Cork: Your home to business

Cork's knowledge economy has attracted many major Companies to the area. Manufacturing, especially electronics, telecommunications, ICT, Pharmaceutical and Biotech are all located in the greater Cork area. The internationally traded Services sector incorporating contact centers, shared services and financial services is also highly developed, with many Corporations locating their operations here.

The Cork region has been hugely successful in fostering productive partnerships both with indigenous businesses and Multinational Corporations including Amazon, Apple Computers, VMware, EMC, Boston Scientific, Pepsi, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Siemens to name but a few.

The strength of these partnerships has been perhaps the city’s greatest business asset, and has been the engine for its successful development into a dynamic European regional capital. That natural energy is underpinned by an ultra-modern infrastructure, a highly skilled and productive young workforce, the finest educational institutions in the country, and a well-integrated network of business support agencies.

Location

Following major investment, Cork's infrastructure has been significantly enhanced, with inter-city and commuter trains, an excellent motorway network and a new international airport conveniently located 7 km from the city offering passengers a wide choice of airlines to 50 destinations worldwide. Ferries, passenger and cargo, ensure that Cork is connected by sea to the UK and Europe. Travel and transport by road, rail, air and sea in and out of Cork has never been more convenient.

Commercial & Property

Finding high quality, suitable premises for your business in Cork will not pose any difficulties. The region currently boasts a significant number of business parks, office blocks, commercial and retail premises as well as greenfield and brownfield sites for bespoke developments.

Cork has an impressive selection of modern purpose-built office complexes and retail units as well as fine, refurbished suites of offices in the city’s gracious central streets – South Mall, Grand Parade and Washington Street.

The Cork Region is served by a recently developed Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), which guarantees carriers and clients connecting to some 110km of fibre optic cable, hi-speed broadband connectivity.

The Cork Docklands Regeneration Project has the ability to provide an estimated 25,000 new jobs, 6,000 new homes and 560,000 square metres of commercial, retail, cultural and leisure facilities. This inward investment by international organisations can only be seen as a clear endorsement of the status of Cork in the international business arena.

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