So Ikea finally opened its doors today after almost ten years. Fanfare, clowns, competitions and face painting in the car park since 7 a.m. We probably haven't seen such retail hype since the Dundrum Town Centre opened a few years back which tells us what's hot in Ireland during boom or bust. So what has a Swedish home decor site got to do with Flexitimers? Well nothing but maybe something. As we like to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Ireland, we've come across an Irish company that hopes to capitalise on this global brand's presence in Ireland.
The rather crude (if not honest) name of the company 'Simple Assembly Me ****' is offering:
Assembly of Ikea furniture - at a very reasonable €30 per item. Other flatpack services insofar as they exist charge by the hour.
Installation of Ikea kitchens - again at very reasonable rates.
Delivery - next day delivery for all orders before noon and again good rates.

Worth a shot if you value your family relationships, I've had quite a few hostile home assembly moments in my day until I finally bought a power drill.

The service is the brainchild of Maryrose Lyons of Brightspark Consulting, best of luck to all the team.

Johnny Beirne - networker extraordinaire, mentor and entrepreneurial founder of Download.ie has come up with an alternative barcamp event - not in the classroom, not in a stifling hotel conference suite but a venue that is sure to get those creative juices flowing literally on the Shannon river.
A native of Carrick, Johnny, in association with Leitrim county enterprise board is organising Ireland's first ever cruise camp on Thursday July 30th.
Billed as a FREE OpenCoffee / Barcamp networking event on the river Shannon on board The Moonriver pleasure cruiser. Definitely worth a shot, you can book directly here and see a list of all the attendees, or if you need any more details, you can check out the Shannon CruiseCamp info page on IGOpeople or contact Johnny directly.

Came across this offer on the SME Links Ireland group on LinkedIn, it was posted by Jackie Prendergast of Consulting Excellence.

Consulting Excellence are offering you and your clients a new Quick HR Health Check which has been designed by a CIPD qualified HR consultant to help you pinpoint any potential issues and/or risks in the critical business areas of HR legal compliance, performance and opportunity.They have compiled a questionnaire which will help you to identify any compliancy issues and give you a framework for implementing or improving good practice. This is a special Summer offer, free to members of SME Links Ireland (and their clients), with the exception of other HR Consultancies or their clients.
So just click on the link above and complete the short questionnaire (apparently takes only 5 minutes).
 Once they've had an opportunity to compile your results they'll come back to you with feedback detailing the process you need to follow to move towards compliance and indicating areas where you can improve your policies and practices.

Labels: compliance, Flexible Recruitment, jobs, Smart Work