11 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Wisetek (with Cork locations in Dublin Hill, and Brooklodge in Glanmire) has been recognised as a “representative vendor” in the “IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) industry” in Gartner’s recent Market Guide for IT Asset Disposition. With headquarters in Cork, Wisetek is the only Irish company recognised among the major... Read More
6 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Forest Owners Co-operative Society (FOCS), which represents private forest owners in Co. Cork and elsewhere throughout Munster, Leinster and Connaught from offices in Cork City, Dunmanway and Aughadown, near Skibbereen, has pinpointed inordinate delays in the issue of timber felling licences and urgent action to tackle and... Read More
5 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Logitech Ireland today announced the creation of more than 50 new job opportunities over the next three years across wide-ranging roles, including design, engineering, IT and supply chain functions. An award-winning design company and maker of cloud peripheral products, Logitech is a long-standing proponent of flexible working and... Read More
5 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The 2019 Cork Person of the Year, was cervical check screening campaigner Stephen Teape, but who will be the overall 2020 winner of the title? Every January there is a “gala luncheon” in the Rochestown Park Hotel (previously it took place in the Fota Hotel) where a veritable... Read More
3 January 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This week, Future Kinsale has launched the Kinsale Enterprise Academy, to provide mentoring to local businesses looking to reorient post-COVID, to grow their existing operations or to start something completely new. The academy leverages the incredible skills and huge experience of a panel of 20 local experts and... Read More
3 January 2021 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Hertz Car Sales on the Lower Glanmire Road and Johnson & Perrott on the Douglas Road have each received awards at the CarsIreland.ie Dealer Awards in association with Ulster Bank’s Lombard. The awards in their sixth year, recognise and reward exceptional marketing in the car industry. Hertz Car... Read More
28 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Some 880 new jobs in Cork were supported by Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland in 2020 Increased investment in Ireland is key to seeing Ireland through the Brexit storm, a Cork North Central Fine Gael TD has said. Cork North Central Deputy Burke noted that the Industrial... Read More
28 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tax Refund Checklist for Irish Workers Only 5% of employers of Ireland’s remote workforce are paying the tax-free expense of €3.20 per day. This is according to a recent survey from Taxback.com in which 600 people, currently working from home, were asked if their employer is in a... Read More
27 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In welcome news for the local Irish food industry, Cork based Velo Coffee Roasters has announced a successful deal with Irish supermarket chain Dunnes Stores. Over the coming weeks, their award-winning roast, ‘BMX’ will be on the shelves nationwide. Founded in 2017, Velo Coffee Roasters is a multi... Read More
27 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Time to invest in building new relationships with “the remaining EU26” “Now is the time to end the last vestiges of Ireland’s economic dependence on Great Britain and to expand our trade and economic relationships with the remaining 26 EU member states,” said Cork North Central based Fianna... Read More
24 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cully and Sully the well known national food brand, based in Cork has donated €5,000 to Focus Ireland following the conclusion of the Focus Ireland Piggy Bank initiative. The initiative had families turning their soup pots into piggy banks and donating the money collected totalling €2,250. The Cully... Read More
23 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 25 new permanent jobs to be created The best prices in grocery are coming to Clonakilty as Aldi today confirmed it will open a new store in the town in 2022. Aldi has received final planning permission for the store at the Waterfront, which will create 25 permanent... Read More