11 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City enjoyed fantastic success at the Retail Excellence Awards held in the Great Southern Hotel Killarney at the weekend, being named Ireland Friendliest City for 2020. Two city centre shops also picked up awards for their commitment to the customer. The Friendliest Place competition is the central... Read More
8 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aldi would like to congratulate its Cork based suppliers for their wins at this year’s Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards. Hodgins won the top award in the Traditional Sausages Category, while Carberry and Baileyvale won top accolades in the Irish Hard Cheese and Continental Soft Cheese categories... Read More
7 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork retail and hospitality professionals attend inspirational training session with top UK performance coach in drive to make Cork a city of excellent customer service Almost 400 frontline staff from retail and hospitality businesses across Cork city attended an inspirational, motivational and educational customer service training session in... Read More
7 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The 2019 CÁIS Irish Cheese Awards is due to take place tonight at Cork’s Metropole Hotel, with winners to be commended during a lavish black-tie gala dinner. 2019 marks the eighth year of the biennial awards and CÁIS, the Association of Irish Farmhouse Cheesemakers, have seen the bar... Read More
6 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie JCD Group today have confirmed it has formally lodged its planning application with An Bord Pleanála to construct a large-scale residential “build to rent” scheme in Cork’s docklands in response to the severe shortage of quality rental accommodation in the City. The development, if approved, will be a... Read More
6 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Global employment law consultancy, Peninsula Group is celebrating a “record year of growth after sales in Ireland rocketed” year-on-year by nearly 30 per cent. In recent weeks, a new office opened on the South Mall The office immediately created eight new jobs across advisory, legal, sales and health... Read More
5 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie If you are interested in Security Training and Management checkout the Centre for Security Training and Management Inc. Enterprise Ireland supported Cyber Security start-up companies participating in 2-day summit with international partners International cyber security experts convene in Cork today to meet with cyber start-ups from across Ireland... Read More
5 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie JDS Foods was established by James Daly and Sons in 1871 and traces its origins to the Cork Butter Exchange, located under the world-famous Shandon Bells in the historic heart of Cork City, Ireland. Now it is in an industrial unit on the Northside of the City. The... Read More
4 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council and the Rubicon Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have teamed up to provide Ireland’s first Scaling Programme for SMEs who are in the medtech, agritech and digital health sector. Scale Cork is a 9 month programme starting in January 2020, supported by Cork... Read More
3 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie TEAMWORK FOUNDERS PETER COPPINGER AND DANIEL MACKEY NAMED CORK PERSONS’ OF THE MONTH Peter Coppinger and Daniel Mackey, the founder’s of one of Cork’s biggest software development firms, Teamwork, have been named Cork Persons’ of the Month for November, to mark their contribution to business growth in Cork.... Read More
3 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Sheehan is leading a delegation from Cork city to visit Shanghai (Cork’s Sister City) at the 2019 China International Import Exposition (CIIE) Sister Cities Cooperation Forum in Shanghai today. The delegation includes representatives from Cork City Council, Cork Chamber and The... Read More
31 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The winners of the prestigious Irish Quality Food & Drink Awards 2019 were announced recently to a packed house at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin. Producers, retailers and wholesalers from across the Irish food and drink industry came together to celebrate the very best produce available in... Read More
