Business Spotlight
Would you like your business to feature here?

Contact Deborah here to find out more.  

In this issue
Policy
Decision on Event Centre Site is a Significant Boost for Cork
Subsidised Training
January Training!
Events
The Sky Is The Limit
Business Breakfast with Tim Lucey, Chief Executive, Cork County Council
Chamber Supported Projects
Cork Innovates Flys the Flag for Irish Entrepreneurs in USA
International
Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
Member Updates
Sig UpSign up
print all articlesPrint all articles
Update your profileUpdate your profile
RSS FeedRSS feed
New Members
Refer a friend
Member Events

Member to Member offers
Twitter
Forward to a colleague
Visit our website
Newsletter archive

twitter    linkedin  youtube

Cork Chamber Networking Master Class 2015 


Make a positive and lasting impression on as many people as possible!

Date: Thursday 15th January
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel
Cost: €20 Cork Chamber members only


We are making sure you start off the New Year on a good foot by bringing you a networking seminar from the networking guru, Caitlin O’Connor of Accelerating Performance. During this fully interactive networking seminar, you will learn: 

  • How networking is for everyone both (introverts and extroverts!)
  • Enhancing your career whether employed or self-employed
  • A simple Safe Cross Code to networking
  • Perfect your networking pitch
  • Working the room to maximise your time at events.

We look forward to seeing you to put these tips into practice at all Chamber events in 2015. 


BOOK NOW
 to secure your place!


Due to the nature of this event, there will be a cap of one booking per company.

Events
The Sky Is The Limit
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland
 

Book Your Seats For The Ryanair Customer Transformation Journey


Date:
Wednesday 21st January
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork City
Cost: €15 Cork Chamber & MII members / €25 non members
To book: HERE


Ryanair is changing the way that it does business. CEO Michael O’Leary recently stated, “It’s not enough to be the cheapest anymore. We need to be the cheapest, the best and the friendliest.”  Cork Chamber and the Marketing Institute of Ireland – Southern Region are proud to bring you “the Sky is the Limit” event on 21st January, where Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs, will talk us through the transformation of this global giant. 


Kenny will share his thoughts on what has been a dramatic shift in perspective with regard to the role of the customer and the importance of continuous customer intelligence gathering as a key business driver. Ryanair truly believes that the customer must be placed front and centre of the business and is the primary source of Ryanair’s enhanced value proposition to ensure customers continue to actively choose Ryanair. This event is kindly sponsored by Bank of Ireland.


BOOK NOW
to secure your place

 

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer

Business Breakfast with Tim Lucey, Chief Executive, Cork County Council
Sponsored by Irish Examiner
 

Date: Tuesday 10th February
Time: 7.30am – 9.00am
Venue: Oriel House Hotel
Cost: €25 members / €35 non members

 

Cork Chamber is proud to bring you the first Business Breakfast of 2015, kicking off with a business breakfast featuring Tim Lucey, recently appointed Chief Executive of Cork County.


Tim Lucey has been Chief Executive of Cork County Council since 1st May 2014 following a three and a half year term as Cork City Manager.  If you are interested in hearing about what plans Cork County Council have for the future, then this is a must attend event for you.


BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW
to avoid disappointment           

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Subsidised Training
January Training!
 

The Festive Season is behind us and it’s time to embrace all that 2015 has to offer! We’re back to business here at the Cork Chamber Business School with a full schedule of courses for the coming months.

Here are the course that we have running this January!


MS Excel Intermediate – 13th January

Personal Productivity using MS Outlook – 14th January

MS Excel Advanced – 20th January

Effective Presentation Skills – 27th January

[Read more]
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Promotion
Visit Your Chamber
 

On Friday 9th January from 9.30am to 12pm we would like to invite you to Cork Chamber Offices on Summerhill North. Open to both members and non-members you will have an opportunity to meet with key members of the team to learn the specific ways in which Cork Chamber can help your business.
 
