Date: Tues 11^th November
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Celtic Interiors, Douglas
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: HERE

Expand your business contacts at next weeks Business After Hours event in the stylish Celtic Interiors situated in the heart of Douglas Village.

Celtic Interiors was established in 1993 and is located in Douglas Woollen Mills, where they manufacture and supply fitted bespoke furniture specialising in kitchens and bedrooms. The multi-award winning showrooms are laid out over three floors, and are surrounded by an extensive manufacturing workshop.  CLICK HERE for further details.

Date: Wednesday, November 26^th
Time: 9:30am – 5.30pm
Venue: Cork Chamber Office
Cost: Free
To book: HERE

Are you looking at growing your business internationally or to improve your international marketing skills? Renowned Chartered Marketer, Ray Clarke, will be running a workshop on behalf of the Enterprise Europe at Cork Chamber on November 26^th (9:30am – 5.30pm). The workshop will take place in Cork Chamber Office, Summerhill North.

Book your free place here. 

Date: Friday, 12th December
Time: 12:30pm - 15:30pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island
Cost: €60 members / €75
To book: HERE


Mark the 12th of December in your diary for one of our more popular events, the Annual Christmas Lunch, sponsored by Brightwater Recruitment Specialists. The event will feature a charity raffle with fantastic prizes, a top notch speaker and plenty of festive networking.

1. KMC Elevation Celebrate 10 Years in Business - Read More HERE 

2Industry Leader Calls On The Cork Region To Act As One To Achieve Results - Read More HERE 

3. Staff Nights Out With The Cork Film Festival And Cork Opera House - Read More HERE 

4. 59th Cork Film Festival To Host Irish Festival Premiere Screening Of The Walt Disney Animation Studio's New Feature Film - Read More HERE

Horizon 2020 Funding Opportunities Seminar, 7th November, CIT

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), the Nimbus Centre and Enterprise Ireland will hold information seminar for SMEs interested in finding out about funding opportunities in Horizon 2020. The event will take place in the Nimbus Seminar Room, CIT on Friday, 7^th November. See inside for further details.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – Have your Say

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreement is currently being negotiated between the EU and the US and it aims at removing cross-sector trade barriers for goods and services being sold between the EU and US. The European Commission is currently inviting SMEs to provide feedback on same. See inside for further details. 

Cork Chamber welcomes the announcement of 105 new jobs in Cork City over the next two years. The company, which produces and distributes enterprise information management software products, is to expand its global customer support centre to provide support for its flagship Enterprise Content Management and Customer Experience Management solutions. As part of this, OpenText plans to recruit Technical Analysts with supporting language skills and senior management roles. OpenText is currently ranked as the number one Canadian software company and is ranked 305 on the Global Fortune 500 list. 

Cork Chamber hosted a very successful meeting with new Minister with responsibility for the OPW Simon Harris TD on Friday October 31^st.  At the meeting the Chamber discussed issues of concern around the Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme. The Minister has re-affirmed the government’s commitment to fund the project as required and has further committed to ongoing and regular engagement with Cork Chamber and the region to ensure a transparent and cohesive rollout of the project.  A further consultation on the emerging preferred solution will take place in March 2015 and before then Cork Chamber will be working with Cork City Council on some specific aspects of the project to ensure a suitable yet aesthetically pleasing solution is delivered in key areas of the City.

Take 10 minutes to tell us how Q3 was for your business! Complete our survey HERE. 

Cork Chamber has released its third quarterly economic trends survey of 2014.  To inform our policy and lobbying work, this survey gathers data on your business experiences over Q3 and your outlook across a number of key financial measures for the last quarter of 2014.  This quarter’s survey also seeks your perspective on Budget 2015.  

 
All survey responses are treated in the strictest confidence with results presented in aggregate format only. 

Please complete the Q2 2014 survey by close of business Friday 7th November 2014. Should you have any queries/feedback on this survey, please contact our Policy & Research Projects Manager Dr. Siobhan Bradley here . 

As always, your input is vital in informing our policy priorities.   


**SURVEY PRIZE**

All respondents who complete this survey will be entered into a draw to win: Afternoon Tea for two at The Kingsley, served in the K Lounge, with a selection of the finest loose-leaf teas, speciality coffees, delicate finger sandwiches and a daily selection of fresh-baked scones, tea cakes and exquisite pastries. Read more about The Kingsley here. 

