• Celebrating Cork Business Women - Read More HERE 
• Credit Demand Stable But Action Required To Support Growth - Read More HERE 
• Government Can No Longer Be Allowed To Discriminate Against Local Business - Read More HERE 

We asked our excellent line-up of speakers to give us some insights ahead of next week's Annual Conference 'Healthy Relationships for Driving Better Sales', sponsored by laya healthcare and in partnership with the Sales Institute of Ireland. Networking Breaks sponsored by KPMG. 

• Paul O'Dea - Select Strategies [The Guru] - HERE 
• Denise O’Callaghan - Denise's Delicious Gluten Free Bakery [The Networker] - HERE 
• Natasha Lynch - Essential French [The Social Media Seller] - HERE 
• Kevin O'Dwyer, VP Of Inside Sales EMEA, McAfee [The Influencer] - HERE 
• Peter Briffett, Living Social / YPlan [The Visionary] - HERE 
• Ronan Whelan, Head Of Sales, Laya Healthcare [The Relationship Builder] - HERE 

Don't miss out book your place today! BOOK HERE

Date: 17^th June
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Ronan Daly Jermyn, Park Plaza, Citygate
Book:  HERE

Cork Chamber and Ronan Daly Jermyn will partner on Tuesday 17^th June to bring you the annual Summer BBQ at their new Park Plaza Premises in Mahon.

Ronan Daly Jermyn is a leading Irish law firm offering specialist legal advice. The firm represents local, national and international clients engaged in a wide range of activities, as well as public sector bodies and governmental agencies. A progressive modern law firm, RDJ offers a partner-led service to clients.

The new offices at City Gate Park provide the firm with 7,000 additional square feet of office space, as well as a theatre-style conference and training rooms to facilitate hosting of in-house client seminars. This event will take place on the firm’s rooftop garden, which offers stunning views of the surrounding area, an absolutely unique opportunity for some “high level” networking!

Cork Chamber has continued to dedicate significant resources  to the progression of the N28 upgrade since Minister Varadkar indicated that the project would progress in the Summer of  2013. In light of the change to the economic landscape since the  2010 Chamber Economic Feasibility Study on the N28: “Cork to World” report, Cork Chamber has commissioned Indecon to carry  out an updated assessment on the N28 upgrade. The objective of this report is re-establishing and re-affirming the economic importance of completion of the scheme, ensuring that the scheme design is optimal from the perspective of maximising its  impact, and strengthening the rationale for funding the required investment.

The completed updated Economic Assessment will be launched in the Cork Chamber Offices, Summerhill North on Tuesday the 10^th of June at 10am.

The Business School has a Project Management Professional (PMBOK Version 5) course starting on the 18^th June next – take the chaos out of project management!

Then running on the 12^th June next is our MS Excel (Advanced) course. This one day course will help you master the advanced functions of MS Excel!

These new skills are invaluable attributes for any job – BOOK NOW!! 

Shenzhen-Cork Business Forum, Cork, 20th June 2014 

Subsequent to Cork City Council’s recent cooperation with the Shenzhen Municipal Government in November 2013, a Shenzhen-Cork Business Forum will be held on the morning of Friday, 20 June in Cork (venue to be confirmed). See inside for further details.

Match4Industry, Kocaeli (Turkey), 25th-26th September 2014

Match4Industry is a multi-sector business matching event will take place in Kocaeli (Turkey) in September. The Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Economy is subsidising this event for successful applicants. See inside for more details.

Overseas Business Matchmaking Opportunities

See inside for a snapshot of partnership opportunities contained within our Enterprise Europe Network database.

A special discount rate of €10 per ticket (normal price from €20). To avail of this offer, call their Box Office on 021 427 0022 and quote “Chamber Offer. In the hypnotic hands of Camille O’Sullivan, Shakespeare’s politically-charged, sexually provocative and violent thriller is brought to life through storytelling and song with original music played live by Feargal Murray on piano.

Date: 13^th June 
Time: Showcase from 2.00pm, Awards Ceremony 3.30pm – 5.00pm
Venue: At Macroom E Enterprise Centre, Bowl Road, Macroom, Co. Cork
To book: Please rsvp HERE 

 
A celebration of Cork’s newest and most fabulous start-up businesses. These ten business owners have been readying themselves to launch under the supportive watch of the Greenshoots programme at Macroom E for the past nine months. Come along, meet the owners and find out more. Refreshments will be served. All welcome. 

Date: June 15th 
Time: 1pm to 5pm
Venue: Millstreet Country Park
Cost: €20 entrance fee all going to Breakthrough Cancer Research 
To book: Just come on the day – bring your friends and family, your own kite & picnic if you like (restaurant on the grounds of the park also)

Breakthrough Cancer Research is holding its 2nd Kite Fest & the day will include kite- flying demos, kite making demos, a puppeteer, bike trails, family games, a bouncy castle and face painting will ensure plenty of entertainment for all the family.

Date: July 4th
Time: 8pm
Venue: UCC
Cost: €30
To book: Tickets can be purchased at the Cork Association for Autism office on 18 Cook St or online HERE  

Summary of the event: A charity concert 'A Summer’s Evening on the Quad' will take place again this year at UCC. This is an outdoor event where Ronan Tynan from the Irish Tenors, Emmet Cahill from Celtic Thunder and Linda Kenny (Cork Soprano) will all perform with backing from the Garda Band. MC on the night will be Gerald Kean, celebrity solicitor. The show will begin at 8pm and run for 2.5 hours and it promises to be a wonderful evening of entertainment.