Please forward this information to anyone who would be interested in learning more about Cork Chamber or feel free to pop in for a cup of coffee on the day. Contact us on 021-4509044 to book ahead.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer

Latest News
 
1. Hopkins Communications Announces Corporate Appointment As It Enters A Sustained Growth Phase - Read More HERE 

2. High Employment Rate Encourages More Females Into Accountancy -Read More HERE 
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer

Chamberlink Magazine
 
Read the latest edition of Chamberlink magazine here, filled with updates from your Chamber, your region and engaging member news.
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
International
Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
 
  • International Green Week Brokerage Event, 19th-20th January, Berlin, Germany

The Enterprise Europe Network in Berlin will organise a business matchmaking event over two consecutive days during the International Green Week (IGW) Exhibition and will offer companies the opportunity to find new overseas business partners, technological partners and EU project partners across the food, agricultural and horticultural industries.

  • Digital Health Assembly Brokerage Event, 10th-12th February, Cardiff, UK

The ‘Digital Health Assembly: Open Innovation’ 2015 Conference is targeted towards digital health professionals from across the world. The themes of the conference are: big data; empowering patients and staff; and innovative business models. The Enterprise Europe Network Wales will run a B2B business matchmaking event during the course of the conference.

  • Ecobuild Matchmaking 2015, 04th March 2014, London, UK

Enterprise Europe South East is organisaing a B2B matchmaking event which will take place during Ecobuild, the biggest event in the world for sustainable construction. With pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, exhibitors and visitors can find potential commercial and technology partners from across Europe.


‘See read more’ for more information on all of the above. 

[Read more]
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Policy
Decision on Event Centre Site is a Significant Boost for Cork

The Beamish and Crawford brewery site has been selected as the preferred site for a new multi-functional events centre for Cork. The planned €50m, 6,000 capacity event centre which will be located on South Main Street is expected to be a major economic driver for the city.

 

Speaking on the announcement Conor Healy, Cork Chamber CEO said, “We are delighted that Government and Cork City Council had the foresight to help fund the development of a multi-functional events centre in Cork which will have a hugely positive impact on the tourism and hospitality sectors and will serve as a key catalyst in Cork’s economic development in the short-term.”

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Chamber Supported Projects
Cork Innovates Flys the Flag for Irish Entrepreneurs in USA
 

The award-winning entrepreneurship initiative, Cork innovates which has previously been recognised by the European Commission as a model for driving entrepreneurship, promoted the work of Irish entrepreneurs, particularly, women in business, in New York recently.


Cork County Mayor, Cllr Alan Coleman, the ‘positive economist’ and 2014 inBusiness inCork Showcase Moderator, Susan Hayes, and IDME founder, Dee O’Leary accompanied Siobhan Finn, Executive Director of Cork innovates. The group met with a number of relevant Irish American Organisation leaders, influencers and stakeholders, during the visit.  

[Read more]
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Members Offers
January Menu for €39
 
Date: All of January
Venue: Flemings Restaurant
Cost: €39
To book: Please call Eileen on 021/4821621

You all worked hard over the past few months, so Flemings is offering Cork Chamber members a special treat for the month of January. 3 course menu for €39 for bookings of 5 and more. Take your team out for a lovely January treat – they deserve it.   
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer
Member Events
Zest4Life Nutrition & Weightloss Class
 
Date: Commencing Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Tiger Training Academy Blackpool or The Natural Clinic, Sullivans Quay, Cork.
Cost: €249
To book: here 


10 week zest4life weight loss & health programmes have a strong health focus and are aimed at people who would like, or need, to improve their health and wellbeing, and lose weight.  Serious about losing weight , improving your health and  ready to commit and take action now?
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer

Data Protection Breakfast Seminar
 
Date: 19th January 
Time: 07:30
Venue: Radisson Blu, Little Island, Cork.
To book: here or email Raluca here 


Minister Dara Murphy, Smarttech CEO Ronan Murphy, Lawyer and Data Protection Practitioner Tricia Higgings and Jim Greer from ADPO &ICS will be speaking to a select gathering of business leaders about data protection, compliance and IT security on January 19th.
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer

Train Smarter in 2015 with Educogym Cork
 

Cost:Corporate Packages available for all Chamber Members.
To book: Call Sonia 021 482 0649 or email here


Train Smarter with Educogym Cork. Fastest gym in the world to date for results in just 20 minutes.  Our special machine, the “Time Machine”, allows us to scientifically transform your shape, as well as develop real fitness and a strong, healthy body. The “Time Machine” saves time whilst getting a high level of intensity workout in just 20 minutes. This is not possible in a normal gym as 50% of the time is wasted going from one machine to another and waiting for it to become available.

[Read more]
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg Yammer