Thurs 7^th March | 7:30am–9.00am | Cork International Hotel

During the breakfast, Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director of Cork Airport will speak about the long term master-plan for Cork Airport, the impact of Brexit on aviation and how to build a successful team structure.

In association with the Irish Examiner.

Thurs 14^th March | 10am–11.30am | Cork Chamber

Join us at our Summerhill North offices for a round-up of our Public Affairs activities and focus for 2019 and stay in the loop about what is happening in Cork.

Our agenda is shaped by you, for you.

Places are limited for this free session. 

• Maldron Hotel, South Mall- Cork Chamber Members get 20% off Meeting Room Hires 

All offers can be submitted through the Member's Area of our website.

• Network Ireland West Cork officially launched its Business Woman of the Year 2019 Awards in AIB Bandon.
• Exciting Food, Educational and Environmental Events Planned for the 30th Cork French Film Festival 
• New Presentation Coaching Service 
• Digital Opportunity Traineeships: New EU Initiative for Companies and young motivated students.
• Cork plans to become a city of excellent customer service 
• Ballymaloe Announced as Lead Sponsor of First Cut! Youth Film Festival 
• Local New Recruitment Firm on Penrose Quay Named top 10 Best Small Workplaces in Ireland 

• Paul Healy, Manager of the Rubicon Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) is delighted to announce the appointment of Lucy O’Donoghue as Manager of the Exxcel programme.

• Walsh Group: Womens Financial Wellbeing 7th March 
• UCC: Women in Law Forum 2019 8th March 
• Hayfield Manor: Food and Yoga day Retreat 9th March
• Triskel Arts Centre: An evening at Triskel with Legendary Hollywood Cinematographer Nick Mclean 9th March 
• Crawford Art Gallery: Free Sundays Family Programme, every Sunday 
• Right Solution Centre: Time Management Workshop, 9th March 
• UCC: CUBS Conference 2019 13th March  
• NRF: National Recruitment Federation 2019 Conference 14th March 
• Local Enterprise Office: Irelands Best Young Entrepreneur 15th March 
• Cork Lions Club: Hill Ball Run 18th March 
• Republic of Work: Smart Business Workshops Roadshow 2019- Abodoo, Vodafone  & SFA 21st March 

Thurs 21st March | 9.45am - 5pm | Nano Nagle Place

Cork City Council is hosting a day seminar on how to tackle the problem of urban vacancy.

The ‘Unlocking Upstairs’ event is focused on tackling upstairs vacancy and is aimed at building owners, architects, engineers, developers, planners and those with an interest in how we can better utilise upper floors and vacant spaces.

Thurs 28th March | 9am- 5pm | The Clayton Silver Springs 

It’s not the complaint that matters, it’s how you handle it.

Join us for a fact filled approach to turning a customer experience around either over the phone or face-to-face.

This course will allow you to gain a greater understanding of how you can influence customers, handle difficult situations and resolve complaints successfully.

Weds 20^th March | Cork International Hotel

Facebook & Instagram Advertising

09:30-13:00

This workshop will show how to run advertising in an easy and cost-effective way. The course will cover Ad Platforms, Ad types, how to utilise your ads and how to run and decipher reports.

Social Media Content Creation

14:00-17:00

This workshop will show how to create a unified social media content strategy. Learn what content works best on each platform, how to reuse content you have created and how to be efficient with social media planning.

Brexit – Are you ready?

The Omnibus no-deal Brexit legislation made it to the Dáil 3^rd stage last week.

Customs Transit Procedure Check for UK landbridge post-Brexit: To avail of the Transit procedure, businesses will need to have a Revenue-approved comprehensive financial guarantee in place.

Brexit SME Emergency Fund Increase: The rescue fund for businesses is being increased from €20m to €200m. The Rescue and Restructuring Scheme aims to offer both rescue aid and temporary restructuring aid to SMEs in financial difficulty or experiencing acute liquidity needs.

28^th March | 10:30am -1:00pm | River Lee Hotel

Join this informative networking seminar with John Roxburgh, Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy Dublin, Ciaran Luttrell, Director of Service Operations EMEA, eSentire, Voxpro and other companies actively working with Canadian partners in Ireland and Canada.

This event will focus on the wealth of opportunities that have opened up for trade and investment flow since 99% of tariffs on Irish export goods between to Canada were scrapped as a result of the 2017 CETA free trade agreement. 

While it’s clear that Irish companies’ export advantage lies in innovation and quality, crucially our success is increasingly marked out by the people behind the goods and services produced in Ireland.

Read this blog to learn how a focus on cross cultural communication and language can support your company to boost international business relationships and help save time and money, while tapping into to a ready EU market with a population of over 320 million.

Cork Chamber continues to work with Ireland's 4 other City Region Chambers to drive the success of their regions as critical economic and cultural drivers.

On 28^th March next the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government will speak at City Region’s Ireland (CRI) conference, in Galway: ‘Ireland’s Cities: Powerhouses of Regional Growth’. He will be joined by John Moran of the Land Development Agency and Anne Graham of the National Transport Authority.

CRI will present the Minister and speakers with hard data on businesses’ priorities on infrastructure. To have your voice heard on a topic that’s vital to the economic development of our city region, click here to complete the survey now, which will take just 5 minutes of your time.

Have your company's CSR commitment recognised.

Applications are now open for the Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2019. For tips on your applications, FAQs and Category Listings and more, see below.

The Charter, which is the first of its kind in Europe, was developed to create a city of superior customer service and assist Cork’s journey to becoming one of the friendliest, most liveable and sustainable cities globally. The Cork City Customer Service Charter gives businesses a set of guidelines and training on service, customers and the city. Focus on areas range from fundamentals like friendliness, skillfulness, accessibility and cleanliness to integrity, inclusivity, respect and excellence.

The Cork City Centre Forum is a collaboration between Cork Chamber, Cork Business Association, Cork City Council, An Garda Siochana, retail, hospitality and service sectors and other local business representative organisations.

Through our values, we seek to be dynamic and forward thinking, to be purposeful change makers. In 2019 we will continue to work with Chambers Ireland to advance women in STEM, female pension coverage, flexible working hours and affordable childcare to improve gender equality in Ireland.

We are also running a series of training courses specifically targeted at developing female talent and empowering female leaders. Check them out here

Happy International Women’s Day from all at Cork Chamber.

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