• Celebrate World Hot Chocolate Day with The Lismore Food Company
• Kearys Motor Group announces growth & senior appointments
• EDF Renewables UK partners with DP Energy to deliver up to 1 GW ‘Gwynt Glas’ floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea
• The Montenotte Hotel announce the appointment of new General Manager
• MSL Cork wins Mercedes-Benz dealer of the year 2021
• Crawford Art Gallery announces a new partnership with Pat McDonnell Paints for a major exhibition, SATURATION: the everyday transformed
• Key Appointment for Starcircle with announcement of new Chief Commercial Officer

• Digital Panto Aladdin – Presented by The Everyman and CADA – now until 23 January
• The TOV information webinar - the first step in applying for the Trading Online Voucher – 19 January
• Annette (16) showing at Triskel – 19 January – 23 January
• Prepare your Business for Customs webinar – 20 January
• CEN Network @ Noon (Cork Entrepreneurs Network) – 25 January
• Find Ideal Clients Online in 2022 - online lunchtime workshop with Content & Event – 26 January
• Crawford Art Gallery presents - SATURATION: the everyday transformed – 29 January – 26 June

• SalesSense are currently recruiting for Business Development Executives for our Bord Gais Energy team (B2B)
• CUH Charity require a Donor Care and Digital Executive

Businesses, families and communities are being encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and take on Cope Foundation’s 300,000 Steps Challenge this February. It’s the third year of the health and fitness campaign, which is supported by EY.  

Groups and individuals are being asked to commit to reaching the 300,000 steps target during the 28 days of February. All funds raised will go towards projects and programmes that empower and support people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism across Cork city and county.  

• Finance OTC Consulting Ltd – 25% Discount on a Finance Order to Cash (OTC) Diagnostic to SMEs
• Offers on antigen tests and disposable facemasks available from Pat Hennerty Sales
• 10% off Home Insurance with Insight Insurance

Tue 1  Feb | 2.30pm- 4pm | online

This workshop is designed to give a short but comprehensive overview of how to work effectively with Planner within MS Teams. We will cover all essential functionality including creating plans, buckets and working with tasks.

Are you an EU agri-food SME with ambition to export to Japan, Vietnam and Korea? Learn about existing (free) tools made available by EU for SMEs to access those markets by attending the Farm to Fork (F2F) webinar on 25th February 2021. 

A recent survey found that a quarter of Irish retailers have had to close their business for a period of time or reduce trading hours as a result of Covid-related staff shortages. Given the current soundings that some of the Covid-19 restrictions are to be eased, particularly around working from home advice, there should a renewed focus on absence management and sick leave policies. Adare Human Resource Management look at some of the considerations that employers should bear in mind.

Dear Chamber Member,

I hope you, your family and colleagues are keeping safe and well. With early signs of reducing Covid case numbers, we look forward with hope and optimism to further easing of restrictions. We continue to deliver our dynamic events and training schedule, our export services for you and your teams, all the while advocating on matters that affect your business, your industry and your city region.

Resilience, determination and innovation are traits that have come to the fore particularly throughout the pandemic, and we are keen to recognise the tremendous achievements of our business community. This week we have opened the Cork Company of the Year Awards 2022 for applications. Now in their 24th year, these awards run in association with Vodafone Ireland and media partner the Irish Examiner, have revealed some stellar examples of how businesses across Cork set themselves apart, contribute to our economy and excel in their field.

Applications will remain open until..

It’s planting season. As part of our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and specifically to tree planting made in 2019 we have 300 tree available to members, free of charge.

From 9.30am on Wednesday Jan 26th to 1pm on Friday Jan 28th, 300 indigenous Irish trees will be openly available to Cork Chamber members on a first come first served basis.

Ranging from 2-4 feet tall, the species available will include:

Join Networking expert, Kingsley Aikins tomorrow afternoon as he breaks down the fundamentals of networking and sets out a precise Four Step Process on how to build a strong and diverse network.

Kingsley is CEO of The Networking Institute and throughout his extensive career he has come to appreciate the power of Networking and sees it as the ‘glue’ that makes everything happen. Don't miss this timely session to find out everything you need to know to fully utilise any networking opportunity that comes your way!

This virtual event in collaboration with the Marketing Institute Cork will feature Simon Moriarty, Director of Trends EMEA at Mintel, responsible for insight, editorial, and client service across the region. The session will look at Mintel’s market trend analysis and prediction research which is grounded by observations of the key drivers of consumer behaviour and backed by their robust data sets.

Get an insight into predicted Consumer Trends and ensure your market strategies are in the right place for 2022!

This session will focus on the North Karelia Project, international developments, principles and perspectives on chronic disease and health promotion in Finland. Public health actions in North Karelia include reducing smoking, increased activity, more social connections and better diets.

We will be joined by Professor Pekka Puska, Former Director General of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. Recently he served as a Member of the Parliament of Finland, including the Health and Social Affairs Committee and Education Committee.

This informative session in association with Adare Human Resource Management will feature HR, Employment Law and Health and Safety experts as they discuss the Adare HR Barometer survey report findings in detail, explore practical considerations, answer key questions and provide guidance for businesses on what they should consider in this area.

Attendees will benefit from a rounded discussion and review of the new ways of working and the legal considerations to support key decision making and mitigate risks around implementation of more permanent working models.

The Qatar Virtual Matchmaking and Exhibition is a virtual meetup organized by EEN Qatar/Qatar Development Bank under TASDEER services commencing from 22 Feb - 24 Feb 2022. The event is set to gather renowned enterprises, distributors, and local businesses to explore and develop future partnerships with international companies. 

Wed 26 Jan | 9.30am-12:30pm | 3 mornings

The experience in this programme is as close as you can get to having a personal coach. You begin presenting from almost the moment you begin session 1. You present at least six times over the course of 3 full half-days. Your presentations are recorded and evaluated. You get expert, one-on-one coaching privately at the end of each presentation.

Wed 26 Jan | 11.30am-1pm | 3 mornings

This Practical Productivity training course will provide you with a totally practical and workable solution to managing your workload and time more effectively. Do not let e-mail control your day - instead, you can take control through the customisation of MS Outlook and by using various features & tools within Outlook.

Cork City Council has issued pre-qualification tender documents for the Morrison's Island Public Realm and Flood Defence Project which will seek to form a panel of contractors who will be invited to tender for the works later in the year and could see construction of the long-delayed scheme, which is designed to protect the city centre from the regular flooding from which it suffers, commence in the autumn. 

The Morrison’s Island upgrade will create a new south facing walkway and remove approximately 80% of city centre flooding. It will create bike lanes and public spaces where today there is only dilapidation and car parking. Currently cars have more access to this this aspect of the Lee than people.

Friday 28 Jan | 9.30am

Cork Access Network (CAN) would like to invite you to our first virtual event of 2022.Chaired by Dr Barry O’ Connor this event will recognise the success of Cork as a learning city sustained by active cross-sectoral/whole-of-City partnership. It will look at the challenges, including the impact of COVID 19, and further the conversation and commitment to action to reduce educational disadvantage in the Cork region.