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Female Mentoring Clinic - Keynote Address: Paula Fitzsimons - 24th October Book Now
Business After Hours Networking Event at VHI SwiftCare Clinic - 25th October - 6.00pm Book Now
Cork Chamber's Annual Dublin Dinner - 20th November Book Now |
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‘Cork Company of the Year’ Awards 2013
In partnership with Vodafone
Gain significant recognition and exposure for your business
Click here to apply or take just a few minutes and nominate a company you think is deserving of an award. Closing date: Friday 2nd November 2012 at 1pm
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Business After Hours - Networking Event
Hosted by VHI SwiftCare Clinic
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Thursday 25th October
VHI SwiftCare Clinic
The Cork Chamber October Business After Hours Networking Event will take place on Thursday 25th October from 6pm – 8pm in the VHI SwiftCare Clinic in City Gate, Mahon and is a networking opportunity for Cork Chamber members.
The Vhi SwiftCare Clinic is Cork's first walk-in urgent care clinic and provides medical care for minor injuries and illness. The clinic aims to treat patients within an hour. Open to all members of the public, not just patients with private health insurance, the clinics are open 365 days a year.
Please BOOK EARLY for this event as places are limited. Early booking for Chamber events ensures you’re on the attendance list for all those viewing, you get a clearly marked name badge on the day and you also get to see who else is going to be there, which can greatly help with your networking.
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Realise Your Potential! Cork Chamber Female Mentoring Clinic
10.30am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 24th October
The River Lee Hotel
Cork Chamber are delighted to welcome Paula Fitzsimons as keynote speaker for our Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Clinic. Paula will be addressing the issues around whether Irish women have untapped entrepreneurial potential. The seminar and panel discussion will take place from 10.30 - 12.30 and will be followed by a complimentary light lunch. The event will also offer early-stage female entrepreneurs the opportunity to arrange a short one-to-one meeting with a mentor, in order to ask advice on a specific aspect of their business. These meetings will take place between 13.30-15.00. If you would like to book a one-to-one meeting with a mentor, please specify this in the comments box when registering, along with a short description of the topic you would like advice about.
To book click here
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Cork Chamber's Annual Dublin Dinner
In Association with Ernst & Young
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7.30pm - 11.00pm
Tuesday 20th November
Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Cork Chamber’s 2012 Dublin Dinner will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 20th November in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin with special guest speaker Mr Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This event will promote the strong connections that exist between Cork and Dublin Businesses and enhance existing business relations between the two regions.
In addition at the event, Cork Chamber will honour the outstanding contribution to business by a Cork person and this year’s recipient of the award will be Mr Brian McCarthy, Founder & Executive Chairman of Fexco.
Cork Chamber’s Dublin Dinner 2012 will hold unique potential for Dublin-based companies to meet with their Cork peers as well as Cork companies doing business in Dublin. It also affords the opportunity for networking amongst Cork business people who are Dublin based. Cork Chamber is delighted to welcome Ernst & Young as the event sponsor this year. With cross office service teams from Cork and Dublin working with some of the country's largest indigenous and multinational businesses, Ernst & Young is leading the way in establishing the type of business connections this event is trying to promote.
Guests on the night will include key political and business leaders as well as national media to ensure Cork’s economic development is kept high on the national agenda.
This event was a huge success in 2011, so make sure to BOOK EARLY to avoid disappointment.
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Cork Company of the Year Awards 2013
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Synonymous with the highest level of performance and achievement in business
Cork Chamber - in partnership with Vodafone - is now looking for Cork based companies that have demonstrated significant achievement and success in 2012.
Closing date: Friday 2nd November 2012 at 1pm
Click here to apply or take just a few minutes and nominate a company you think is deserving of an award
The ‘Cork Company of the Year’ awards are open to businesses, across varying sectors and sizes,
from the SME to the large multinational.
The three award categories are:
Cork Large Company of the Year - (more than 100 employees)
Cork SME of the Year - (less than 100 employees)
Emerging Cork Company of the Year - (less than 5 years in business)
The overall winner will be selected from one of the three award categories above.
Shortlisted companies will be profiled in the media in the lead up to the awards and the overall winners will be announced and presented with an award trophy at the Cork Chamber Annual Dinner in Cork City Hall on Friday, 1st February 2013, where close to 1000 business people and key influencers both national and local will be in attendance.
