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Cork Companies receive Age Friendly Business Certification
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On Thursday, 15th December 2017, at an event in the Lord Mayor’s Chambers, City Hall, Cork, four Cork companies received their registration certificates confirming their Age Friendly Business status from Cllr P.J. Hourican, Deputy Lord Mayor as part of Cork City Council’s ongoing commitment to Cork being an Age Friendly City.The companies involved were Leader and Co, Vibes and Scribes, Fachtna O’ Driscoll solicitors and Cogans Of Carrigaline. The programme, developed by Age Friendly Ireland and delivered locally by Cork City Council’s Age Friendly City Programme Manager, Chris Dorgan, aims at promoting the commercial as well as social benefits to companies in making changes to business practices to better meet the requirements of older customers who form a critical market for retail and service companies.The programme is supported locally by Cork Chamber, Cork Business Association, Cork City Local Enterprise Office and Cork City Council.
To achieve this status companies must first: Appoint an age-friendly champion within the company. - Attend an age-friendly business training programme.
- Research through, liaising with customers or potential customers, what actions needed to be taken by the company to deliver on this promise.
- Agree 3 items that the organisation was committed to which would form part of their charter with customers to be displayed on their premises.
Speaking at the presentation Chris Dorgan, Programme Manager stated, “We are delighted with the commitment these companies have given to the Age Friendly ethos. It makes perfect business sense given the spending power of this segment of the population as well as being socially conscious. Programmes like this need early innovators and we hope these companies will act as an incentive to more companies to make this commitment going forward.” Information on Age Friendly business training in 2017, which is free of charge to all participating companies, can be obtained by contacting Chris Dorgan, Age Friendly City Programme Manager on 021 4924076/ email chris_dorgan@corkcity.ie
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CSR online tool for SMEs and CSR Newsletter
Minister Pat Breen recently launched a CSR online Tool for SMEs which allows small and medium size businesses to assess their business practices under the four pillars of Corporate Social Responsibility: Community, Environment, Workplace and Suppliers & Customers. Information about CSR and supports available to SMEs will then be sent to businesses that engage with the Tool. It can be accessed online here
The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation recently released the first CSR Newsletter which can be found online here
National Women’s Strategy Public Consultation Meetings
A public consultation on the forthcoming National Women's Strategy was recently launched by the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD and the Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton TD. The new Strategy will set out Government policy on promoting equality and the empowerment of women and girls from 2017 to 2020. To help inform the new Strategy, members of the public, women’s organisations, organisations in related fields and all interested parties are invited to give their views on a consultation paper. Contributions will be accepted until Friday 27 January 2017 at 5pm. The consultation paper and details of how to submit contributions are available here
People may also contribute their view at a series of public consultation meetings. The Department are asking people who would like to attend to register their interest with us, with details given on www.genderequality.ie
The dates of these meetings are: - Sligo, Thursday 12 January 2017 from 10:00 to 13:00 (registration closes on 6 January at 5pm)
- Athlone, Monday 16 January 2017 from 14:00 to 17:00 (registration closes on 11 January at 5pm)
- Dublin, Wednesday 18 January 2017 from 10:00 to 13:00 (registration closes on 12 January at 5pm)
Link to Press Release: Public consultation opens on the new National Women's Strategy
Link to Consultation & Consultation Paper: Public Consultation November 2016
Link to Registration: Public Consultation Meetings
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Kickstart your 2017 with our Digital Talent!
Students available for unpaid work placement!
