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Cork Chamber Congratulates Winners of Transition Year Business Project Awards 2015
Cork Chamber would like to congratulate Bishopstown Community School who have won this year’s Transition Year Business Projects Awards. These awards are an initiative of Cork Chamber and the College of Business and Law, UCC and are kindly sponsored by BNY Mellon, a global investments company and major employer in Cork. The Awards aim to foster entrepreneurialism in students by encouraging them to develop collaborative business related projects with their peers and write about their experience of their Mini Company or School Bank. It is hoped that by doing this students will be encouraged to pursue business courses at degree level and subsequent careers in business and entrepreneurship.
This year’s competition paid tribute to George Boole whose bicentenary is being celebrated this year. Boole was the first Professor of Mathematics at University College Cork and is described as the ‘fore father of the information age’. Students participating in this year’s competition were required to demonstrate creative and original ideas in the development of their business or bank, highlighting how their experience mirrored George Boole’s entrepreneurial ability and creative genius. The 2015 winners are: 1st Place: “Changes“, Bishopstown Community School, Cork. 2nd Place: “Cúpla Úlla”, Nagle Rice Secondary School, Doneraile, Co. Cork. 3rd Place: “School of Sound”, Tullow Community School, Tullow, Co. Carlow. Special recognition was also given to Maria Immaculata Community College, Dunmanway for submitting consistently high calibre projects.
REMCAP Workshop at Maritime Days, Greece
On Thursday, 28th May Cork Chamber, along with participants from the REMCAP project will participate in a workshop entitled, 'Expanding Blue Growth around Ports and Facilities' at Maritime Days 2015. The workshop will focus on three key blue growth markets identified in the Commissions Blue Growth report, and their value chains, comprising: offshore wind farms; aquaculture; and marine renewable energy. The workshop aims at identifying how ports and other major facilities can leverage investment in blue growth, at exploring how maritime clusters can maximise this leverage, with emphasis on innovation and international competitiveness, building on the REMCAP project and at stimulating new collaborative relationships and consortia, involving cluster organisations, port & facility operators and innovative firms. For more about the workshop and speakers here.
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Invest in your Team – Drive its’ Performance!
Our Certificate in Supervisory Management Course will give you the skills, tools and techniques to do this and more. - Develop your management style
- Build & engage effective teams
- Direct & Drive performance
This 4 day course starts on the 2nd June next and is only €525.00 for Chamber members. BOOK NOW!
Certificate in Supervisory Management (FETAC Level 6) Course Dates: 2nd, 8th & 15th June & 10th July Member Rate: €525.00 The main purpose of this programme is to provide candidates with the tools and techniques necessary to work in a supervisory management role. You will learn the key areas of management such as roles and responsibilities, employment legislation, recruitment, performance management, data protection, operational planning and budgeting. If you are new to the management area, thinking of moving or are an existing manager, this course is ideal for you. At the end of this programme, successful participants will be able to: - List the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor/line manager;
- Analyse the process of staff recruitment;
- Identify the key areas of workplace legislation and best practice in staff supervision;
- List the main provisions of the Data Protection Act;
- Develop operations manuals for work-related procedures, including systems for records management;
- Prepare departmental budgets, taking into account a range of potential expenses such as labour and material costs, insurances and contingency;
- Identify best practices in the ongoing training and development of their staff;
Manage performance and conduct effective performance appraisals.
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8 Days and Counting…

- Hear from Ireland’s Most Trusted Leader
- Meet with EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist
- Learn about what it takes to be a Great Place to Work
- Discover your Leadership Potential
All of this and much more will be discovered at the interactive 2015 Forum. Book your place today to inspire and empower yourself and your team to greatness.
Thursday 4th June in the Radisson Blu Hotel from 8am to 1pm BOOK HERE.
Share your favourite leadership quote with @corkchamber using #leadershipinaction to be in with a chance to win two tickets to the 2015 Forum.