More information and to apply here: www.corkchamber.ie/corkcompany
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| Policy
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Policy Update
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Q3 2012 Economic Survey Winner Congratulations to Teschem Engineering Ltd, who recently completed the Cork Chamber Q3 2012 Economic Trends Survey and has won €500 of training courtesy of Biznetcork Skillnet, Business School @ Cork Chamber.
Cork Chamber Pre-Budget Submission The Chamber recently published its Pre-Budget Submission which sets out to Government the priorities of Cork’s business community in advance of Budget 2013. The submission sets out proposals which will not increase the cost of doing business in Ireland but will instead stimulate key sectors of the economy, secure employment and reinvigorate the regional economy as a driver of national growth. Further details can be found here.
Employer Event – Department of Social Protection
The Department of Social Protection supported by Chambers Ireland will host an employer briefing event in the Clarion Hotel on Thursday 1st November at 8.30am. Information will be provided on the full range of employment and financial supports available to businesses to assist in growing their workforce. Attended by Joan Burton, T.D., Minister for Social Protection it is directed at managing directors, CEOs, Company Directors, HR Directors, HR Managers, SME Owner/Managers and Finance Directors/Owners. Those who wish to attend or require further information should email employer@welfare.ie or can click here.
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| Subsidised Training
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Team Training
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Supervisory Management (FETAC Level 6) The transition from an individual team member to a supervisory role is one of the most critical and difficult career moves. Most are promoted because they are good at doing their job, not because they are good at supervising others. Representing the largest pool of management in most companies, supervisors prove vital to an organisation’s success and investment in their development is crucial. Our accredited Supervisory Management (FETAC Level 6) programme, costing only €450: - enables you to understand the role and responsibilities of a supervisor
- provides you with a range of supervisory and management skill
- develops good interpersonal communication skills
- demonstrates the confidence to deal with a variety of challenging situations
- develops good work practices appropriate to your role as supervisor/line manager
MBTI® Team development Programme This 2-day programme is designed to provide managers and other individuals who work in team environments with an advanced understanding of the behaviour elements that distinguish high performing teams. It is designed to introduce participants to the concept of individual behaviour preference and to enable them to harness this understanding in a fashion that leads to advanced engagement in collective work environments. Book now.
See our full range of courses on www.corkchamber.ie/training
Bookings can be completed through the website and enquiries should be directed to Norma@corkchamber.ie (Training Services Manager).
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| International Trade
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International Update
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Europe Working for Irish SMEs The European Commission Representation in Ireland and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation would like to invite you to a conference entitled “Europe Working for Irish SMEs”. The conference will take place on Thursday 1st November from 9am-4pm in Croke Park. Margaret E Ward will act as MC at this event and speakers will include Minister for Small Business and the Internal Market Mr John Perry TD and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD. SMEs will be able to enter into workshop discussions during the afternoon, and meet with representatives from support organisations, including the Enterprise Europe Network. For more information or to request an invitation please email: rsvp@singlemarketconference.com.
Business Opportunity with UK Electronics Company
UK company is the leader in the field of plastic electronics. Their innovative flexible plastic display technology enables ultra-light, ultra-thin, high-quality and extremely robust displays of different sizes in both colour and monochrome. These displays have already been used in e-readers and now the company is focused on finding partners and OEMs in consumer, automotive and medical devices for joint further development. For further information about this opportunity please contact siobhan@corkchamber.ie
Business Opportunity with German Automotive Supplier A multi-national automotive supplier based in Germany with Research & Development locations in Europe, North America and Asia, is seeking a technology to measure the gap between overlapping thin sheets (e.g. steel, aluminum). The aim is to use the measured information in an online controlled joining process in mass-production. The technology offered can either be at laboratory stage or fully developed. Industry, research organizations and academia with suitable solutions are sought. For further information about this opportunity please contact siobhan@corkchamber.ie
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| Member to Member Offers
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Fotal Island Resort - Offers
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Party in Style this Christmas There are great discounts available for Chamber members
Fota Island Resort is relaxed, polished and comfortable, a five star resort that delivers exceptional value, and it’s particularly gorgeous at Christmas time! A fabulous venue for your office or group Christmas party, Fota hosts private parties only – no open party nights – so your party is just for you, your friends and colleagues. Fota Island Resort offers a variety of luxurious venues to suit groups of all sizes, private parties start at €35 per person with delicious Christmas menus. Fota is lovely in the winter, sophisticated and inviting, where the woods and greens outside are crisp and bright, and inside is polished wood, golden pools of lamplight, buttery leather and velvets creating a rich, sensory experience… happy Christmas! For further details, availability and menus for the Christmas party options at Fota Island Resort please contact Helen on 021 488 3700 or at HMurphy@fotaisland.ie – but hurry, there are only a very limited number of dates left!
