The Federal Circuit Court has fined a former owner of the Crust pizza outlet in Maroubra $3825 for refusing to reimburse 8 underpaid workers. The 8 delivery drivers and sales employees who worked for the former owner, Sotirios Theocharidis, were underpaid a total of $25,995 in 2013. The underpayments were discovered by the Fair Work […]
25 Factory workers at Nambucca Heads on the NSW North Coast have been underpaid by a total of $45,000 over eight years. An investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman discovered that the wages system had been set up incorrectly resulting in miscalculations of leave accruals, leave loading and superannuation entitlements between 2007 and 2015. The […]
In a movement to help drive Australia’s innovation agenda, the NSW Business Chamber has established the Industry Research Collaboration Advisory Alliance. The NSW Business Chamber Chief Executive, Stephen Cartwright, said that a number of representatives across the innovation ecosystem have been brought together to develop practical steps to make industry research collaboration and easier and […]
1. Know your brand, know your audience The ‘who, what and why?’ of your company should ring true in everything you produce from the product/service you’re selling through to what you post on social. Once it is clear who you are, why you exist and what you stand for it’s much easier to curate content […]
Leaving the secure walls of employment to satisfy your inner entrepreneurial spirit is one thing, but to close the door on a business to pursue a new venture is quite another. David Ranger, carpet cleaning business owner come inventor of the WAYO digital sandwich board, tells Dynamic Business how he did exactly that. What’s the […]
Xero has announced a number of strategic partnerships today at Australia’s largest accounting technology conference in Melbourne, Xerocon Australia. In a keynote speech to over 1600 attendees at Xerocon Australia today, Xero Australia Managing Director, Chris Ridd, also announced that this week Xero expects to reach more than 250,000 paying subscribers using the global accounting […]
Small business owners are on average working seven hours over time per week according to a poll involving over 1000 small and mid-sized businesses by accounting solutions provider, MYOB. While 39 per cent of business owners claimed that flexibility and a balanced lifestyle was more attractive than the financial benefits of operating a business, 59 […]
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has introduced an Australian Small Business White Paper renewing its call for a state-backed loan guarantee scheme for small business. The paper was launched at a special event in Parliament House on Wednesday, 12 August and makes a number of key recommendations. IPA chief executive officer, Andrew Conway said […]
Apple Inc co-founder, Steve Wozniak, has been announced as a judge for the global 2015 Talent Unleashed Awards. Steve Wozniak will be one of a number of high-profile tech and entrepreneurship experts on the judging panel including Sir Richard Branson who will present the winners at the final ceremony on 11 September. Talent Unleashed 2015 […]
Access to finance continues to challenge the growth of Australia’s internationally-active businesses according a new survey commissioned by the Export Council of Australia and supported by Efic, the Australian Government’s export finance agency. The new Australian International Business Survey (AIBS) 2015 is one of the largest and most in-depth surveys of Australian exporters involving over […]
