CORPORATE CARE RELOCATION, 9 East Park House,
SERVICES
Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Cork.
Tel: 021 4323533. www.corporatecare.ie
Trading
places
Cork-basedcompany
CorporateCareRelocation
helpsclientsmoveseamlessly
bothwithinIrelandandto
foreigndestinations
‘We won new strategic
clients in 2008, as we
forged partnerships with
agencies in other countries
doing similar work to us’
Chris and Mark Winning
T
HE relocation industry in Ireland is often CCR has managed 1,900 moves to date, 300 of those in BeingpartoftheEuropeanRelocationAssociation(EuRA)
associated with business executives and their the past year alone. allows CCR to link with partner companies in other coun-
families coming here from abroad on tempo- “We won new strategic clients in 2008, as we forged tries.Inaddition,theassociationrecentlyintroducedthefirst-
rary assignments. However, Chris Winning, partnerships with agencies in other countries doing everworldstandard—somethingsimilartotheISO,butfor
founder and managing director of Corporate Care similar work. Ours is a global industry and it’s important the relocation industry.
Relocation (CCR) has found from experience that tai- to have local destination experts. We work mainly with “Wewereoneofthefirstintheworldtoreceivethisqual-
lored support can equally make a big difference to sin- partners in the UK and US. An alliance we have with a ity seal last May. It involves a similar process to ISO,
gle people and Irish employees moving into a new area. Spanish-based emigration company, however, has been where,fortwodays,auditorsassessyourentireprocedures,
Set up nearly 11 years ago, CCR is based on Winning’s really useful.” howyoudealwithclientsandyourreferences.It’sbeenvery
long-standinginvolvementinthelocalpropertyscene,as AsWinningexplains,alotofthebigmultinationalssuch useful for us, putting us on a better platform and we
well as her personal experience of living abroad with her as Pfizer or Boston Scientific negotiate a worldwide relo- workwithpartnerswhoalsohavetheseal,”saysWinning.
family and their subsequent return to Ireland. cationcontract,normallywithonerelocationmanagement Intermsofexpansionplans,CCRhasalreadystartedwork-
The company provides total management of an individ- company, based in the US. That agency then rolls it out inginNorthernIrelandwithanexistingclient,movingpeo-
ual’smovefromdoor-to-door,fromrentingahouseandcar aroundtheworldandCCRcanthentapintothatbusiness. pleinandout.“Thishasdefinitelyopeneddoorsforusand
togasandphonebills,toinformationonlocalamenities.It “Multinationalsaremovingkeypeoplesuchasengineers weareseekingnewpartnershipswithpeopleupthere.Ifthe
operatesatotal-expensemanagementsystem,whichmeans todoaspecificjob,ratherthansendingemployeestoades- marketpicksupatall,theareaisgoingtorequiresomeseri-
the employer is provided with a single invoice. tination, with the long-term view of grooming them for ousmovesinandoutinthenextcoupleofyearsandweare
Becauseoftheconfidentialnatureofthebusiness,Win- management. hopingtobewellpositionedforthat.Wewanttoexpandto
ningsaysshecouldseetherecessioncomingbeforethegen- “Companies in the financial services, life sciences and differentparts of Irelandas wellbecauseDublin, Cork and
eral population and, for CCR, it has meant a changed pharmaceuticals sectors are still moving people internally Limerick are saturated for the moment.”
emphasis towards solutions for people moving for short- within Ireland. This is a big growth area and we’ve CCRemploysfivefull-timestaffandanother20to30peo-
er periods — a few months to a year and a half usually. picked up some good contracts with indigenous compa- ple, according to requirements. Due to the more challeng-
“We’re not seeing as many new people coming into the nies,” she says. ing economic climate, Winning’s role has become more
country, particularly new families. No companies are The company has also won a lot of assignments for peo- hands-on of late.
making three- to five-year commitments and there aren’t plemovingoutofIreland.“Overthepasttwoyears,200jobs “Iusedtobemoreofficebased,butnowI’mbackoutmeet-
as many start-up operations as before,” she says. “The were emigration-related. For this coming year, that will be ing with clients more and am more sales-based. It’s good,
biggestgrowthareaforusisthetotalmanagementofshort- one of the things we will focus on — working with existing as it reminds you when running a business of the nitty-
term assignments.” clients who want to move people abroad,” says Winning. gritty stuff that shouldn’t be forgotten about,” she says.
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