The forum will cover:

• Employment Legislation Update
• GDPR- The effect of the new data protection legislation in 2018- How are you managing it?
• Case Law 2017 Examples. Why are they important? What are the learnings?
• Attraction & Retention- What are the priorities?
• Top Tips

You will be able to:

• Identify key changes in the Data Protection legislation and how they will impact your organisation
• Identify individual rights and your organisations obligations under the regulation
• Obtaining consent and knowing your legal basis for processing
• Awareness of liabilities and penalties under GDPR
• How to effectively conduct a data audit for your business
• Raising staff awareness

The Local Enterprise Office, Cork City is offering a Customer Service Charter programme for Cork City based retail and hospitality owners/managers.

The programme comprises of a briefing Session for owners/managers and Train the Trainer Workshop for key senior staff who will then be equipped to deliver the training to other staff/teams in the business. This inaugural training session is being offered at a reduced cost of just €25 per business (valued at over €300), this includes Briefing, Workshop, Training Materials, Mystery Shopper Visits and Feedback.

​​The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund, promotes sustainable development by assisting small-scale environmental projects at local level.The initiative is now open for applications. Funding is typically for small scale community projects that encourage sustainability and/or have an environmental theme.

Closing date for applications is 20 June at 5pm. Examples of previously funded projects can be found here.

The ‘Innovation in HealthTech’ event will bring together a wide array of stakeholders to discuss the design and development of new medical device solutions to healthcare problems. The event is enabled jointly by the Ireland – Wales EU INTERREG operation CALIN and the H2020 Erasmus+ MedInvent project, in collaboration with Health Innovation Hub Ireland, University College Cork Medical Education Unit and Assert. 

Free to attend, registration is essential. 

CIT will host the Ireland India Business Association’s (IIBA) Technology & Entrepreneurship event on Monday 25 June at 6pm. This evening will bring together IIBA’s network in Cork to discuss technology and the success of entrepreneurs in the region, as they go about engaging with the Indian market.