Date: Sunday 1^st December
Time:  1.30pm (Registration & pick up)  3.30pm race starts
Venue: Marina, Blackrock
Cost: Pre register online €10 or on the day €15
To book: here 

A professionally timed  7km Run/Walk/Jog/Dash that will hopefully get people warmed up for Christmas – it’s happening at 3.30pm from the marina in Blackrock and the course will take participants around the railway line, estuary. The Castle Café are sponsoring refreshments afterwards. We’re only charging €10 for registration that will cover the cost of running the event and we want everyone to bring a gift that will be passed on to the SVP

Date: Thursday November 21st
Time: 6pm
Venue: Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork
Cost: €10 for members, €25 for non-members
To book: here 

Sponsor: Gresham Metropole Hotel

As we approach the year-end what are the ten key things that we could do to make 2013 truly count in the life of our business? Susan Hayes, returns to her native Cork, to deliver a practical and implementable workshop on how to finish the year with a flourish and be poised and ready for growth in 2014.

With her trademark positive attitude, she will encourage the audience to focus on what you can do while focusing on the five key areas of business; strategy, finance, marketing, sales and productivity. She will openly speak of her own journey of opening international doors, reinventing herself in times of recessionary opportunity and how she practises what she preaches.

Date: Tuesday, 26^th November
Time: 3 pm
Venue: Cork City.
Cost: Free
To book: For further information please contact: Jacqui Norton, Enterprise Ireland, tel: +353 21 4800228 or email at jacqui.norton@enterprise-ireland.com.
You can also register online here. 

If you are currently considering entrepreneurship as a career option, an Enterprise START workshop will help you to understand and evaluate the entrepreneurship process and what it involves. Each workshop is targeted at individuals with a business idea that has the potential to be scaled up significantly within three years and be export driven.

Date: course begins the 16th of January
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork
More information: HERE or contact Fiona Sneddon 087-9690428/ fiona@ics.ie

ICS is now offering a new HETAC Level 8 course in Business Analysis. The course was developed by the Business Analysts Association of Ireland and is delivered by the National College of Ireland. The programme is delivered two days per month across six months and leads to the Certificate in Business Analysis .

Previous courses have been fully booked out and have been excellently received by course participants.