A Morning of Networking with UK Business Delegation
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Including a breakfast briefing featuring guest-speaker Naomi Fein, CEO of Think Visual The EEN at Cork Chamber is offering local businesses the opportunity to meet a UK business delegation led by the EEN from the Midlands (UK) on Wednesday 24th June in the Clarion Hotel.
The morning will begin with a breakfast briefing, where Cork companies will have the opportunity to meet and network with the UK visitors. Guest speaker at the breakfast will be Naomi Fein, CEO and lead graphic harvester of Think Visual. Naomi will address the idea of creative thinking and visual communication as a means of crossing inter-cultural barriers, which is particularly relevant for businesses that are targeting new markets.
Following the breakfast briefing, there will be an opportunity to take part in a B2B matchmaking session with the visiting UK delegates, where companies will be able to explore potential synergies through 1:1 meetings. These meetings must be booked in advance. See “read more” for a full speaker biography and a list of the visiting UK companies.
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Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
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ICT in the Societal Challenges, Brokerage and Networking Event, 2nd July, Griffith College, Dublin ICT is a prevalent theme across the societal challenges for Horizon 2020. The scope of this event, in association with Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, is to bring together the ICT research community with each of the research communities from the societal challenges in Horizon 2020, in advance of the launch for the 2016-2017 work programmes. There will be booths and stands for industrial leadership and Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) so it may be of interest to both academia and industry.
Predict Conference & Brokerage Event, 15th-17th September, RDS Dublin This interactive conference will feature leading international thinkers in the areas of data, predictive models, technology and decision making. The goal of this conference is to make big data modelling more accessible to everyone. Meanwhile the Enterprise Europe Network Ireland will host an international brokerage event on Wednesday 16th September. The brokerage event will give registered participants the opportunity to meet potential business or technology partners in pre-arranged face-to-face meetings. See ‘read more’ for further information.
A Morning of Networking with UK Business Delegation including a breakfast briefing featuring guest-speaker Naomi Fein, CEO of Think Visual The EEN at Cork Chamber is offering local businesses the opportunity to meet a UK business delegation led by the EEN from the Midlands (UK) on Wednesday 24 June in the Clarion Hotel. The morning will begin with a breakfast briefing, where Cork companies will have the opportunity to meet and network with the UK visitors. Guest speaker at the breakfast will be Naomi Fein, CEO and lead graphic harvester of Think Visual (see below for full biography). Naomi will address the idea of creative thinking and visual communication as a means of crossing inter-cultural barriers, which is particularly relevant for businesses that are targeting new markets. Following the breakfast briefing, there will be an opportunity to take part in a B2B matchmaking session with the visiting UK delegates, where companies will be able to explore potential synergies through 1:1 meetings. These meetings must be booked in advance. Please contact eimear@corkchamber.ie to specify which of the companies below you would be interested in meeting. The participating UK companies include: 1. High Force Research Ltd. 2. Martec of Whitwell Ltd. 3. MD Advisory 4. Pharma Glass Vials and Closures Ltd. 5. Repeat Software Ltd. 6. Shelton's Coffee 7. Soutron Ltd. 8. Tarvin Precision Ltd. About the Speaker: Naomi Fein, CEO and lead graphic harvester of Think Visual. She is a fast creative thinker, who after over 15 years of illustration and design work, combined with group facilitation, has the ability to capture abstract knowledge and transform it into clear visual outputs on the spot. Through her new company, she and her team work closely with influential thinkers and leaders of global companies. Helping them to visualise complex ideas found in varied areas such as finance, technology, pharma, science, leadership, culture and others. Their impressive visual outputs help make the knowledge memorable, actionable and shareable. Naomi recently won the 2015 Network Ireland Cork Businesswoman of the Year award. For further information about the UK companies visit here, or contact Katherine@corkchamber.ie for further information. ICT in the Societal Challenges, Brokerage and Networking Event, 2nd July, Griffith College, Dublin This event is being organised in association with Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland. ICT is a prevalent theme across the societal challenges in Horizon 2020 and the aim of the event is to bring together the ICT research community with each of the research communities from the societal challenges in Horizon 2020, in preparation for the forthcoming launch of the 2016-2017 work programmes. There will be booths and stands for industrial leadership and Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) will present also. The event is open to the research community in academia and industry, north and south of the border. The event should be of interest to researchers interested in submitting proposals in these areas. Agenda 10:30 Registration and welcome coffee 11:00 Presentation by EU Commission (Thierry Boulangé, DG CONNECT, European Commission) 12:00 10 X 5 minute presentations from ICT research groups 13:15 Lunch 14:00 Parallel sessions for each of the Societal Challenges, brokerage, and elevator pitches, etc. 16:00 END Click here to register for the event and to choose which parallel session you would like to attend. Upon registration, you will receive an email to confirm your registration, along with a link to the venue and parking details. The closing date for registrations is Friday, 26th June. For further information about this event, please contact either catriona.ward@enterprise-ireland.com or Anne-marie.daly@enterprise-ireland.com. Predict Conference & Brokerage Event, 15th-17th September 2015, RDS Dublin The Conference The Predict Conference Dublin takes place from the 15th-17th September 2015 at the RDS Dublin. This interactive conference will feature leading international thinkers in the areas of data, predictive models, technology and decision making. The Predict Conference's goal is to democratise big data modelling and make it accessible and available to everyone. It will be an interactive meeting designed to demystify big data analytics and introduce you to people who can help. The Brokerage Event As part of the Conference, Enterprise Europe Network Ireland in association with Enterprise Europe Network Northern Ireland will host an international brokerage event on Wednesday 16 September. How does it work? The Brokerage Event will give registered participants the opportunity to meet potential business or technology partners in pre-arranged face to face meetings. The focus of the event will be on; - Predictive Analytics - Impact on Business Decisions
- Technology - Hardware and Software - From Data to Decisions
- The Data Age - Data Generation & Expert Models
- Business Impact - Case Studies
- Data Science - Mathematical Methods & Predictive Modelling
- Human Health - Food Safety, Nutrition, Predictive Intake Modelling & Chemical Exposure
Registration and further details available from the Brokerage website. Further details of the Predict Conference and registration click here.
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Katherine Jenkins and José Carreras Live in Cork - Special Offer for members of Cork Chamber
Apologies if anyone experienced an issue with the booking link yesterday. Please visit here for full list of tickets with 10% discount offer for Chamber members.
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36 Hour Delegate Rate
Period of the offer available: October 2015 to March 2016
Book your Senior Executive meeting or Team building event for this Autumn and receive €20 off the normal price and inclusion with our compliments on our De-stress Programme for all your delegates.This programme includes a mindfulness session with our expert and some relaxation time in our Vitality pool followed by a treatment in our award winning Spa. This programme will have your delegates feeling re-vitalised, invigorated and motivated to achieve their full potential and grateful they are on your Team!!! For Further Information contact Karen Long here or 087-1362397
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Networking hub for Entrepreneurs – NOTwork!
Date: Thursday, 28th May Time: 6pm – 7:30pm Venue: Sugar Cube, South Mall Cost: Free of Charge To book: here
A new social hub for young entrepreneurs is launching on the South Mall, called NOTwork. The first event which is being hosted by Ernest Cantillon in Sugar Cube from 6pm to 7:30pm on Thursday 28th May, will be free of charge and will offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to come and mix with like-minded local and international entrepreneurs, all at various stages in their businesses.
All Is Lost
Date: Wednesday, 4th June Time: 18:30 Venue: Gate Cinema Cork Cost: €7 To book: here
Cork Film Festival is delighted to present a screening of All Is Lost.Other than a snippet of prologue voiceover and the Man (Robert Redford) once howling an expletive, this is a silent film. And what a hugely sonically and visually rich, narratively compelling and technically extraordinary one it is. The Man awakens to discover that an adrift shipping container has punched a hole in his yacht. An able, strong, resourceful and capable mariner, the Man battles misfortune and diminishing resources until, at the denouement, he can see the whites of his own mortality’s eyes.J.C. Chandor | USA | 2013 | 106MINS
Cork Mental Health – Golf Classic
Date: Friday, June 5th Time: 9am – 5pm Venue: Lee Valley Golf Club Cost: €150 per team of 3 To book: 021 4511100 or e-mail: here
This year’s annual golf classic will take place on Friday the 5th of June in Lee Valley Golf Club.This is always a great event with fantastic prizes on offer from Coleman Golf.It is a 3 man team event and the cost of entering a team is €150.If you are interested please contact Mr. Brendan McCarthyIf you would be interested in entering a team please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Brendan McCarthy to book a tee time.
