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9 Last Chance to blow the training budget before Christmas

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Dear Chamber Member Welcome to the November edition of Chamberlink. Within the last month the Chamber has hosted its fourth Cork Chamber Dublin Dinner and worked with members across all sectors from start-ups at the Cork innovates event to the Retail community through the City Centre Forum and a wide range of businesses through the Cork Digital Marketing Awards.

We are very pleased and excited to have launched the Cork City Centre Forum. We will be working with key businesses and stakeholders to develop new ideas and to refocus the energy and enthusiasm to rejuvenate the City, as well as to increase footfall and showcase the best of what Cork city has to offer. Key deliverables of this project will be to attain Purple Flag accreditation, to address the issues of access to the City Centre, parking and flooding, alongside some exciting new initiatives such as the Long-Table Dinner planned for Oliver Plunkett Street next summer, (see more info on page 4).

Our Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Cork Digital Marketing Awards, a new project that has been added to showcase the innovative use of digital marketing across the region. Ten category winners were selected from an outstanding entry of over 300 and EazyCity were announced as the Overall Grand Prix winners preforming strongly across a range of categories, (see page 8 for full details). Further congratulations to Bia Beauty winner of the Cork innovates bursary who beat off stiff competition to win the 30,000 prize. We look forward to working with Tracy and the other exciting start-ups that we met through this fantastic initiative that supports entrepreneurship in the city.

Looking ahead to the final weeks of 2014 we are hosting a conference in association with the European Commission entitled Ireland's Economic Recovery: What's Next on 28th November, our next Business After Hours is at McAfee. Part of Intel Security, on Wednesday 3rd December, our EEN team are organising an Accessing to the UK market on Wednesday 10th of December and to get in the festive mood our Annual Christmas Lunch will be held on Friday 12th December in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, in association with Brightwater Recruitment Specialists.

We look forward to seeing you at one, if not more, of the above events and remember to keep abreast of all business news through our weekly eBulletin available every Wednesday for all employees of member organisations.

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ConorConor HealyChief [email protected]

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Introducing the Cork Chamber Cork City Centre ForumOn the 10th November, Cork Chamber officially launched the Cork City Centre Forum. The Forum which is comprised of retailers and business owners from across the City as well as representatives of business organisations also includes new City Council Chief Executive, Ann Doherty and Superintendent Barry McPolin of An Garda Sochana.

The objective of the Forum is to identify and advance innovative opportunities to rejuvenate the City and increase footfall and business in the City Centre. The Forum will be a platform to re-focus the energy, enthusiasm and ideas of those who are working in the City to showcase the best of what Cork City has to offer to our local and international visitors.

Through stakeholder interaction and collaboration the Cork City Centre Forum will bring positive solutions to existing challenges and help make Cork City a better place to visit, work and shop. Key to this will be the delivery of Purple Flag Accreditation for the City, this is an internationally recognised award showing that Cork is both a safe and entertaining place to socialise with a thriving evening economy. Other issues that will be tackled include access to the City, parking and flooding and one of the more exciting projects the Forum is working on is a Long-Table Dinner planned for Oliver Plunkett Street next summer that will see the Street transformed to a dining room with businesses from the area contributing to the menu and the evening.

Paul Montgomery, Rearden's of Washington Street; Conor Healy, CEO Cork Chamber; Eddie Mullins, Fitzgerald Menswear; Superintendent Barry Mc Polin, An Garda Siochana; Kevin Cotterill, The Old Oak Bar; Lawerence Owens, CEO CBA. Front Row: Gillian Keating, Forum Chair & Chamber President; Lord Mayor, Cllr Mary Shields; Ann Doherty, CEO Cork City Council. (Photograph: Diane Cusack Photography)

Alma Murnane, Director of Policy & External Relations e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530147

Siobhn Bradley, Policy & Research Projects Manager e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530132

Claire Davis, Policy & Research Executive e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530139

Cork Chamber hosted a successful meeting with new Minister with responsibility for the OPW, Simon Harris TD on Friday October 31st. The meeting follows ongoing engagement between Cork Chamber and the OPW in the design of the Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme emerging preferred solution. The Chamber has made a number of submissions to date outlining concerns on certain aspects of the project and highlighting possible solutions.

The Minister has re-affirmed the governments 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. He has agreed to return to Cork in January and meet with the recently launched City Centre Forum group, business organisations and the City Council.

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. The Chamber, and other stakeholders, will also be working to ensure that the construction phase of this project is rolled out in a clear and organised manner.

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Cork Chamber welcomed a major jobs boost for the Cork I.T.sector recently, with four different companies set to create345 new jobs. SimpliVity has plans to hire 70 employees over a three-yearperiod at their Cork location, with plans for future expansion. Thenew jobs will be spread across a number of sectors with a rangeof activities such as Software Development, Telecoms, Internetand Digital and Social Media. OpenText, a global leader in Enterprise InformationManagement, also announced that they would be creating upto 105 highly skilled jobs over the next two years in Cork byexpanding its Global Customer Support Centre. They plan torecruit Technical Analysts with supporting language skills andsenior management roles. The Nimbus Centre at CIT is set to create 50 jobs, whichwill see over 150 people employed at the world class researchcentre by 2016. The centre is devoted to the field of networkedembedded electronic systems. Nimbus research has been grantedfunding of over 33 million through a wide range of fundingprogrammes and the past year has seen the centre receive over4.5m in funding from Enterprise Ireland and other groups.

