10 February 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork International Choral Festival announces Ibec’s sponsorship of and participation in the inaugural Workplace Choir of the Year competition to help improve staff wellbeing through music Cork International Choral Festival is delighted to announce that Ibec, Ireland’s largest business representative group, has come on board as the... Read More
9 February 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie AIB pledges €1.25m to fund First Chair of Sustainable Business in Ireland at University College Cork Increased employer demand expected for graduates with knowledge of sustainable business practices Funding will also support a number of PhD scholarships over five years AIB’s sustainable green lending book has proved its... Read More
9 February 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 5,295 new .ie domains registered in Cork in 2020 as local businesses, services, and community groups mobilised online in response to pandemic Cork businesses, services, and community groups registered 5,295 new .ie domains in 2020 as the county mobilised online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the... Read More
8 February 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “The Irish judiciary is very much an outlier in Europe when it comes to personal injury awards and ice skating is simply the latest industry to be hit by disproportionate court awards.” – warns Managing Director of Ice Skating business The scale of awards being made by the... Read More
8 February 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Brittany Ferries operates in 12 ports: Cork, Rosslare, Bilbao, Santander, Portsmouth, Poole, Plymouth, Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Saint-Malo, Roscoff A growing number of haulage companies are shipping goods using unaccompanied trailers. Brittany Ferries says demand is rising, and the ports it serves on the western Channel in France,... Read More
6 February 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Zoe Fitzgerald, a first-year Accounting Technicians Ireland apprentice, who works with Cork City Council and studies through Cork College of Commerce, wants more women to follow her path. Solas, the State’s further education and training agency, has named Zoe (23) from Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary, as its 1,000th registered... Read More
6 February 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association has announced a new date in April for their annual President’s Dinner and Cork Business of the Year Awards, which will be held virtually this year. President of the CBA Eoin O’Sullivan said that many Cork businesses are currently closed because of Covid-19 restrictions... Read More
3 February 2021 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie There are many ways to improve your website’s success, Cork SEO The urgent need for small business to move their business online due to Covid-19 led to a 1,200% increase in the number of trading online vouchers provided by Cork City’s Local Enterprise Office in the past 12... Read More
1 February 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The European Parliament has called for an EU law that grants workers the right to digitally disconnect from work without facing negative repercussions. MEPs are also looking to establish minimum requirements for remote working and clarify working conditions, hours and rest periods. Cork-based Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune... Read More
31 January 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie 2nd Edition of book published today Doireann O’Mahony is a Cork Barrister specialising in Tort & Personal Injury Law. Today the 2nd edition of her well-received book has been published by Bloomsbury. The 1st Edition was published in 2015 and went on to be named ‘Legal Book of... Read More
31 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A webinar aimed at helping Irish businesses grow in 2021 is the focus of the Network Ireland Cork event on Wednesday, 3 February. Future Proof Your Career & Business will feature guest speakers Allana Brown of Allana Brown Consultancy and Caroline Murphy of West Cork Eggs, who will... Read More
29 January 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Workers need to be treated honourably Sinn Féin TD for Cork South Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, has said that government must ensure that retail workers in the Arcadia Group have their collective agreement honoured and that they receive a fair redundancy package. The call comes amid reports that... Read More