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IN THIS ISSUE

Grow your Business in the US

Cork Chamber Dublin Dinner

Business Breakfast with Dermot Crowley, CEO, Dalata Hotel Group plc

Christmas Lunch 2023

Visit Cork Green Awards

STInt Host Information Session

MS Excel Advanced

eTenders Training

B2B Matchmaking Event: Lisbon Beyond Summit 2023

Blarney Business Park Linkage

Emergency Business Flooding Schemes Announced in Wake of Storm Babet

Member News

Member Events

Member to Member Offers

Job Opportunities

Cork International Film Festival

EVENTS

Grow your Business in the US
Tues 7th Nov | 10.30am - 12pm | Republic of Work

Thinking about expanding or growing your business in the US? Then join us for a free in-person information session. Learn from experts on what you need to consider when taking steps to expanding into the US.

Speakers will include: Conor Kenny, SelectUSA; Kilian Cawley, OCO Global; Steve Lenox, Choose New Jersey; Andy Mackin, The Mackin Group

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Cork Chamber Dublin Dinner
Tues 21st Nov | 7pm-11pm | Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin

The countdown is on to the Cork Chamber Dublin Dinner 2023! This year’s guest of honour and keynote speech will be delivered by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD.

We are delighted to announce that we will honour Pat McGrath, former CEO of PM Group with the Outstanding Contribution to Business Award 2023 on the night!

Add yourself to the waiting list

Business Breakfast with Dermot Crowley, CEO, Dalata Hotel Group plc
Wed 29th Nov | 7.30am-9am | Clayton Hotel Cork City

With Cork born Dermot at the helm, the Dalata hotel group has recently opened six new hotels and has further plans to expand their footprint. They announced a record set of financial results for the first half of this year reporting a profit after tax of €42m.

Join us to hear from a leading voice in the hospitality industry on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the sector as well as insight into the future of business and leisure tourism in Cork and Ireland.

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Christmas Lunch 2023
Fri 15th Dec | 12.30pm-3.30pm | Radisson Blu Hotel Little Island

With plenty of festive food and drink, music, raffle prizes and much more, our Christmas Lunch is the perfect seasonal event for entertaining clients and colleagues.

This year we are excited to welcome Tommy Tiernan, Michael D Higgins, Roy Keane and many more personalities... As we will be joined by Conor Moore, a popular impressionist and broadcaster who has over 1.5 million followers on social media.

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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

STInt Host Information Session
Free to Cork Chamber members

Mon 6thNov | 3pm-4.30pm | Online

Becoming a STInt host is a fantastic way for companies to connect with local schools and invest in their own future talent pipeline. Teachers are the second biggest influence on students, and we want to equip them with the knowledge of what it means to work in STEM in Ireland right now so that they can have meaningful conversations in the classroom. Join the information call on Monday 6^th November at 3pm to learn more about STInt and how your organisation can host a teacher intern in 2024. For further info email stint@dcu.ie

MS Excel Advanced
Member Price €150

Thurs 9thNov | 11.30am-1pm | 5 sessions | Online

This course is designed to follow-on from MS Excel Intermediate. Having already familiarised yourself with the most efficient way of performing everyday tasks and now that you have mastered the more commonly used Intermediate topics, it is now time to build on that knowledge. A large proportion of the course is dedicated to managing and manipulating lists of information from working with tables & slicers up to creating and working with pivot tables.

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eTenders Training
Member Price €50

Thurs 16th Nov | 9.30am-12.30pm | Online

This half-day online programme covers many aspects of public- and private-sector procurement, ranging from sourcing tender opportunities, making bid/no bid decisions, developing winning bid strategies and understanding how tenders are evaluated. Participants will have the opportunity to consider aspects of a live tender opportunity as a worked example.

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INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

B2B Matchmaking Event: Lisbon Beyond Summit 2023
20 - 22 November | Online

The FREE B2B matchmaking virtual event "Lisbon Beyond Summit 2023" returns this year, 20-22 November.

This event gives you the opportunity to reach foreign markets from the digital sector, access new technologies, find new business contracts, and much more!

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Visit Cork Green Awards
Applications open until 4th November

Are you a tourism business implementing new sustainability initiatives? Apply for the Visit Cork Green Awards to showcase and get recognition for embracing sustainability in your business across a broad range of areas such as biodiversity, renewable energy, waste management, DEI, accessibility and so on. Apply by Friday 4th November using the form below.

Apply Here

Blarney Business Park Linkage
Public Consultation open until 13th Nov.

Cork City Council are accepting submissions on proposed changes to the traffic management of Blarney Business Park to improve the accessibility of public transportation and enhance pedestrian safety.

More details here

Emergency Business Flooding Schemes Announced in Wake of Storm Babet
Applications open until 1st Dec.

Two new schemes have been announced for small businesses, sports clubs, community, and voluntary organisations impacted by Storm Babet.