A further 120 new jobs will be created by tech company Xanadu at their Blackpool office in Cork as a result of a major surge in demand for its online IT support services for the gaming industry. The expansion, officially announced by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, will see Xanadu who currently employs over 100 staff more than double. Finally, the sod to mark construction of a 200,000sq.ft office block at Albert Quay in Cork was turned by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny recently. The 50 million euro project will play a significant role in meeting the high demand for office space in the city centre. Already, specialist security company Tyco has secured space in the Albert Quay development to house their new global headquarters and the city centre location is seen as a crucial competitive advantage for Tyco in filling the 500 roles announced earlier this year. Commenting on the announcements Mr. Healy said, Cork is proving itself to be a location of choice for IT companies who are attracted by the large talent pool, leading R&D research facilitiesand the cluster of world class IT companies that are already based in Cork.

Positive announcements for Cork

Gillian Keating, Forum Chair & Chamber President and Conor Healy, CEO Cork Chamber Simon Harris TD, Minister of State at the Departments of Finance PER and Taoiseach.

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Siobhn Finn, Cork innovates e: [email protected]

There could only be one winner of the Cork innovates 30,000 bursary and Tracey Ryan of Bia Beauty Skincare walked away from the inBusiness inCork 2014 showcase a winner.

Several hundred business people and entrepreneurs crossed the threshold of City Hall in Cork to attend inBusiness inCork 2014, the leading showcase for entrepreneurs, innovators, startups and small businesses in the Cork region.

The seven finalists TIC Ltd, Ottera Technology, Inspect4, AventaMed, Pundit Arena, Mountain Man Brewing pitched for the coveted 30,000 Cork innovates bursary purse. Bia Beauty, a company that develops and produces natural and effective skincare, was announced as the 2014 winner.

In the last two years Bia Beauty Skincare has grown from my kitchen table project to a full scale manufacturing business, we are currently stocked in more than 100 stores in Ireland including Avoca, Blarney Woolen Mills, Mothercare, Evergreen Health Stores and Lloyds Pharmacy chain. Winning the Cork innovates bursary means that I can now consider exploring exporting opportunities, in particular the German, US and Australian markets, said Tracey Ryan, Bia Beauty Ltd.

The bursary provides a cash investment sum, as well as a suite of services from advertising, financial advice, mentoring, PR, a Vodafone communications package and Cork Chamber membership supports to the value of thirty thousand euro.

We have had over one thousand individuals through the door today exploring the business networking opportunities that inBusiness inCork 2014 showcase and exhibition provides. The success of this event, which is now in its third year, is testament to the work and enthusiasm of our partners including Vodafone Ireland, AIB, Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Cork Chamber, UCC and CIT among others who came together to deliver this breakthrough event for businesses in the region, said Siobhan Finn, Project Director, Cork innovates.

"I am thrilled to announce Bia Beauty as the winner of the 2014 Cork innovates bursary. Bia Beauty has a fantastic range of natural skincare products, and I know that the company will continue to thrive and grow with the help of this important support", she added.

Inspect4 took home the award for Most Engaging Pitch while AventaMed was awarded Excellence in Innovation and Bia Beauty Best Business Opportunity.

Sponsors of the Cork innovates bursary include the Irish Examiner, Red FM, AIB, Westboro Partners, CAMEO Communications, Brook Catering, Vodafone, UCC, CIT and Cork Chamber.

For more go to www.corkinnovates.com

bia beauty has the winning formula Bia Beauty Skincare Wins 30,000 Cork innovates Bursary Purse at inBusiness inCork 2014

Pictured are award winner Tracey Ryan, Bia Beauty Skincare with Anthony O'Mara and Siobhan Finn, Cork innovates. (Photograph: Diane Cusack Photography)

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Zone Digital Ltd Full service Digital marketing Agency offering "joined up thinking" in Digital Marketing.Contact: Eoin Kennedy T: (021) 4943 996E: [email protected]: www.zonedigital.ie

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Business Continuity ServicesOpen Innovation Partners We are a leading provider of support services to early stage companies involved in medical technologies.Contact: Diarmuid Cahalane(021) 4510 263 E: [email protected]: www.openinnovationpartners.com

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Metabolomic DiagnosticsWe are collaborating with UCC and CUMH on the development of ground breaking predictive pregnancy diagnostics.Contact: Charles GarveyT: (021) 4510 263E: [email protected]: www.metabolomicdiagnostics.com

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RetailJust Boo Just Boo is an Irish Company based in Cork. We pride ourselves on delivering creative merchandise suited to your needs and budget. We will not bombard you with pages of catalogues as we know your time is valuable.Contact: Orla Azocar(087) 9191345E: [email protected]: www.justboo.ie

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Cork Digital marketing awards 2014The inaugural Cork Digital Marketing Awards were held on the 6th November last in the Kingsley Hotel where representatives of almost 50 companies attended a gala lunch. KC, Programme Director with Red FM, was MC for the event and presented all the winners with their trophies. We were delighted to receive nearly 300 applications from organisations of all sizes and in virtually every industry in the inaugural Cork Digital marketing Awards 2014 for consideration in ten different categories stated Norma Lynch, Cork Chamber Business School Manager.

