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Business Health Check

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  • 15-11-2007 1:15pm
    #1
    Paddyo
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭


    Hi All

    Has anyone had a business health check from the Dublin City Enterprise Board?

    If so, did the person conducting the check first of all produce the report, and then say that his company could quote for the equipment and serices recommended in the report.

    What is the code of conduct that should be used?

    thanks in advance
    Paddyo


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    information
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    I know a few people who conduct the tech checks for DCEB.

    They are IT consultants, not hardware/software resellers and honest guys.

    Their job is to analyise your business based on a questionare they have
    and they will then make recommendations on how to improve your business.


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    Paddyo
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Paddyo


    Hi Information

    Thank you for your reply.

    I appreciate that most of the consultants are honest people.

    I do know of a company where a health check was carried out and the consultant offered to quote and is quoting for the recommended equipment and services. Is this allowed within the code of conduct? This hardly vendor independant as outlined in the DCEB website?

    Just wondering if, in general, anyone would go with this guys advice?

    Paddyo


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    It's not allowed within the code of conduct, and they should be reported for it. And I wouldn't take the guy's advice, since he could easily - and probably did - tailor the advice to his own business. A conflict of interest is a conflict of interest.

    On a related note, I sent the Cork City CEB an email - two emails, actually - asking to be considered for the programme, and didn't received so much as a reply. Perhaps the CEBs should consider a Check themselves.

    adam


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