35 Years on and Cork Tech company continues its €750,000 expansion despite Covid-19 National Business Machines’ expansion and 5 new appointments paves the way for a positive end to 2020
National Business Machines (NBM), headquartered in Cork and celebrating its 35th year in business, last year announced a €750,000 investment and expansion of their business, largely focussed on infrastructure and personnel. This year, they are seeing the fruits of their labour, adapting to, and overcoming the challenges of Covid-19 head on, with a can-do and flexible attitude to conducting their day-to-day operations. This approach, coupled with the promotion of a new Sales Director, Don
Our Ethical Gift Shop is now open!
We are delighted to let you know that our new Ethical Gift Shop is now open! Feed your wanderlust with the brand new SERVE’d Up Cookbook and explore a colourful collection of authentic recipes sourced from SERVE’s partner communities around the world, from spicy curries to chocolate truffles! (Now available for Click and Collect in Cork!) Browse through our Handmade Gifts which have been handmade and purchased at a fair trade price from our partners, The Good Shepherd Sisters in Thailand. There is a
Beethoven 250 Online with Triskel Arts Centre
Beethoven Online Triskel and the National String Quartet Foundation continue their partnership to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). For this autumn series, they are going online to present a number of concerts, beginning with the Vanbrugh Quartet on Friday 20 November and finishing on Friday 18 December with a performance by a brand new quartet led by the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s charismatic leader, Katherine Hunka. Tony Sheehan, Artistic Director
Hope Foundation - Letter from Santa Campaign
It’s almost time to write those Santa letters. And this year, your kids could be tearing open a handwritten reply from the big man himself. The Hope Foundation has launched a special Christmas service designed to help parents create some magical festive moments while supporting the charity’s work with the street and slum communities in India. “The North Pole are very familiar with HOPE’s work with the street and slum children and their communities in Kolkata.” said a Hope spokesperson. “HOPE was
SOUPer €10k Piggy Bank for Focus Ireland
Cully and Sully are urging customers to turn their used soup tubs into a piggy bank for Focus Ireland and have pledged to match the nations donations, up to €10,000. The Cully and Sully piggy bank tubs will be available nationwide in supermarkets from early October. The SOUPer food company will add up the piggy bank donations from the 1st of December, match the nations efforts up to €10,000 and give Focus Ireland the much needed funding before Christmas arrives. Cullen Allen aka Cully said “When we
Business Confidence Dips in Q3
Business confidence dips to 68% in Q3 from 73% in Q251% of businesses experienced a decrease in turnover over the last quarter21% of responding businesses report that >90% of employees are working from homeAUDIO CLIP: Paula Cogan, President of Cork Chamber, Listen and download <Business Confidence Comment here> or <Business Turnover Comment here>The third economic trends report of 2020 captures the sentiment of the Cork business community in the transition from the initial shock waves of the Covid-19
Cork winner at Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Awards
Cork’s Linda O'Connell, the national online and media coordinator for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland has won at the Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2020. Linda, who has over 15 years’ experience working in the non-profit sector as a communications specialist, scooped the national award for Transformative Employee at the ceremony on Friday (2 October). Eveanna De Barra Kumar of Himalaya Yoga Valley was also highly commended for Online Business Transformation at the
Imagineer Your City, Your County
Have Your Say! There has never been a better time to create a vision for the future. A public survey launched today is asking for your opinions on the future of this beautiful County that so many of us are proud to call home. As we emerge from an emergency situation most of us had never imagined, it is clear now that our sense of community and our collective commitment has been very powerful. The back drop to our rich communities has changed dramatically, and by June 02nd business responding to a Chamber
New digital platform – WeSwitchU.ie – selected for Google ‘Adopt a Startup’ programme:
March 2020: A new and innovative digital platform – WeSwitchU.ie – is set to make waves with energy users in Ireland. Promising to take the stress and hassle out of switching energy providers, the company assists residential customers to engage with the energy market, reducing their energy bills and carbon footprint each year. Despite launching just weeks ago, the website, which is owned and operated by Limerick native Brendan Halpin, has already been making strides in the Irish business world. The