The Awards honoured ten businesses for their innovative use of digital marketing and effective digital marketing strategy. The winners are HairyBaby - Best Website - company with less than 20

employees Castlemartyr Resort - Best Website company with more

than 20 employees EIL Ireland - Best use of Facebook company with less than

20 employees Hayfield Manor - Best use of Facebook company with

more than 20 employees Irish Made Gifts - Best use of Video On the QT - Best Digital Marketing by a Sole Trader EazyCity - Best Digital Marketing by an SME Laya Healthcare - Best Digital Marketing by a Corporate Essential French - Best Zero Budget Digital Marketing

Campaign Irish Examiner - Best use of Twitter

EazyCity was the Overall Grand Prix Digital Marketing 2014 winner performing very strongly in most categories it was entered in and was the overall winner in the very intensely contested SME Category. EazyCity is a fine example of a Cork based business using digital to reach international audiences, while employing people locally in Cork for the past 10 years. The company takes a targeted approach with online advertising and uses blogs, Facebook and Twitter to reach potential clients.

The quality of entries really impressed the judges and Cork businesses can learn a lot from the finalists and those who made the short lists stated Damien Mulley, Mulley Communications, digital trainer for the Cork Chamber Business School and co-ordinator of the nominations and judging for the awards. Damien also runs the Web Awards and Social Media Awards.

The Awards were a huge success and many thanks to all involved, especially to everyone who was tweeting #digitalcork14 on the day as we were trending on Twitter that afternoon!

Norma Lynch, Business School Manager Cork Chamber; Julia Lynes and Luca Cattaneo from EazyCity who were the overall Grand Prix Digital Marketing 2014 winners and Barrie O'Connell, Vice President Cork Chamber. (Photographs: Gerard McCarthy Photography)



Norma Lynch, Business School Manager e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530142 Aoife Dunne, Business School Executive e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530141

Google Analytics - 24th November Digital Marketing/Social Media for Business Training Course - 25th November, 2nd, 9th & 16th DecemberPersonal Productivity using MS Outlook - 27th November Project Management Professional - 2nd December Prezi Presentation Skills - 4th December

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David Collins, Cresco Accountants; Stephanie Lynch, On The QT and Aoife Dunne, Cork Chamber.

Ken Tobin and Sylvia Ridgway from the Nightmare Realm.

Greg Murphy and Denise O'Donoghue from The Irish Examiner

Darragh Gale, Classers Ltd with Damian Mulley, Mulley Communications.

KC, Programme Director of RedFM and MC with Doreen OMahony, Digital Brand Manager Laya Healthcare.

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Stephen Ryan @MarketingInCork @corkbizschool: We are trending on twitter!!! #digitalcork14 @corkbizschool @CorkChamber go on #Cork :)

UCC Ireland @UCC Well done @HayfieldManor on winning Best Use of Facebook at the Digital Awards, great achievement! #digitalcork14 @corkbizschool

Denise O'Donoghue @deniseodonoghue There were 300 nominations for 105 companies in the #digitalcork14 awards. There will be just 10 winners!

Cork Airport @CorkAirport Best digital marketing by a SME and the winner is!!!!! Eazycity @CorkChamber #digitalcork14 kept visitors coming thru @CorkAirport !

Trendsmap Ireland @TrendsIreland #digitalcork14 is now trending in Ireland

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On Thursday 13th November the Enterprise Europe Network hosted a breakfast seminar on Business Opportunities in Canada, in association with the Canadian Embassy in Dublin and the Government of Alberta Office, London.

Speakers included Suzanne Cormie, Deputy Head of Mission and Senior Trade Commissioner Canadian Embassy Dublin; Cameron Branston, Trade Commissioner for the Government of Alberta; Katherine Fitzpatrick, Manager, Enterprise Europe Network and Dan Byrne, CEO, Lincor Solutions.

All the speakers emphasised the ease of doing business in Canada and stressed that Irish companies should be poised to take advantage of the new EU-Canada trade agreement (CETA), which is currently under review.

CETA is expected to remove over 99% of tariffs between the two economies and create sizeable new market access opportunities in services and investment.

O Canada!