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Wild Goose Studio - Offer
Exclusive offer to Chamber Members -
10% off all orders over the value of €500 placed in October, November & December
Product Image - Title 'Strength in Unity'
After 40-something years in business supplying retailers, Kinsale-based Wild Goose Studio has turned its attention to Corporate Sales. The family-run business which featured on RTE’s Nationwide in May can do the following for your Corporate event:
- Hand make your imaginative gift in Kinsale
- Design and create specially commissioned pieces
- Offer Competitive pricing to suit your budget
www.shop.wildgoosestudio.com www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Goose-Studio/188064077884160
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Maldron Hotel Cork - Offer
Celebrate the Christmas Spirit at the Maldron Hotel Cork party nights!
Enjoy a mulled wine reception, sumptuous 5 course festive, super raffle, party games and party novelties all for only €34.95 per person.One night’s complimentary room or party place for party organiser! Dates available: 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd December Call 021 4529 200 or email dharding@maldronhotels.com to book now!
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Claire McCarthy Solicitors - Offer
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Protect your business, and your employees
Special offer for Chamber Members
Protect your business, and your employees with a comprehensive AUDIT and REBOOT of your Grievance and Disciplinary, and Dignity in the Workplace policies (equality, bullying & harassment). Special offer for Chamber of Commerce Members: I pay the VAT on fee of only €500 for:
- Auditing and updating (or providing!) all your workplace policies, tailored to your workplace in light of best practice recommendations of the Law Society of Ireland and the LRC; - Training of staff and management, so that each and every member of staff is thoroughly familiar with your workplace Policies; - Follow-up: three FREE consultations, should you need advice about your workplace relations; - Full satisfaction guarantee, & a FULL REFUND on request if you and your staff don’t feel thoroughly protected in your workplace when the process is complete.
Contact Claire McCarthy, Dipl. Employment Law, Solicitor & Mediator, via www.cmcsolicitor.ie
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Rebel Corporate Programmes - Event
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Development Within Your Organisation Increasing the Return On Investment Courtesy of Rebel Corporate and the Maryborough Hotel & Spa Douglas Cork, members of HR, Training & Development teams are invited to participate in a one day seminar on Thursday 15th November
When: November 15th - From 10am to 4pm
Where: Newenham Suite, Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Cork. (Tel 021 4365555 Delegate rate available)
Who: The workshop will be led by Andrew Shea, an Occupational Psychologist with 20 years international experience in HR. Specialising in enabling HR functions to add value by increasing the effectiveness of learning within their organisations.
Cost: €50 – first 30 spaces free
RSVP: By 25th Oct 2012, (Spaces Limited) to sam@rebelcorporate.com with your name, position, contact details.
This seminar will be educational, interactive and thought provoking. It will highlight international best practice and will demonstrate the structure underpinning accelerated learning activities.
For further details please call Rebel Corporate on 023 8843998 or email us at info@rebelcorporate.com
Flyer for this event available here
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Ballyvolane House - Event
Madame Chavelle Theatre and Dinner
Ballyvolane House
Friday, 26th & Saturday, 27th October 2012 at 7.30pm
We are delighted to announce that Ballyvolane House will be the setting for a Broken Crow production of an original and unique play by Ronan Fitzgibbon over two nights on 26 & 27 October.
Tickets: €55 per person, includes theatre performance and a 3-course dinner. (10% discount for tables of 10 people).
TO BOOK TICKETS BY PHONE OR EMAIL: Please phone 025 36349 or email info@ballyvolanehouse.ie.
Bookings can also be made online here For more information visit our website
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Munster Rugby - Event
See Munster in action this Sunday in the Heineken Cup Munster’s first home game of the Heineken Cup takes place this Sunday against Edinburgh.
Kick-off is 12.45pm.
A limited number of tickets are still available, with stand tickets from €40 and terrace tickets for €30. Just visit www.ticketmaster.ie or www.munsterrugby.ie to get your tickets now.
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Diabetes Ireland - Event
Day to Day Management of Diabetes
Public Meeting & AGM Sunday 21st October, 2012at the Motenotte Hotel Cork
AGM at 2pm - Public Meeting @ 3pm
Speakers
- Dr. Eoin O Sullivan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.
