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SME Finalists Announced  Cork Chamber, in partnership with Vodafone, has announced the finalists in the SME category of the 2015 Cork Company of the Year Awards, as follows:
Inhance Technology is a leading provider of patented white-label retail services technologies of smartphones and tablets. See video HERE.
Teamwork.com builds the world’s best productivity software that lets businesses of all sizes keep their workload organised. Find out more HERE.
Xanadu Consultancy is a global online gaming technology and services provider. Watch HERE.
Read the full article here and get the Irish Examiner each Friday for the list of finalists in each category. The winner in each category as well as the overall winner will be announced at the Chamber Annual Dinner on Friday, 6th February at City Hall, Cork.
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Business Breakfast with Tim Lucey, Chief Executive, Cork County Council
Sponsored by Irish Examiner
Date: Tuesday 10th February
Time: 7.30am – 9.00am
Venue: Oriel House Hotel
Cost: €25 members / €35 non members
To book: HERE Cork Chamber is proud to bring you the first Business Breakfast of 2015, kicking off with a business breakfast featuring Tim Lucey, recently appointed Chief Executive of Cork County.
Tim Lucey has been Chief Executive of Cork County Council since 1st May 2014 following a three and a half year term as Cork City Manager. If you are interested in hearing about what plans Cork County Council have for the future, then this is a must attend event for you.
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW to avoid disappointment
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Networking After Hours at the Cork International Hotel
Date: Tuesday 17th February
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Cork International Hotel
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: HERE
Cork Chamber is delighted to bring you the first Business After Hours event of 2015. The revamped, super stylish Cork International Hotel will host this not to be missed evening. Some of the hotels recent achievements include - Hotel Bar of the Year @ The National Bar Awards, Best Value Hotel 2014 with a 95% guest satisfaction rating highest in Cork, and Tripadvisor’s 5th Trendiest Hotel in Ireland
This is an excellent opportunity to visit the restyled hotel and gives you the opportunity to network with fellow chamber members, the team at the hotel, and neighbouring companies in the Cork Airport Business park.
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Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?
Our Advancing Leadership Programme is starting on the 4th February next, learn how to unlock your full potential to maximise your performance!
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Maximise your Productivity!
Our daily lives have become so busy that every little tip and trick to make our work life easier is a blessing! We have a selection of courses coming up all designed to do just that, to help make those daily tasks less onerous, to free up some more time for the important things and help you focus on what you want!
Effective Presentation Skills: 27th January – deliver presentations in a clear, concise and confident manner.
MS Excel (Intermediate) - 2007/2010: 28th January - make Excel work for you!
Personal Productivity using MS Outlook 2007/2010: 29th January – have an EMPTY INBOX at the end of each day!
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B2B Matchmaking at Euromaritime, Paris, 3rd-4th February
The event is focused on the European marine sector and in particular, will focus on shipbuilding, equipment, renewable marine energy and repairs. The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) partner at Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Région Paris Ile-de-France is organising a B2B matchmaking seesion at this event.
B2B Matchmaking Event, Anuga FoodTec, Cologne, 26th-27th March
This event is at the forefront of food industry, namely for areas of food processing; food packaging; food safety; food ingredients; and services and solutions. The EEN partner, Zenit Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH, is organising workshops and B2B meetings at this event. B2B Matchmaking Event, Hannover Messe, Hannover, 14th-16th April Hannover Messe 2015 is the world’s leading fair in industrial technology. EEN partner, Investitions und Forderbank Niedersachsen (NBANK), is organising a B2B matchmaking event and aims to offer SMEs and research organisations the opportunity to find and meet partners for commercial agreements and for research and technology cooperation. More details on all of the above can be seen in the ‘read more’ section below
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Welcome News For Corks’ Economic Development
Cork Chamber has strongly welcomed the recent announcement by Minister Alan Kelly TD, to appoint a statutory committee to review the Cork City boundary and examine whether the local authority structures should be merged.