Katherine Fitzpatrick, Enterprise Europe Network; Cameron Branston, Commercial Officer at the Alberta United Kingdom Office; Cllr Alan Coleman, Mayor of Cork County; Suzanne Cormie, Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy (Dublin); Dan Byrne, Lincor Solutions and Conor Healy, Chief Executive, Cork Chamber. (Photographs: John Roche Photography)

Carsten Schnier, Coach Clinic with William Fitzgerald, Bard.

Neil O'Carroll, Sandymount Resources and Andrew Wood, Brandlock.

Vincent Sheahan, F & V Sheahan and Paul Sikora, EcoCute.


Katherine Fitzpatrick, EU, Trade & Innovation Services Manager e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530137

Eimear O'Mullane, EU, Trade & Innovation Services Executive e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530138

Imelda Mulcahy, Export Documentation Manager e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530130

Part 1: 08.00-12.00 Seminar: Accessing the UK Market On Wednesday 10th December the Enterprise Europe Network is collaborating with the Rubicon Centre on this 2-part market access event, which will give participants an overview of opportunities in the UK market (particularly for the ICT and food/drink sectors), UK public procurement contracts and supports for SMEs looking for assistance in researching and entering the UK. The event will include presentations from the Rubicon Centre (TESLA project), Enterprise Europe Network, UKTI and JMB Partnership (UK). Frank Madden of CREST solutions will provide the case study and outline his companys UK journey.

NB: To register for this seminar on Accessing the UK Market please email [email protected] and specify if you would like to avail of 1:1 meetings with any of the support agencies afterwards.

Part 2: 12.30-16.30 Workshop: Winning Public Sector BusinessFollowing the lunchbreak, attendees will have the option of booking 1:1 meetings with the support agencies, or of registering for a FREE half day workshop on Winning public sector business, hosted by the Enterprise Europe Network. Participants at the public procurement workshop will learn how to identify suitable tenders, avoid the typical mistakes and pick up tips and best practice when completing a tender document. Public Procurement expert Toni Saraiva will help participants to understand how to give themselves the best chance of winning public sector contracts.

The public procurement workshop is available to book online at www.corkchamber.ie (places are limited).

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Ireland India Business Association Christmas Drinks Reception

Thursday 4th December, 18.00-19.15

You are invited to join the Ireland India Business Association for their final event of 2014, which will take place on Thursday 4th December. The event begins with a mulled wine reception, and will feature a presentation from George Kiely (Enterprise Ireland) on practical trade advice for local SMEs and start-ups about how to engage with the Indian market.

To book your place, email [email protected].

The International Team at Cork Chamber is looking for your suggestions and feedback on events and supports that you would like us to run in 2015. Whether your request is for a particular country-specific event, a sector-focused workshop or a guidebook on a particular element of EU legislation, please send us your ideas and we will do our best to ensure that our 2015 work programme fits your needs.

Email [email protected] with your suggestions and comments.

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Darina Allen, owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School, renowned teacher, food writer, cookbook author and television presenter was presented with an Outstanding Achievement in Business Award at Cork Chambers Dublin Dinner, in association with EY, at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel.

Speaking from the event, Gillian Keating, President of Cork Chamber said Now in its fourth year, this unique event hosts over 550 guests from across the businesses and political communities of Dublin and Cork to provide an opportunity for companies to network and strengthen connections with their peers. This year in particular we are pleased to be celebrating success from the Food industry, to further highlight the regions excellent resources which provide Cork with a solid foundation and valuable springboard from which to catapult itself onto the world stage as a leading player in agri-food and drinks sectors with resultant revenue and employment gains for the county and country.

More specifically we are delighted to add Darina Allen to the roll call of business leaders that we have honoured since the inauguration of this event four years ago, including Sean ODriscoll, of Glen Dimplex Group; Brian McCarthy, of Fexco and Leslie Buckley of INM, Digicel and Saongroup.

Ms. Keating added, Darina Allen in her capacity as owner of Ballymaloe Cookery School has put Irish Food on the world stage and has won many awards in her role as chef, food writer and teacher. But it is for her achievements as ambassador for Irish Food and the business acumen that she brings to that sector that

Cork Chamber are awarding her the Outstanding Achievement in Business Award. She sits at the table of the countries key representative bodies in the food movement including the Taste Council of Bord Bia, Chair of Artisan Food Forum, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Member of the Advisory Board of Safefood, Trustee of Irish Organic Centre, Patron of Irish Seedsavers, Member of Euro-Toques (European Association of Chefs), Guild of Foodwriters in both UK and Ireland, Councillor for Slow Food Movement and founder of the first Irish Farmers Market in Ireland. John Higgins, Partner EY commented: The recent measures introduced in the budget to support the agri food sector are to be welcomed. The manufacture of food and drink products in Ireland is critically important to the Irish economy and is our largest indigenous industry with an annual turnover of about 25 billion and 230,000 employees across every townland in Ireland. Im personally delighted to see Cork Chamber supporting the industry by awarding Darina Allen for her commitment to the food industry in Ireland. EY is delighted to continue to support Cork Chambers Dublin Dinner highlighting the many success stories across a wide range of industries.