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BiznetCork Skillnet is currently running a Diploma in Digital Marketing (QQI Level 5) Programme. This programme is giving 20 students the opportunity to understand how digital and social media marketing can grow a business by understanding best practices and digital marketing essentials. Our students, who are already highly qualified and experienced, will be seeking unpaid work placements (minimum of five days) on completion of our Diploma in Digital Marketing (QQI Level 5) on 18th January, 2017. The Diploma in Digital Marketing will cover: - Search Engine Optimisation
- Pay per Click
- Google Analytics
- Twitter, Blogging & On-line PR
- Emerging Social Platforms/Planning
- Facebook Marketing
- Mobile Marketing
- Email Marketing
- E-commerce
- Display Advertising
- Inbound Marketing
- Develop a Digital Marketing Strategy
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to have a qualified digital marketing expert on-site for five days to help you to kickstart your 2017 digital marketing strategy! If you are interested, please email Aoife here or Jennifer here
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Microsoft Excel Intermediate
Microsoft Excel Intermediate Starts January 10th - €130 for Chamber Members! - Competent use of Shortcut Keys
- Use formatting tools such as the format painter
- Write and copy formulas – Relative / Absolute
- Work with multiple worksheets and write formulas across sheets / Link Sheets
- Create professional looking charts and use drawing tools to enhance these
- Use the database functionality of MS Excel – Sorting & Auto Filter
The Excel Intermediate course is designed to work through basics including the use of shortcut keys & some less familiar formatting options and topics such as working with and linking multiple worksheets, creating charts, managing lists among other options.
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Rebrand Reposition - The Why
Date: January 18th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Clayton Hotel Cork City
BOOK HERE
Cork Chamber will partner up once again with the Marketing Institute of Ireland Cork Region to bring you “Rebrand/Reposition – The Why”
We are delighted to announce that David Field, Commercial Trading Director at Eason will be the key note speaker on the night. David is currently a Non-Executive Director at The Marketing Institute of Ireland, a former Marketing Director at Brown Thomas and was also formerly Head of Marketing at Pigsback.com.
Join with your Cork Chamber and Marketing Institute colleagues to hear David share his experiences working with some of Ireland’s best known brands, including Harvey Norman and TV3.
Sponsored by Cork Institute of Technology
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2017 has arrived ... Time to make the change you keep talking about? Pendulum Summit will get you there.
Pendulum Summit, the World's Leading Business & Self-Empowerment Summit, takes place on January 11th - 12th at the Convention Centre Dublin. The event will bring together six of the world's most valued and sought-after speakers on the globe to challenge you and 5,000 of Ireland's ultimate business leaders to 'Unleash Your Warrior Mindset' and make the change you want to see in the world. Less than 10% of places remain.
Book your place today on www.pendulumsummit.com or call 016853370 for the last remaining gift rates before it's too late!
The promise of game-changing insights to help you and your team perform to your peak in all aspects of your life will fast-track you to an electrifying 2017 and beyond.
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Get abroad with EEN in 2017!
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) organises a variety of events overseas where you can meet potential business partners and learn all you need to know to expand your business in Europe and beyond. Many of Europe’s biggest trade-fairs have an EEN brokerage event attached. If you are attending such shows, why not take a look to see if there is also an EEN business matchmaking event attached? To date, key events from the EEN's 2017 Events Calendar include: - Biofach, the world’s leading trade-fair in organic food, 16-17 February, Nuremberg, Germany
- Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, 27 February to 01 March, Barcelona, Spain
- Virtual Reality World Congress 11-13 April, Bristol, UK
- CeBIT 2017, the world’s largest computer fair, 20-24 March, Hannover, Germany
Contact Katherine or Eimear for further information.
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Member News
- Minister Strategises With South West Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committee - read more
- Bon Secours Hospital, Cork donation to The Society of VIncent de Paul, Cork - read more
- Opportunities Remain for Irish SMEs to Grow Online Sales - read more
- North South Interconnector essential to sustain Ireland’s economic growth - read more
- Irish Owned Recruitment Company wins with UK and Global Contractors - read more
Share your news to our website through our Member Information Centre (MIC). If you have forgotten your login details contact us and we can reset them for you!
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Member Offers
- Everyman Palace: 10% discount to Chamber Members on our 120th Anniversary Fund-raisin Calendar 2017 - read more
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Member Events
- Breakthrough Cancer Research: Women's Little Christmas Afternoon Tea and Fashion Showcase, January 7th - read more
- First Light: Little Christmas with Pat Falvey, Gerald Keane and Leigh Arnold in Aid of FirstLight, January 7th - read more
- Pendulum Summit 2017, January 11th - read more
- Right Solution Centre: Business Expo 2017, January 14th - read more
- The Hope Foundation: A Night of Adventure with Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel and The Hope Foundation, February 1st - read more
- The Cork International Travel Fair, 4th & 5th February 2017 - read more
Promote an upcoming event through our Interactive Member Information Centre, all upcoming member events are listed on our website
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