Cork Chamber launched a major initiative in London last night to showcase opportunities in what will be the second largest English-speaking city in the EU post-Brexit.

Cork Chamber is stepping up its efforts to attract inward investment from Britain with a targeted London event for the city’s business leaders at the end of the month.

Businesses in the Cork region are confident about the economic outlook, despite the shock following the UK vote to leave the EU, a survey by the Cork Chamber of Commerce has found.

Cork Chamber of Commerce has called for a “complete reform” of the Irish rental and housing sector as businesses fret over the chronic shortage of accommodation.

Cork Airport and business leaders have expressed disappointment after CityJet blamed lack of demand for its decision to axe its Cork to London City Airport service from June 26 after just eight months.

Thousands of new jobs are at risk of being lost to Ireland because of the housing crisis, business leaders warned.

New trade, education, research and cultural links will be forged between Cork and another large Chinese city after a formal agreement was signed yesterday.

Tyco scooped the prestigious Cork Company of the Year award at Cork Chamber’s annual gala dinner at City Hall last night.

The airline planning to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork has urged US authorities to make a decision on its licence application and clear its ambitious expansion plans for take-off.

The president of the Cork Chamber of Commerce last night urged the Government to encourage the building of new homes in all urban centres, including Cork, and not predominantly focus on Dublin, because housing shortages were beginning to affect international investment decisions right across the country.

Senior government officials in China’s economic powerhouse Shanghai have hailed their city’s twinning link with Cork as one of their most successful.

The introduction of a tax credit for entrepreneurs was welcomed in the wake of the budget as a first step in putting the self-employed on an equal tax footing as PAYE workers. 

An outspoken Cork city councillor wants City Hall to stop hosting Cork Chamber’s annual gala dinner given its support for the controversial super-council plan.

The debate over the future of Cork’s local authorities has escalated to a war of words between two organisations representing businesses in the city.

The controversial proposed merger of Cork city and county councils will take years to implement with the environment minister admitting the required legislation will not be introduced in the lifetime of the Government.

“The city councillors will fight this tooth and nail,” whispered one of Cork’s longest-serving county councillors as Minister Alan Kelly unveiled the merger plan.

Cork’s two main business organisations are split over proposals to create a super authority to cover both city and county.

Businesses in Cork are as confident as they have been at any stage in the last six years, but are increasingly unsure of the impact of government policy on stabilising the economy.

Pressure is mounting on Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe to prioritise the multi-million upgrade of the vital N28 artery linking Cork and the city’s sprawling port operations in Ringaskiddy.

The tide is turning at Cork Airport after CityJet announced a high-frequency service to London City Airport from October.

The president of Cork Chamber of Commerce has warned that pay increases have the potential to undermine the country’s competitiveness as the economy emerges from a period of harsh austerity.

Cork businesses have welcomed Irish Rail’s announcement that it is to provide a non-stop express service starting next Monday morning.

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