Outstanding Achievement in Business awarded to Darina Allen, Ballymaloe

Gillian Keating, President of Cork Chamber; John Higgins, Partner, EY and Conor Healy, Chief Executive Cork Chamber with Darina Allen winner of the Outstanding Achievement in Business Award. (Photographs: Johnny Bambury)

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Niall Scott, Scott Tallon Walker; Frank Boland, Frank Boland Ltd and Pat Fitzgerald, Past President IRFU.

Fergal OSullivan, IBM Ireland Richard Coveney, IBM Ireland, Barbara McGauran, IBM Ireland and Ray McArdle, Trend Micro.

Mike McKerr, Managing Partner EY with Sarah O'Connor, EY and Tim Lucey, Cork County CEO. Frank OKeeffe, EY with guest speaker Ray Nolan.

Cormac Downes, Irish Rail with Stuart Dwyer, US Embassy and Michel Martin TD, Dil ireann.

Martin Nolan, Bus ireann: Claire Davis, Cork Chamber; Martin Walsh, Bus ireann and Kevin Murray, Kevin J Murray & Co Ltd.

Mark Hopkins, Hopkins Communications with Linda OMahony, The Farmers Journal and Grainne Murnane, RedFM.

Ray OConnor, IDA Ireland; David McCarthy,Cork Chamber and Joe OBrien, Construction Industry Federation.

Jerry Buttimer TD, Dil ireann converses with Ken Murphy, CareerWise Recruitment and Albert Diggin, Bank of Ireland.

Tom Barry TD, Dil ireann with Ann-Marie OSullivan, H+A Marketing + PR and Deirdre Clune MEP, European Parliament.

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Speed Networking at the river Lee hotelCork Chamber in association with Arachas Corporate Brokers hosted a very energetic Speed Networking event at the River Lee Hotel on Thurs 23rd October. Close to 50 Chamber companies worked their way around the table and did their 3 minute speed network to great effect.

The event consists of 3 minute slots, where each side of the table must do their own pitch and after the bell rings, one side of the table moves to the left and the other remains stationary. Participants met close to 20 contacts due to this format, so an ideal event for anyone wanting to promote their business.

Paula Cogan, Deputy President Cork Chamber with Paul Dennehy and Martin Adams from Arachas. (Photographs: John Roche Photography)


Leigh Gillen, Events Manager e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530133

Places for events are limited, please quote Purchase Order if required. Events Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be accepted up to 72hrs before each event. After this all places will be charged. This policy applies to all events.

Cork Chamber is delighted to bring you the final Business After Hours Networking event of 2014. This event will take place on Wednesday 3rd December in the offices of Intel Security in City Gate, Mahon.

McAfee. Part of Intel Security, is the worlds largest dedicated security technology company. Delivering proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, Intel Security protects consumers and businesses of all sizes from the latest malware and emerging online threats. The Cork office is its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters with significant R&D, Finance, Sales & Operations presence.

This is a unique opportunity to see inside one of Corks multinational organisations, as well as a relaxed and informal way to network with your fellow Chamber members and some of the team at Intel Security.

business after hours at Intel Security, City Gate

Wednesday 3rd December5.30pm 7.00pm

Intel Security, City Gate MahonFREE for Cork Chamber members

Upcoming events - book Now on www.corkchamber.ie/upcoming/events

Cork Chamber, in partnership with the Marketing Institute of Ireland is delighted to bring you the Christmas Lunch, which will this year take place on Friday 12th December at 12.30pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island. This hugely popular annual event sells out every year and is the kick-off point for many of the Christmas celebrations in the corporate world. As always, there will be prizes galore to be won from the raffle, in which well also be able to give some much needed help to local Cork Chamber charities.

Our Key Note speaker will be John Lonergan, who has worked in the prison service for 42 years, 24 of them as the most senior prison officer in this country. John Lonergan entered the prison service in 1968 and in the years that followed, as he saw human nature at its worst - and often, unexpectedly, at its best. Johns description of life in the prison service is not only a gripping account of humanity at its rawest, but is also invaluable for anyone in a management position anywhere.

Take a table to entertain your clients or come with a few colleagues and network at one of Cork Chambers busiest Annual Events. This event has already sold over 200 tickets so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment.

Note: Incorrect date in October issue, apologies for any confusion caused.

Cork Chamber annual Christmas lunch in association with

Friday 12th December12.30pm 3.30pm

Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island60 members / 75 non members

The Enterprise Europe Network is supporting this event which is hosted by the Rubicon Centre, CIT. The event will give attendees an insight into the supports available for accessing the UK market.

The event includes a morning seminar (8.00-12.00) followed by a light lunch. The afternoon will give aprticipants an opportunity to meet the support agencies for 1:1 meetings OR to participate in a workshop on public procurement (12.30-16.30) Pre-booking is essential for the afternoon meetings/workshop. (See International section on p.11 for more details.)

Book now for your place at this event on Accessing the UK Market!

