CORKMEET 2010-Partners

CORKMEET 2010 is funded and organised by Trading Link Cork, a partnership for business between Cork County Council, Cork County & City Enterprise Boards and Cork Chamber.

Cork County Council

Cork County Council is the administrative authority for the region of Cork County. Cork County Council has been involved in organising business trading missions for the past number of years, recognising their potential economic benefits for Cork based business. In its commitment to sourcing international business opportunities for Cork companies, the County Council signed up as the Official Irish Partner for Futurallia (see information below) in Ireland.

In order to maximize access to this international networking forum for Cork companies, the County Council worked together with the Enterprise Boards of Cork City, South Cork, West Cork, and later Cork Chamber, to offer these opportunities to a wide network of Cork Companies. (North Cork Enterprise Board joined Trading Link Cork for CORKMEET 2009).

Cork County Council is also committed to marketing Cork for business and tourism around the World, and has worked to develop international relationships in this regard.
For more information on Cork County Council see: www.corkcoco.ie

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Cork County and City Enterprise Boards

The Enterprise Boards of Cork City, South Cork, West Cork and North Cork have been actively involved in previous Trading Link Cork initiatives.

The Cork County and City Enterprise Boards are the first port of call for anyone wishing to start or expand a business in Cork. The Boards work closely with small businesses at every stage of development, from the initial idea, right through to growth and expansion.
Supports include:

The County and City Enterprise Boards were established by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 1993. Co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union, Cork County and City Enterprise Boards are part of a network of thirty-five Enterprise Boards nationwide, set up to promote an enterprise culture and encourage entrepreneurship at a local level.

For more information see: www.corkenterpriseboards.ie

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Cork Chamber

Cork Chamber is a private membership organisation. It is the leading business organisation for the promotion, development and expansion of economic and commercial activity in the Cork Region. Membership of Cork Chamber allows companies to raise their profile, provide their business with PR, marketing and networking opportunities, and ensure that their organisation is represented on critical business issues, through the collective lobbying voice of Cork Chamber. The Chamber represents 1,000 member companies in the greater Cork region.

The Chamber is committed to promoting international opportunities to its members and does so via the contacts of the international network of Chambers of Commerce and the Enterprise Europe Network and also by working in Ireland with Embassies and international business development agencies.

The EU, Trade and Innovation Services section at Cork Chamber has worked with the Trading Link Cork initiative since 2007, promoting outward business missions to its members in order to stimulate business opportunities.

For more information see: www.corkchamber.ie

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Futurallia

Futurallia is a private French company dedicated to organising international networking events for business. This internationally recognized business to business match-making forum has successfully brought thousands of businesses together since its founding in 1990. Futurallia has developed a purpose-built software system, which allows participating companies to register a company profile online and request meetings with other participants.

Futurallia is the IT support partner of CORKMEET 2010.

For more information see www.futurallia.com

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Macroom E

Macroom E is strongly committed to supporting economic development in the Lee Valley region.  The Macroom E Business Centre has 10,000sq.ft of enterprise space divided into office, workshop units and hot desks available to start-up and growing businesses. It is the ambition that the E Business Park and E Centre will provide a supportive environment for companies to grow, generating industry and employment in the area.
Macroom E is dedicated to enterprise development while promoting the benefits of environmental good practice through our involvement in a number of initiatives.

Macroom E is the project manager for CORKMEET2010

For more information see www.macroom-e.com 

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International Partners

We would like to invite international delegations to CORKMEET 2010.

If you would like to bring businesses from your country to this event, we would be delighted to facilitate you in any way possible to bring a delegation to Cork. Please contact the CORKMEET team for further details.

If your business is based outside of Cork and you would like to participate in CORKMEET 2010, please click here to download A Guide for International Participants

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Media Partners

The Irish Examiner is a significant national daily broadsheet newspaper challenging conventional choices. It offers a vital, refreshingly objective approach to national, international news and current affairs, with journalists who are recognised experts in the fields of business, finance, politics, law, technology, property, sport, culture, health and topics of general interest.

The Irish Examiner has 210,000 adult readers delivering key audiences across a broad range of both age and social class.  Our continued strength in Munster means that we have more readers in Munster than both the Irish Independent and the Irish Times combined and you cannot reach 80% of our readers through any other national daily newspaper.  (Source JNRS 2008/2009)

For more information see: www.irishexaminer.com

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Newstalk 106-108 fm brings you the very best in opinions, analysis, entertainment and sport. From dawn to dusk, you’ll find the freshest, wittiest and most challenging programming on the Irish airwaves.
On the 9th April 2002, Newstalk was launched bringing Dublin a real talk alternative for the first time. Four years on, Newstalk 106-108 fm finally went national on the 29th September 2006 and since then has brought Ireland an offering that delivers entertaining, informative and relevant radio for the nation: Different Nation – Different Station.
Wittier, sharper and more controversial than any other broadcaster, Newstalk’s offering is the result of a fantastic group of people all striving towards one goal – to get Ireland talking.

For more information see: www.newstalk.ie

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Print Partner

B2B Print is one of the fastest growing business-to-business print and design companies in Ireland. B2B Print provides a complete end-to-end design and printing service for all your printed materials - from concept creation and graphic design through to printing, finishing and delivery. They produce all types of corporate printed materials from newsletters and marketing brochures to corporate stationery, flyers and packaging. The hallmark at B2B Print is above all quality.

For more information see: www.b2bprint.ie

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Singage Partner

B2B Signs provides a complete range of signage solutions for businesses and organisations all over Ireland. Their core products include interior & exterior signs, vehicle graphics and display signs. Their team offers a complete end-to-end service, from advising you on the best signage option for your business, through design, manufacturing and installation. Clients include many of Ireland’s largest companies and public sector organisations as well as businesses in the small to medium sector.
For more information see: www.b2bsigns.ie

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Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Little Island, Cork

The venue for the CORKMEET 2010 event, the Radisson SAS Hotel & Spa, Cork is renowned for providing an exceptional level of experience, style and standard of service to business guests. The Hotel was named ‘Cork Conference Centre of the Year’ at the Meteor Business Awards 2007. With extensive conference space, and 129 rooms, the hotel provides some of the most impressive meeting and event facilities in Cork.

For more information see: www.cork.radissonsas.com

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