme Topics Covered Include: - How public sector bodies across the island buy their goods, services and works
- How and where to source working opportunities
- What the buyers are looking for
- When to bid and not to bid
- The tendering process
- How to prepare the winning proposal
Mentoring Topics Include: - Sourcing and vetting of opportunities
- Taking you through an actual live tender
- Review of your past tenders and provision of a report
- Development of a public sector market entry strategy
In addition, we have guest speakers from one or more central government procurement organisations across the island (CPD, eTenders etc). Cost Go-2-Tender provides excellent value for money and includes training, materials, catering and mentoring. The cost is €100 or £85 per person. Dates and location for the workshop Dates | Locations | Tuesday 17th September and Tuesday 24th September 2013 | Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Tivoli, Cork |
To register for the above workshop please go to http://www.gototender.com If you have any queries or questions then please contact me directly on Hazel@bidmanagement.ie or +353 (0) 5252650
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Table Quiz in aid of Special Olympics Ireland
Date: 26th September 2013
Time: 8.30pm
Venue: Cork Constitution Football Club, Templehill, Cork
Cost: Table of 4: €40.
To Book: Contact: Don at cork@bluebirdcare.ie or 087 2580223
Bluebird Care are proud fundraising sponsors of Special Olympics Ireland and we have committed to raising much needed funds with a campaign entitled “Summit for the Weekend”. The Cork office of Bluebird Care, as part of this campaign, are holding a Table Quiz on Thursday 26th September 2013, details above. Please join us for night of fun & trivia in aid of Special Olympics Ireland.
Fashion Show in aid of Cork ARC Cancer Support House
Date: 18th September
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Cork Con R.F.C (New clubhouse)
Cost: €20.00
To Book: Contact Hilary on 021 4274691 or 086 8283226
Supporting Cork ARC Cancer Support House. Celebrity MC Gerald Kean, Fashion Show by Dee-Kelly Morgan. Music by Karen Underwood. Real women modeling. Special guests – Munster & Irish Rugby stars. Tickets available from Hilary 021 4274691 or from Cork ARC rep at Cork Con RFC on Sat 14 Sep 9.30-12.00
The Rugby Business Network Cork
Date: 10th September 6 - 8pm
Venue: The Clarion Hotel Cork
Cost: Free
To Book: HERE
Frankie Sheahan will be MC over an panel which includes Ex Munster & Ireland stars Mick O'Driscoll, John Kelly and Anthony Horgan. David Blake from LinkedIn will provide an insight helping to drive business development & sales. Register & attend a great night and excellent networking opportunity for business.
“Invest in North America: NAFTA Matters” Conference
Date: 1st October 2013
Time: 8:15am – 4:15pm
Venue: Guildhall, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HH
Cost: Free
To book: HERE
Event showcasing investment in the North American marketplace of 460 million consumers. Companies interested in investing in North America or in expanding existing operations will hear from experts on investing in the NAFTA region. Opportunity to network with American, Canadian, and Mexican investment agencies at federal, state, and city levels.
The governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States believe that the North American marketplace, with more than 460 million consumers, is an ideal location for companies to invest in and expand their business. If you are considering the North American marketplace, the following event may be of interest. The High Commission of Canada, the Embassy of Mexico, and the Embassy of the United States of America have announced their first-ever "Invest in North America: NAFTA Matters" conference taking place on Tuesday, 1 October 2013 at the Guildhall in London, UK. You are invited to participate so that you may: • hear from experts on North America’s competitive advantages, • learn from companies already achieving success in the marketplace, • meet with service providers to talk about the hands-on aspects of investing there, and • network with Canadian, American, and Mexican investment promotion agencies from the federal, state, and city levels. For additional information on the Invest in North America Conference including the program and to register, please visit their website: www.investinnorthamerica.com.
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