C O NTENTS TRANSFORMING CORK
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Tomorrow Together
4-5
Confident City
7
Business of Culture
8
Preparing for Brexit
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In the Chair with Brendan Keating, Chief Executive Port of Cork
COVER STORY 10-11
Celebrating all things Cork and all things Digital
EMPOWERING YOU
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12
Scrubex: Medical Innovation from O’Flynn Medical
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Always Learning, Learning Always
14-15
Tomorrow Together
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Why Study at UCC
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Upcoming Events
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Out & About
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
Why Asia Matters
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Why Asia Matters
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AIB Cork enhances its offering to SME Market
22-23 New Members 24-25 Members News 26
Welcome to
the latest edition of Chamberlink, keeping you informed of key policy and business issues, events and news stories from across the region.
The summer months offer such great opportunity to enjoy our great city region with June already hosting a range of activities from the Harbour Festival, to Midsummer Festival and Cork Summer Show. This level of activity continues throughout the summer and we encourage you to get out and about to sample all the region has to offer in terms of a vibrant city centre, award winning food, stunning beaches, pretty villages and of course the great people. We are embracing the fun of the sun and have added a Summer Garden Party, in association with Viatel, to our events calendar. This is a great opportunity to gather your team, colleagues, friends and family to a fun-filled evening in the beautiful grounds of the Maryborough Hotel.
As we build on our vision to make Cork the best place to do business, we have taken the opportunity to look at how the heart of our city functions with leaders from Arts and Cultural sector. At a breakfast event in Nano Nagle place they discussed how they are intertwined with the economics and business of running a city. We welcomed the Academy of Urbanism who brought over 200 experts in the areas of planning, architecture and urbanism to discuss how we can learn from international experiences in engaging a busy, rapidly evolving and diverse society. We have seen some hugely positive developments over the past year, with many more in the rapid stages of planning and building, bringing confidence and optimism to our city. With the National Planning Framework placing a significant emphasis on Cork and the National Development Plan allocating a lot more investment here, it is important that we work together to realise Cork’s full potential.
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Your Adrenaline Rush Awaits
With a huge amount of uncertainty and change facing British politics and the unknown impact of Brexit, we are committed to keeping you informed. In this edition we have a special feature from our colleagues in Chambers Ireland with some practical tips on how to get prepared. Finally I encourage you all to get involved with the Cork Digital Marketing Awards. There are 18 categories so something for everyone and offers huge exposure for all the finalists, with thanks to Granite Digital and Red FM for their support.
Conor
Conor Healy Chief Executive, Cork Chamber. T +353 (0)87 9471858 E conor@corkchamber.ie
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