Cork Chamber believes that a unitary authority for the Cork region would accrue many potential benefits. In particular, significant savings could arise by eliminating the duplication of resources by combining many aspects of local authority activity which in turn could lead to a reduction in rates for business located in Cork. In addition, it is important that Cork speaks with one voice in order to maximise economic investment and having a single local authority for the entire County could be the catalyst for a more streamlined approach to economic development. Cork Chamber looks forward to engaging with the newly established statutory committee charged with reporting on their deliberations within the next nine months.
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Positive start to 2015 for the Cork Economy
Cork Chamber is delighted to welcome 100 new jobs for Cork. These jobs will be created by US Company ABEC Inc. who are to expand their global operations in Fermoy. This job announcement comes fast on the back of a number of recent positive developments for Cork including the recent sale of the Capitol Cinema Site, the progression of the Pairc Ui Chaoimh redevelopment and the new Events Centre to be located at the Bemish and Crawford site and finally, the commencement of construction on the One Albert Quay project.
When completed, these projects will significantly enhance the already facilitative business environment that exists in Cork.
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Survey Prize Winner
Cork Chamber would like to congratulate Gary Duffy, Excelsys Technologies on winning a One Night Luxury Stay for Two at Cork's premier five star hotel, Hayfield Manor, for completing our Q4 Economic Trends Survey. Many thanks to all those who completed this quarter’s economic survey.
Your input is greatly appreciated and highlighted a number of positive trends around confidence levels, turnover, net profits and employment. However, the survey findings also highlighted a number of factors that businesses believe pose a threat to growth and require careful monitoring to reduce any associated risks. The top three threats to business growth reported by respondents related to cost competitiveness, taxation levels and over-regulation. The Chamber will continue to communicate the importance of these issues to relevant policy and financial bodies.
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Greenshoots Emerging Entrepreneurs Programme
Date: 21st January
Venue: Macroom E Enterprise Centre
Cost: FREE
Greenshoots is a six month programme for start-ups and entrepreneurs ready to make their business a reality. Successful applicants avail of weekly expert training workshops, individual mentorship, coaching, guidance from excellent established entrepreneurs and lots of group support. Deadline 21/01/2015. Contact Catherine Costello here or 026 20520
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Global Economic Recovery
Date: 26th January
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Boole 3, UCC
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
To book: T: 021 427 9053 or E: here
Experts from Redmayne-Bentley and special guest speaker Mr Jim Power, Economist, will discuss their views on the emerging global economic recovery and its impact on equity markets. Redmayne-Bentley will unveil its latest stock picks, the strategies that may be adopted to make share selections, and an examination of the performance of previous favourites.
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An Evening in Vienna
Date: 13th February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Vienna Woods Hotel
Cost: €50
To book: contact Margaret or Eileen01 8732711 or Vienna Woods Hotel Cork 021 4556800 or Email here
FirstLight are delighted to be the nominated Charity Partner for the Allegria Concert Orchestras Annual Viennese Ball on Friday 13th February 2015. Dust down your glad rags, gather a group of friends and experience something totally different! Tickets would make a great thank you present…or even Valentine’s for you who may be thinking ahead!
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'Light it up Blue Gala Ball' in aid of the Cork Association for Autism
Date: 27th March
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Douglas
Cost: €75
To book: here The Cork Association for Autism will be holding their Light it up Blue Gala Ball at the Maryborough Hotel and Spa, Douglas, Cork on Friday March 27th. The Cork Association for Autism has evolved into a service of excellence for adults with autism and asperger syndrome and has improved the quality of lives of many adults with autism and their families.This black-tie affair is one of the organisations main fundraisers in the year and all funds raised will go towards their ‘Building for the Future’ Project.
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Double your sales in 2015/16
Venue: Midleton Park Hotel
Cost: FREE
To book: here
2015 is going to be a great year for business and this extensive 12 months programme will guarantee your (continued) success but most of all growth. With our unique SalesGrowthGuarantee™ you've got nothing to lose, only revenue to gain. Find out more during our FREE information event. Dates will be announced soon. Only businesses who apply online will be invited to our FREE information event. See you all there.
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