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Events
Lehane Motors @ the Rochestown Park Hotel
Getting Financial Investment in your Business – Venture Capital and Private Investments
Cork Chamber’s Dublin Dinner in association with EY
Chamber Supported Events
Get On Board – Start-Up Express
Business Leaders Join Forces to Combat homelessness
Chamber Supported Projects
LAST CALL for submissions to Cork innovates bursary valued at €30,000
International
Enterprise Europe Network at Cork Chamber
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Member Events
SMILE Resource Exchange Cork Event
 

Date: 24th October
Time: From 9.15am to 1.00pm
Venue: The Maryborough Hotel and Spa, Douglas
Cost: FREE
To book: visit our website here


This event includes information sessions on resource efficiency and best practises in business by IKEA & MAMUKKO and our unique networking rounds offering you a chance to:

• Introduce your organisation in small facilitated groups at round tables in a relaxed informal setting.
• Identify potential synergies with other organisations e.g. exchange unwanted items, surplus products, by-products or off-cuts.

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Leadership in Difficult Times: A Group Relations Conference
 

Date: 29 November to 2 December, 2013
Time:  9.00 am to 7.00 pm
Venue: Western Gateway Building, UCC
Cost:  €850
To Book: Dr Patrice Cooper, Department of Management and Marketing, UCC, email patrice@ucc.ie , tel (021) 4902081


A Group Relations Conference is an experiential learning programme which increases effectiveness for any organisational role.  This Conference run in association between the Tavistock, UCC and Ochre will help participants understand Leadership and Followership in a different way, see below the surface, and become a better leader in a better organisation.


More information available here.




SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit
 

Date: October 31-November 1
Time:  7:30am – 5pm (both days)
Cost:  $395.00 (U.S. Dollars)
Venue:  Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
To Book:  visit HERE to pre-register


SelectUSA is a U.S. government initiative to promote and facilitate investment in the United States.  The inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit aims to connect international businesses and investors with U.S. economic development organizations at the state, regional, and local levels. Attendees will have an unparalleled opportunity to share investment objectives with relevant experts.


The National Franchise Centre comes to Cork!
 

Date: due to be delivered from 4th November on a part time basis

Find out whether your business might be suited to expansion - using Franchise, Licence or Distributor Models

The National Franchise Centre (NFC) in partnership with Cork innovates has recently announced that it will deliver its hugely successful programme Franchise START in Cork this November.

The programme is 5 days in duration and caters to those who wish to assess the feasibility of business expansion using various models. Often, the cost and time involved in scaling ones venture depends on the complexity of the business, the proposed system and the current position.

To register your interest for Franchise START (due to be delivered from 4th November on a part time basis) or for further information please logo onto www.nationalfranchisecentre.ie or email: nfc@lit.ie

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The Marketing Institute October Event: How to make Facebook work for your business
 
Date: 24th Oct
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm
Venue: Vertigo, County Hall
Cost: €10 members, €25 non members, €10 students
To Book: here (Registration deadline is Wednesday 23-Oct-13 1:45 PM)


Helen Smyth manages the Small & Medium Business Team in EMEA at Facebook, where she strives to educate, service and support small & medium sized businesses on Facebook to market and grow their companies. Refreshments will be served after the presentation, providing us all with an opportunity to network and engage with fellow marketers and our guest speaker.