Best of luck to all of the finalists in the Cork Digital Marketing Awards which are being held in the Kingsley Hotel tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. We’ll have the winners details available after the Awards ceremony. Good luck everyone!

And while we’re Embracing Digital!! Our next Digital Marketing/Social Media for Business Course is starting on the 25^th November next. This course is ideal for businesses that want to get more business using social media and who wish to reinforce their offline reputation, online!  

Date: 14th November
Time: 09:30 to 16:00
Venue: City Hall
Cost: FREE
To book: HERE

The third annual inBusiness inCork showcase at City Hall will deliver breakthrough opportunities for businesses and startups on Friday, 14th November 2014. With more than 1,500 participants expected to attend the business networking showcase and conference, Cork innovates has teamed up with Vodafone and AIB among other business partners to deliver a breakthrough event for potential and existing entrepreneurs in the Region.

The inBusiness inCork 2014 showcase is supported by a number of partners including Vodafone, AIB, Irish Examiner, RedFM and more to bring a high quality event to the people of Munster. 

For more information, or to register your place at the free event, please visit here

• Have your company logo displayed on the players’ jerseys at Leinster v Castres, RDS, Dublin on 16 January and Munster v Sale Sharks, Thomond Park, Limerick on 25 January
• ‘Sponsor for a Day’ competition valued at €50,000, with one lucky winner from Munster and Leinster
• Previous winner cited 15% increase in sales as a result

Bank of Ireland is once again opening up its sponsorships of the Munster and Leinster rugby teams to businesses throughout Ireland to compete in its second ‘Sponsor for a Day’ competition and win the right to have their company logo displayed on the Munster and Leinster players’ jerseys during a high profile European Rugby Champions Cup match in front of a large live and TV audience. 

A new, innovative cookbook aimed at patients experiencing cancer-related weight loss has been developed by the Nutritional Science Department in University College Cork and CIT in collaboration with Breakthrough Cancer Research. 

If you have ever watched someone you love suffer from cancer, you know that one of the side effects of chemotherapy is weight loss. This Good Nutrition for Cancer Recovery Cook book was created by dieticians and includes information, advice and a bank of nutritious, anti-cancer recipes to combat weight loss. The cookery demonstration will therefore feature some of the highly nutritious recipes to combat weight loss which are featured in the cookbook.

The cookery demos will be given by Culinary lectures Ann O’Connor and Jane Healy of CIT.  All proceeds from the cookery demonstration will go to Breakthrough Cancer Research.

Learn how to access the €79Bn of available H2020 funding for your business at the Nimbus Centre in CIT this Friday 7th November. Easy access to funding with simple rules and procedures. H2020 SME support service offered by the Nimbus Centre.

Other funding mechanisms are also explained.

To attend this free event RSVP here by 12pm on Thursday 6th November. 

Date: 13-15^th November
Time: 8pm
Venue: Cork Arts Theatre
Cost: Chamber special 2 tickets €30
To Book: 021 4505624

A fulll nights entertainment under 1 roof! A light pre-show supper, a glass of wine and a show! 'Belfast Shirley' starring Dolores Mannion. Max. 50 people for supper so book early! 

Offer for Cork Chamber members: a pre-show supper, glass of wine and show all for €20 special and €30 for two tickets. Snacks after. Booking essential  021 4505624. You can book play only at 9.pm for €10.

Your supper and glass of wine are served form 8.pm followed by play starting at 9.pm.

Date: Saturday, November 22nd
Time: 8pm
Venue: Aula Maxima, UCC
Cost: €15
To book: HERE 

Music lovers are in for a treat when a wonderful cast of singers and musicians gather to present 'A Winter's Evening', A Concert of Light Classical Favourites in aid of The Cork Association For Autism. 

Conductor Frank Buckley has put together a programme of music to suit all tastes. The Concert will feature the wonderful voices of mezzo-soprano Louise O’Sullivan and Darragh Mcgann. Young tenor Kevin Walsh will perform on stage along with the Chorus of Opera Cork and the City of Cork Male Voice Choir. Following on from last years sell out show which received great feedback, this promises to be another magical evening of music and singing.