Good News Thursday - 13 August 2009

Delighted to see good news coming my way over the last two weeks - it might be a small post but it’s got positive news.

1. There are jobs out there…..

Jobs News posted that over 700 new jobs were announced by 5 companies in Ireland.

Lindsay Browning of CPL, using her twittername of @marketingeire, is constantly informs Twitterland of real Marketing jobs. Contact her for more information.

From Econ-Optimist blog: Search engine consulting company FirstFound is embarking on a £600,000 investment and recruitment drive in Dublin. The company is now recruiting for its first intake of new account managers ready for when they open for business in August, having already established offices at Merrion Square, Dublin. Britain’s leading search engine consultancy currently has more than 6,000 clients and is set to turnover £4.5m this year.

2. Innovation is alive & well….

Taking advantage of the IKEA move into Dublin, Maryrose Lyons of Brightspark has set up Simple Assembly me Hole - a website dedicated to people who need help with assembling all types of furniture from IKEA. The name is ingenious and they are getting a lot of well deserved media coverage.

Host-it’s newly expanded and upgraded Online Back-up service, Backup Vault, caused a stir at a client’s office. HandyBaby was thrilled by the fast support service as one of the directors “nearly had a heart attack when she thought she lost her email.”  

Award winning graphic studio Dara Creative has a fanstastic web scrappage deal. Instead of scrapping your car, scrap your website instead. They want you to scrap your old website for a brand new 2009 model and they’ll give you €3,000 worth of extras absolutely free.

3. Pensions are up….

Independent financial broker Cregan Kelly shared some great news at our BNI meeting. He said pensions are up on average 12% this year…so that is good news for all pension holders.

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