Business news and updates: Daily roundup (July 31, 2021)
Here’s the roundup for July 31:
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Let’s Talk: What leadership styles work best for SME owners?
Many small business owners learn leadership skills through hard-fought experience rather than formal training. So, how do you build cohesive, motivated, and loyal workforce, irrespective of size?
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Hero Packaging: A sustainable alternative to plastic packaging
Here’s how a Sydney-based startup is quickly becoming a game-changer for online retailers by helping them eliminate plastic from the shipping process.
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Let’s Talk: Accountability – How do you ensure your employees deliver?
Building a culture of accountability is challenging. Effective leaders balance autonomy and empowerment with personal responsibility and business outcomes.
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KERB: Tackling urban congestion one car-parking space at a time
Brisbane-based start-up KERB is tackling the global challenge of urban congestion, one car-parking space at a time.
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Funding roundup July 26 – July 30: Recapping a busy week for startups
Here are the key startup fundraising rounds from this week:
Australian SMEs recorded strongest sales growth in June: Xero Study
A new study revealed that Australian small businesses enjoyed their best sales in June 2021. Here are the details.
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What should I consider before expanding overseas?
Looking to export? Here are the legal issues you should consider before expanding overseas, including your tax, employees and customers.
Six steps to successful digitisation
Digitisation can speed up your business processes, enhance customer experience, and improve your efficiency.
How to successfully reopen and future-proof your SME following COVID-19
By taking business continuity planning steps when reopening your office, you can future-proof your organisation and help keep it afloat through these uncertain times.
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View MoreAustralian SMEs recorded strongest sales growth in June: Xero Study
A new study revealed that Australian small businesses enjoyed their best sales in June 2021. Here are the details.
Why your ego could be hurting your business
Having an ego is often seen as a prerequisite for success, but it may stop you being an effective leader and hold your business back.
How can your small business go green?
Each of us can do our part to reduce our carbon footprint. And we all should. But individual actions can only do so much. Businesses need to be setting examples for sustainability.
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PEPPOL & e-invoicing explained: What it means for your business
Electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) is the system-to-system exchange of invoices via a common standard called PEPPOL (Pan European Public Procurement Online), which Australia and New Zealand adopted in 2019.
Let’s Talk – If you can’t beat them: Can partnering up with rivals help business?
Are there benefits to holding back a business rivalry in favour of a partnership? Perhaps a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’ angle could play a strong hand in boosting your business growth?
What the Qantas Loyalty & Virgin Velocity legal case reveals about gardening leave and what business owners need to know
What’s the purpose of gardening leave and how does gardening leave work? Read on…
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Australian LiDAR maker Baraja partners with Veoneer to develop Next-Gen autonomous vehicles
Spectrum-Scan is a trademark of Baraja. LiDAR uses prism-like optics to deflect light in multiple directions for more reliable scanning at a cheaper cost.
Embracing tech diversity: building a durable foundation for growing startups
Start-ups have an abundance of choice when it comes to cloud providers but should you lock yourself into just one provider?
MessageMedia purchased by Sinch in a US$1.3b cash and stock deal
Melbourne-based MessageMedia has been acquired by Swedish giant Sinch in another instance of a billion-dollar buyout of an Australia company.
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Japan: A sophisticated and reliable market for Aussie exporters
Japan is an enticing market for Australian exporters because Japanese buyers are drawn to premium goods and services offering higher returns on trade investment.
The three I’s behind a successful international product launch: Identify, Inspect, Influence
Building a brand successfully in one market doesn’t always translate to success in another. Here’s how to get it right.
Positioning your business globally in a post-pandemic world
How COVID-19 and Australia’s future export focus will impact our global identity and shape our trade relationship with the UK.
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Let’s Talk: What leadership styles work best for SME owners?
Many small business owners learn leadership skills through hard-fought experience rather than formal training. So, how do you build cohesive, motivated, and loyal workforce, irrespective of size?
Let’s Talk: Accountability – How do you ensure your employees deliver?
Building a culture of accountability is challenging. Effective leaders balance autonomy and empowerment with personal responsibility and business outcomes.
Let’s Talk: Sales and Marketing – What is producing results post-COVID-19?
As businesses adapt to the pandemic, what sales and marketing strategies will keep you close to your customers, build loyalty, and increase sales?
Australian Budget 2021
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NSW State Budget: From Cybersecurity to SMEs, here are the key highlights
The New South Wales government has released its budget for the year 2021–22, here’s what industry experts have to say about it.
ICA says Queensland budget is a ‘missed opportunity’
The Insurance Council of Australia has slammed the new Queensland 2021-22 budget, saying it fails to protect Queenslanders from extreme weather disasters.
The business agendas not included in the federal budget to support economic recovery
Whilst spending in the areas of childcare, aged care, disability and mental health featured favourably in the 2021 federal budget, when it comes to economic recovery measures for businesses there were notable exclusions.