Email [email protected] for more information.

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business breakfasts in association with the Irish examiner

Cork Chamber held the fourth and final New Members Breakfast on Friday 7th November in the Hayfield Manor Hotel. The New Members Breakfasts take place four times per year, are run in association with AIB and are a fantastic opportunity for new

members of Cork Chamber to come and introduce themselves to fellow new members, the Chamber team and some key members of the AIB team also.

Cork Chamber New members breakfast Series 2014

David Duffy, Chief Executive, AIB, addressed an audience of Cork Chamber members at the October Business Breakfast in the Clarion Hotel.

Addressing wider economic issues, David warned against both complacency and worry in equal measure outlining how he felt we would experience a pendulum effect in growth varying from figures of 3-5% over the next few years. He also felt that growth figures in the 3% range were probably most sustainable in the long term.

Returning to matters inside AIB he made reference to a number of milestones the organisation had reached in recent times. The Bank was now well capitalised and in his opinion would and should be judged on how well it supports the economy. He outlined how AIB was returning to Banking as it once was with a strong focus on customer engagement. With 2.2 million customers serviced by 207 branches nationwide AIB has the largest footprint in the country.

Tom Murphy, Irish Examiner; David Duffy, AIB; Gillian Keating, President Cork Chamber and Barbara-Anne Richardson, Cork Chamber. (Photographs: Denis Scannell)

Helen Prendergast, More To Explore; Micheal Sikora, MonaVie; Lucy Anne O'Leary, Global Mission Ireland and Gillian Ryan, Great Nutrition.

Adrian White, 360 turbines and Eamonn O'Brien, O'Brien Energy Solutions

Caroline McCarthy, Mark Pollock Trust and Helen Murphy, Fota Island Resort Hotel

Bill Sweetnam, Allfresh and Alan Dorgan, AIB Bank.

John O'Doherty, AIB Bank with Sarah O'Regan and Robert Cosgrave from LearnLode. (Photographs: Gerard McCarthy Photography)









You will always find me in the kitchen...

Gillian Keating, Cork Chamber President with Catherine Kearney and Aidan O'Leary, Celtic Interiors. (Photographs: Andy Gibson Photography)

Fionnan O'Sullivan, Hays and John McSweeney, BGE Small Business Advice.

Sandy Griffin and Michelle Kelly from Celtic Interiors.

business after hours at Celtic InteriorsCork Chamber members were welcomed into the showrooms of Celtic Interiors at the November Business After Hours Networking Event and what a fantastic event it was. There were plenty of networking opportunities for members in the luxurious setting of Celtic Interiors, as well as delicious food and refreshments to help oil the wheels of industry!

Soapboxes on the night included Chris Bennett from SOS Business Services, Denise OHanlon from Castlemartyr Resort and Carmel OKeeffe from Dress for Success. Doing a soapbox at a Chamber event is a truly unique way to put your face firmly in line with your brand and ensure that Chamber members all continue to support each other in business.

Denise O'Hanlon, Castlemartyr Resort; Lucy O'Donoghue, Lucy O'Donoghue Consulting; Jennifer O'Flaherty, Compucal; Kathy O'Dwyer, Career Training Internships.

Niall Kenny, AB Sales; John Twohig, CBDS; Declan Casey, Standpoint Media.

Networking at the Business After Hours getting underway in Celtic Interiors.

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Cork Chamber are delighted to announce Kernel Capital as sponsors of our prestigious quarterly report, the Economic Bulletin. Widely regarded for its informative commentary and analysis on the national and regional economy, the Bulletin is often referred to by many stakeholders as the leading Chamber communication.

Kernel Capital are synonymous with supporting people of exceptional vision who drive innovation, creating new products and services, making this an ideal partnership to showcase the economic success stories of our region.

(Quarterly Economic Bulletin enclosed with this edition)

Gillian Keating, President of Cork Chamber with Orla Rimmington, Kernel Capital at the announcement. (Photograph: Gerard McCarthy)

Kernel Capital to Sponsor Chamber economic bulletin

Kernel Management Partners Limited, trading as Kernel Capital, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Manager of

The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds


Barbara-Anne Richardson, Director of Membership Development & Services e: [email protected] or t: 021-4530140

ballinacurra house launches new Kinsale Gourmet academy The Kinsale Gourmet Academy at Ballinacurra House was officially launched by Mayor of Cork Alan Coleman and Chapter One Celebrity Chef Ross Lewis. The Kinsale Gourmet Academy will be a unique cookery school that will offer individuals, groups or corporates the opportunity to come and learn how to cook like a pro in a positive, creative and stress free environment. It will showcase the skills of Head Chef David Rice in the private and exclusive environment of Ballinacurra House, against the backdrop of Kinsale with its rich history and culinary heritage. The new Gourmet Academy will further strengthen Kinsales reputation as the 'culinary capital. It was one the key factors missing in Kinsales bid as Foodie Capital of Ireland and we feel its the final piece of the jigsaw, said Ballinacurra House owner Des McGahan.

