Date: Tuesday 12^th January
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: The River Lee Hotel
Cost: €20 members/€25 non members
To Book: online

Ensure you start off the New Year on the right foot! Cork Chamber is delighted to bring you a fully interactive, informative and fun event, which will ensure you have all you need to know about using social media more effectively as a networking tool, networking and relationship management skills as well as the importance of follow-up.

Get ready to:

• Understand your point of distinction
• Learn how to add value to every conversation
• How to enter the networking room and make a great first impression
• Ask three questions that everyone hasn’t heard a million times already
• Know what to do with all those business cards
• Deploy social media more effectively

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Date: Thursday 21^st January
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel
Cost: €15 members / €25 non members
To book: online

Cork Chamber and the Marketing Institute in Cork are proud to bring you the “Empowering your Digital Future” event on Thursday 21^st January.

This event will look at the Digital Landscape and what is emerging in terms of marketing, advertising and sales with particular emphasis on the challenges and opportunities for SME businesses. We will hear from Marie Davis, Head of SME Sales for Google Ireland on the issues that businesses need to think of now in order to be ready for the future.

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New figures from the CSO confirm that exports have increased by 17% between September and October 2015 bringing the total export figure in October to €10.3 billion. The EU remains the most significant market for Irish exporters as it accounts for 49% of all exports. Looking at countries alone, the US is the most important export market followed by Great Britain, Belgium and Switzerland.

The Government announced details of the scheme to provide emergency humanitarian support to small businesses that have been unable to secure flood insurance. The scheme is being administered through the Irish Red Cross.

What will it cover: The scheme will contribute towards the costs of repairing business premises, including the replacement of flooring, fixtures and fittings and damaged stock. The scheme will not provide a contribution to loss of earnings or loss of business good-will.

The Cork Chamber Business School is running a Jobseeker Support Programme which started on the 15^th December last.  The Programme includes 8 days training resulting in a QQI Level 5 Diploma in Digital Marketing. The Diploma will cover such topics as SEO, Google Analytics, Mobile Marketing, Facebook Marketing, E-Commerce & Developing a Digital Marketing Strategy.

Following the Programme, our graduates will be available for unpaid work placement (minimum of 5 days) within an organisation. The graduates will finish the programme on the 28^th January and will be available for placement after that date. This is a fantastic opportunity for any business to kickstart their 2016 digital strategy!

Please contact Norma  or Aoife for further details.

Looking for commercial, technological or research partnerships? Check out the EEN’s database which contains thousands of company profiles from a broad range of sectors. This week’s e-zine features details of overseas companies that are actively seeking partnerships with Irish companies.


For details of all current opportunities, view the database here and complete a keyword search or see ‘read more’ for a snapshot of the types of profiles contained within.  

1. Cork Airport to welcome over 100,000 passengers this Christmas - read more
2. Last weekend to enjoy GLOW Cork - read more
3. Fundraiser for ISPCC Childline 2015 - read more
4. CareerWise wins Best Agency Online and was shortlisted for Best in Practice Engineering, Science and Pharma at the NRF Awards - read more
5.  'Your Council Matters' - read more
6.  OBOS Launches New Showroom - read more
7. Subsidised SBCI funding available via Cogans - read more
8. SHARE students have launched their 46th fast and fundraising campaign - read more

How to Plan for Success Through Your People is a short, intensive one-to-one programme for leaders that delivers an enhanced understanding of how to engage people and a customised plan for leading their own change project.  Chamber members can avail of a 15% saving by booking before end January 2016.

You can drop Toys to the GLS Depot and Parcelshop at Unit 2B Wallingstown Business Park, Littleisland, Cork.

Contact: 021 4297560 press option 2.

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