The Great Keg Race
Date: Saturday, 6th June Time:10am Venue: City Centre/ River Lee/ Blackrock Castle Cost: Free to all
A race in traditional currachs towards Blackrock Castle on 06.06.15 between two city centre breweries. First one to the courtyard wins ! Elbow Lane & The Franciscan Well Brewery
Doing Better Business
Date: 9th -11th June Time: 12:30pm – 8pm each day Venue: Cork Opera House Cost: Free To book: here
We’ll be hosting three days of engaging talks around the theme of 'doing better business'. Experts from Ballymaloe House, Heineken and Blacks of Kinsale will be sharing their valuable insights alongside well known figures such as Damien Mulley, Greg Canty plus many more. Entrance is free and we'll also supply free drinks. Join us for one event or feel free to attend all six.
Fastnet Sponsor Life Sciences Seminar
Date: Tuesday, 9th June Time: 1.30pm – 5pm Venue: Cork International Airport Hotel
Fastnet Recruitment & Search are proud sponsors of this year’s IEA Life Sciences Seminar in Cork. This industry focused event will have a number of key Supply Chain & Logistics speakers addressing a range of contemporary issues affecting many export organizations. For more information about this event click here.
County Mayor’s Charity Ball
Date: Saturday, 13th June Time: 7pm drinks reception Venue: Cork County Hall Cost: €120/ticket €1200 for a table of 10 To book: email or call The Cork County Mayor’s Secretary on (021) 4285367.
The Cork County Mayor’s Mid-Summer Charity Ball takes place on June 13 in County Hall. The glamorous event, which will be hosted by County Mayor Cllr. Alan Coleman in association with The Kingsley, is a night of fine food, music and fundraising for three very worthy local Cork charities with Marymount Hospice and Hospital as main beneficiaries.
De-stress your life
Date: Tuesday, 16th June Time: 7.00am Venue: The Kingsley Hotel Cost: €40, which includes breakfast buffet To book: Tickets can be purchased online or call Susan on 021 4292990/ email
De-stress your life with Sarah McLean’s Breakfast Briefing Mindfulness and Meditation expert Sarah McLean will share mindfulness-based stress reduction tools and talk about the importance of meditation in increasing resilience in the work place at the seminar taking place from 7am to 9.30am on Tuesday, 16 June in The Kingsley.
Sarah is the best-selling author of Soul-Centre: Transform your Life in 8 weeks with Meditation. The event is sponsored by Ronan Daly Jermyn, Element Power and Voxpro, with all proceeds going to The Hope Foundation. Tickets cost €40 and can be purchased online or from Susan on 021 4292990 / email . Tickets are limited so book soon!
Mercy Hospital Foundation Ladies Lunch
Date: Saturday, 20th June Time: 12pmVenue: Radisson Blu, Little Island, Cork Cost: €50 per person To book: here
Following on from the success of previous Ladies Lunches, which have raised over €60,000 to support cancer services at the Mercy, The Mercy Ladies Lunch 2015 will once again raise funds the Mercy Cancer Appeal; and in particular The Mercy Cancer Care Centre.
Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge 2015
Date: Tuesday, 30th June Time: 7:30pm Venue: The Mall, Cork Cost: €100 entry fee per team To book: register here
Take the challenge and enter a company team of four with three categories available: male, female and mixed. All entrants will receive a technical t-shirt and goody bag. A great distance for beginners and the experienced runner alike, so there is no excuse for you and your work colleagues not to give it a try!
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