- Ms. Alexandra Ryan, Senior Podiatrist, Diabetes Ireland, Cork.
Contact The Southern Regional Office - Diabetes Federation of Ireland - 021-4274229 or Lo-Call 1850 909 909
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Cork Association for Autism - Annual Flag Day
Annual Flag Day - 25th October
The Cork Association for Autism supports adults with Autism and Asperger Syndrome – over the past three years the organisation has experienced cuts of up to €118,000 and with the 2012 budget impending the race is on to raise €30,000 to help maintain exceptional autism specific supports for all adults and families who use the services provided by the charity.
If you see us out and about on the 25th please give what you can!
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it@cork - Leader Awards
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it@cork, European Tech Cluster is delighted to announce our Sixth Annual Leaders Awards Ceremony Thursday, 15 November 2012 The Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Cork 7.15pm
Supported by Berkley Recruitment Group, IBM, EMC, Enterprise Ireland, Irish Examiner, KPMG, Smarttech.ie, Maryborough Hotel & Spa, McKesson, Asystec, Trend Micro & CAVS.
This is our chance to recognise some of the leading companies and individuals in our community that are driving progress, and is an opportunity to connect with all the key players in the region for an evening of networking, reflection and celebration.
We are delighted to announce Mr. Billy Walsh, IABA High Performance Boxing Head Coach as our guest speaker. John Wall, GxP Systems & Vice Chairman it@cork, European Tech Cluster will be your host for the night.
The Leaders Awards are open to entrants from indigenous and subsidiary companies with operations based in the Region.
Nominations now OPEN FOR 2012
The event will recognise and reward the Leaders in Technology and Business Innovation in six categories.
The six categories are: High Potential Start-up, High Growth Company, Sustained Excellence, Research & Innovation Project, IT Department, Excellence in Education
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE: http://goo.gl/7O0Qa
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Shelbourne Bar - Jazz Offer
The Shelbourne Bar kicks off its sixteenth jazz this year.
Shelbourne Bar 16-17 MaCurtain Street
Please join us with Harry Connolly and friends on stage at 6pm on Friday October 26th. 10% discount to all chamber members on our full bottles of wine and Prosecco. Offer available all day Friday October 26th 2012.
Follow us on Facebook and twitter for Jazz music updates. Contact Philip Gillivan at philip@philipgillivan.com for bookings.
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Antiques Valuation "Roadshow"
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Antiques Valuation "Roadshow"
Sunday 21st October - 12.15pm - 4.30pm
The River Lee Hotel, Western Road, Cork Acclaimed antiques expert, George Stacpoole (as seen on RTÉ The Dealers) and President of The Irish Antique Dealers Association leads a group of experts coming to Cork on Sunday 21stOctober as part of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Conservation Project Fundraising Drive.
The Antiques Roadshow will run from 12.15pm to 4.30pm in the River Lee Hotel, Western Road, Cork with Mr Stacpoole and other experts shedding some light on people’s most treasured and unusual possessions. Experts, including Dublin based James Weldon (silver and jewellery), Chris Southgate (collectables), Professor Alan Fletcher (oriental objects) and Michael Sheppard of Sheppard’s Irish Art Auction House will be available to value items of all types and sizes.
The fee is €10.00 for a valuation up to a maximum of 5 items. All proceeds go to the St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Conservation Fund which is currently focussed on rebuilding the organ.
Parking and refreshments are available on site.
For more details on the Antiques Valuation “Roadshow” and Antiques Auction please see www.cathedral.cork.anglican.org
Roadshow poster available here
All proceeds go to the Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral Conservation Fund
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Hayfield Manor - Wine Society Event
Wine Society Evening
Thursday 15th November
We are delighted to announce that our next Wine Society evening will take place on Thursday, 15th November. Our host on the evening will be Pascal Playton of Tindal Wines who has arranged a programme of exceptional wines from South Africa especially for the evening.
This special event begins at 7.00pm with aperitifs and an introduction of wines from Pascal.
Dinner is €79.00 per person and will be served at 7.30pm. Our Executive Chef, Graeme Campbell, has carefully created a five course menu designed to perfectly complement the selection of five different wines which will be showcased on the night.
Enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge of wine, or amateurs who simply love sampling new and exciting vintages will relish this special event, part of a series of Wine Society evenings to be held at Hayfield Manor.
To book please call Michelle on 021 4845909 or email events@hayfieldmanor.ie.
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