KmC elevation celebrate 10yrsKMC Elevation, Corks Premier Design & Build Company, celebrates 10 years in business. KMC Elevation is directed by Kieran McCarthy, Project Director, Design & Build is the key to your new home, we find the balance between your design and your budget. Then we lodge for planning and build your home for this fixed price. Unless you change something your price will not change, guaranteed. We save you time & money in this process with one point of contact, concept to completion." Check out KMC Elevation's new website recently launched at the 2014 Self Build Show, go to www.kmcelevation.com

New medical assessment Unit A new 700,000 Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) is now open at the Bon Secours Hospital Cork. A modern 7 bed purpose built facility, the MAU is open to patients 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. A GP Letter is required for patients to attend the unit. The aim of this unit is to promote prompt and timely access for patients to expert consultant opinion, assessment, and if needs be, admission to consultant specialist care.The consultant provided service at the MAU is led by Prof. Ronan O Sullivan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine. He explained the service that will be provided. Treatment begins immediately on arrival. There are no trolley waits. An early same-day assessment will be provided supported by a full range of diagnostic testing. If admission to the hospital and specialist consultant care is required, this will be arranged for you immediately.

The river Lee hotel Strikes GoldThe Four star hotel wins Hospitality Industrys highest green accolade. The River Lee Hotel has been crowned this years all-Ireland Gold Medal Award winner of Eco-Friendly Hotel of the Year. The Gold Medal Awards are independent awards judged by experts that are regarded as the Irish hospitality industrys most rigorous and competitive awards programme that recognises and rewards excellence in hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, spas, clubs and catering operations across the island of Ireland.

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Denis Coughlan, Kieran McCarthy, Jer Kelleher and Hughie Maguire of KMC Elevation.

David Rice, Head Chef Ballinacurra House; Cllr Alan Coleman, Mayor of Cork; Ross Lewis, Chapter One and Des McGahan, Owner Ballinacurra House.

Denise Power, Staff Nurse; Mary Mulcahy, Health Care Assistant; Laura Kenny, CNM1; Consultant Ronan O'Sullivan; Maria McMahon, CNM2; Paula Lynch, Staff Nurse; Siobhan O'Brien, Clerical and Vanessa Cremin, Staff Nurse.

Anton Savage, Host presents Ruairi O'Connor, General Manager of The River Lee Hotel with the Eco-Friendly Hotel of the Year Award

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Deloitte continues to grow in numbers in CorkDeloitte, the worlds largest professional services firm is pleased to announce the recent promotion of six people within its management team in Cork. The promotions reflect the outstanding contributions that the individuals have made to the development of the practice and the continued growth of the business. Pictured l/r: Honor Moore, Partner-in-charge of the Cork office; Maria Down, Assistant Manager; Ciaran Treacy, Senior Manager; Karen Goggin, Senior Manager; Jonathan Grimes, Manager; Sinead Coakley, Manager; Kevin Butler, Audit Partner and Ellen Butler, Manager.

Inaugural Voxpro Diplomat Global Achievement AwardDan Kiely, Voxpro; Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence; Tomi Reichental, 2014 award recipient; Linda Kiely, Voxpro; Cllr Kenneth O'Flynn, Deputy Lord Mayor; and Rear Admiral Mark Mellett, Deputy Chief of Staff, Irish Defence Forces; at the presentation of the inaugural Voxpro Diplomat Global Achievement Award aboard the LE Samuel Beckett in Cork. Tomi Reichental, who was born in 1935, is one of only two Holocaust survivors left in Ireland. Tomi came to Ireland in the late 1950s and became a full citizen in 1977. He now speaks about his experiences to Leaving Certificate students in schools all over Ireland.

VMware Diversity EventDavid Parry Jones, Vmware, Olivia Dunne, VMware, Sarah Abbott, EMC, Ruth Buckley, it@Cork, Michael Loftus, CIT. Early on Tuesday morning the 11th November, VMware Corks Training and Development Centre was buzzing with activity as more than 200 people attended their topical event on What is Diversity? in association with it@Cork. The event was filled with a plethora of interesting presentations, a panel discussion and ended with an informative and thought provoking unconscious bias training session.

Fashion, Beauty and BubblyCecilia Desmond, Morgan McKinley; designer Brendan Courtney; Susie Mahony; Morgan McKinley; Lauren Hendry and Ciara Kelly both from La Crme at The La Crme Style Event, a fashion extravaganza in Vertigo, County Hall, hosted by the one and only style guru and designer Brendan Courtney.

DELL Welcomes All-Ireland Star back to work Cork Ladies Camogie captain, Anna Geary celebrated her recent All-Ireland win with her colleagues at Dell in Cork. Anna is an employee of Dell at their Cork campus. She spoke to her colleagues about her win and talked about how she put her learnings in leadership and powering the possible at work into practice on the field.

