11 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two West Cork businesswomen have received a “Highly Commended” accolade at the Network Ireland National Conference and Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2021. The event took place at the Theatre Royal in Waterford city on Friday 8th October. Network Ireland West Cork member Louise Bunyan, received her ‘Highly... Read More
8 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Wilson Architecture (St Patrick’s Place, Wellington Road, Cork) is delighted to announce the promotion of three senior staff members to executive positions within the company. Peter O’Donovan has been appointed to the Board as a Director, with Marcus Reid and Brian Westlake being appointed Associate Directors. Peter O’Donovan... Read More
5 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mervue Laboratories in Cork, the producers of Gelguard, donated 20,000 100ml bottles of their hand sanitiser to UCC to help keep students Covid-free as they returned to education this month. The Cork-based animal nutrition company pivoted part of their manufacturing plant to produce hand sanitiser in partnership with... Read More
1 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bord Bia has announced a return to trade show activity with a calendar of events across Europe this autumn, including a ministerial-led trade visit and in-person trade fair in Germany. Virtual events also remain key to Bord Bia’s trade engagements at home and abroad. This week Bord Bia... Read More
1 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Businesses in Cork received funding of €2,016,533 from the Online Retail Scheme to date through grants of between €10,000 and €25,000, a Cork North Central Deputy has said. The Online Retail Scheme was first launched in 2018 to aid retailers in increasing their customer base and extending their... Read More
29 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s Ballymaloe Foods, Carbery Group Ltd., Durrus Cheese, Folláin Teo, Glenilen Farm, Irish Distillers, Ornua and Shannon Vale Foods Ltd. have been awarded Origin Green Gold Membership following extensive auditing across a range of sustainability initiatives, at a ceremony held by Bord Bia and Origin Green. Origin Green introduced Gold... Read More
29 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods expands further into NI and GB – Ballymaloe Original Relish is now available in 500 Tesco stores across Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ballymaloe Foods is growing its business in Great Britain and Northern Ireland thanks to increased demand for its products. The Cork based food... Read More
29 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Rotary Club, in conjunction with Cork City Council and Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLA), is calling on the people of Cork to donate their unwanted bicycles in aid of the ‘Bikes for Africa’ project. The project aims to collect unused and unwanted bikes that can... Read More
28 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A community-led local development company which works with families and businesses in the Ballyhoura region of east Limerick and north Cork is helping develop the accounting professionals of the future. It has congratulated its three current Accounting Technicians Ireland apprentices on their progress. Ballyhoura Development CLG champions the... Read More
27 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork headquartered Musgrave Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Myles O’Grady as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 4th April 2022. Musgrave owns the SuperValu and Centra franchise brands, and has other food related businesses. Myles joins Musgrave from Bank of Ireland where he had... Read More
26 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 80th Anniversary Celebration Autumn Lecture Series from Engineers Ireland The Cork Region of Engineers Ireland is celebrating its 80th year. From the first Cumann na nInnealtóirí committee in 1941, chaired by City Engineer SW Farrington, they have successfully represented the interests of their members, and the wider engineering profession. Peter... Read More
24 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Shopinireland.ie is a rapidly growing e-commerce business, starting out as a Facebook page set up last October. Within a week huge traffic to the page confirmed a website was urgently required. Today it has almost 1,000 Irish independent businesses registered to sell online with over 30,000 products listed... Read More