PwC Cork office experiences 40% growth in headcount in last 3 yrs The PwC Cork office has experienced significant growth in recent times with headcount now over 105 people - an increase of 40% over the last 3 years. Supporting this expansion have been a number of Managerial appointments announced recently. Pictured with Anthony Reidy and Ger O'Mahoney, PwC Cork Partners (front in photo) are l-r: Roisin NiChonghaile - Manager, PwC Advisory; Cathy Ann Stack and Margaret Dinan - Managers, PwC Assurance; Sam Russell - Manager, PwC Advisory; Joy Allen - Manager, PwC Assurance; Denis Ward - Manager, PwC Advisory and Nicola Quinn - Tax Director.


Vodafone and ESB have welcomed European Commission approval of the creation of a joint venture company to deliver a 100% fibre-to-the-building broadband network for the first time in Ireland. The open access network, which will be available to all authorised broadband operators in the country, will help to propel Ireland into the ranks of the worlds fastest broadband countries and open up a new world of possibilities for Irish consumers and businesses.

ESB and Vodafone are investing 450M in the joint venture, which will utilise ESBs existing electricity infrastructure to deliver the fibre-to-the-building network across the country. The 100% fibre-to-the-building network will offer broadband speeds from 200 Mbps to 1000 Mbps, initially reaching 500,000 premises in 50 towns in phase one.

The two companies will now go about formally establishing the joint venture. Construction will commence early in the new year and phase one is expected to be fully rolled-out by the end of 2018, with further scope for a second phase thereafter. The first technical trials of the technology are already underway in two estates in Cavan town.

While the ESB and Vodafone joint venture will build and manage the fibre-to-the-building network, open access will be offered to all authorised operators in Ireland on a wholesale basis. This means that other operators can resell the fibre product to their customers, helping to stimulate the development of new services and boosting retail competition in the broadband market for all Irish consumers and businesses.

The Commissions decision was welcomed by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD, who said: This decision is great news for Irish broadband customers and providers as it will drive competition in the sector, while giving 50 towns nationwide access to a market leading, future proofed broadband service. Its an important project which complements the Governments National Broadband Plan to ensure that all of Irelands regions have access to fast broadband. It is also hugely significant in terms of the National Digital Strategy which aims to get more small businesses online. High speed broadband is a crucial element for Irelands future competitiveness and this project will help ensure that Ireland is better connected than most countries in the world.

ESB and VODAFONE welcome European Commission approval to establish joint venture company

Anne OLeary, Vodafone Ireland with Pat ODoherty, Chief Executive ESB and Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Alex White TD.

French for business: up-skill at aF CorkIn response to the increasing demand from the business sector for specialisation in French, Alliance Francaise de Cork, has been accredited as the only Official Exam Centre in Munster for the Chambre de Commerce et dIndustrie de Paris DFP Diplomas. The DFP are internationally recognised professional Diplomas in French which enable candidates to officially certify and prove competency to use French in a variety of professional and practical contexts. You can now up-skill and broaden your professional profile by sitting these exams at Alliance Franaise de Cork Exam centre. Preparation courses available throughout the year by AF Cork fully qualified team of native French tutors.

Seeing DoubleCork International Hotel, has won not one, but two national awards in as many weeks.The hotels New Yorker Bar was named Hotel Bar of the Year at the National Bar Awards, At the National Hospitality Awards, in association with Hospitality Ireland magazine, Cork International Hotel walked away with the accolade of Best Value Hotel. The awards on November 4th, took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin, where some of the most prominent global names in hospitality spoke to a packed audience.

Mme Mat Bagarry, Chambre de Commerce et dIndustrie de Paris Ile-de-France; Gillian Keating, President Cork Chamber; Nora Callanan, President, Alliance Francaise de Cork.

Sarah Wallace, Reservations Manager; Aaron Mansworth, General Manager; Avril Ring, Food & Beverage Manager and Carmel Lonergan, Operations Manager, Cork International Hotel.

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Anne Walsh, Mater Private, CorkGerard Power, Documatics Ltd.

expansion at Documatics

Documatics, a leading legal and compliance software company, has appointed Gerard Power as Professional Services Consultant. With over 10 years experience in the legal software and software industry at Legal IT, he brings a wealth of experience to Documatics. A graduate of UCC, Gerard holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Law and Post Graduate qualifications in Computer Science.

New Director of Nursing

Anne Walsh has been appointed Director of Nursing at Mater Private Cork. Anne trained as a Registered Nurse and Midwife in Cork and studied post-graduate courses in UL, University of Ulster, and Huddersfield University in UK, and was most recently awarded with a Masters Degree (MSc) in Health Services Management from Trinity College Dublin in 2011.

New Designer at Coolgrey

Coolgrey have appointed Cliodhna OConnor to their design team. Cliodhna is a graduate of CIT with an honours degree in Visual Communications. She has a fresh, contemporary approach to graphic design. As a youthful designer in the industry she boasts an extensive knowledge of modern methods of visual communications and marketing through social media and other platforms.

Cliodhna O'Connor, Coolgrey

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