David Olsen

Australian small and medium businesses are flying blind when it comes to advertising online, according to a survey of 1,800 Australian business owners.

Credit unions and building societies have welcomed the Federal Government’s banking reform package as “a good step towards more bank competition”.

iiNet today launched an online shopping cart, which allows small businesses to establish their own online sales presence in only a few minutes in conjunction with eCorner and their ePages platform.

Flight Centre is asking job seekers to submit LinkedIn, Blog and Twitter details – rather than traditional resumes/CVs when applying for jobs, despite a survey out today revealing 60 percent of job seekers don’t use social media to find employment.

Lisa Berton, a Partner in Kemp Strang’s Employment Law practice, says several legal cases in recent months have dealt with social media in the workplace, however the definition of acceptable conduct is still blurred. She offers five tips to avoid a law suit over social media use by employees.

Aussies might be social media savvy in their personal lives, but 60 percent of professionals surveyed don’t use social media to find employment.

A rising tide of social media legal cases has provided guidance, but not certainty for both workers and employers, according to a legal expert.

The Australian unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in November falling 0.2 percentage points after moving 0.2 percentage points higher in October on the back of increased workforce participation, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.

The ACCC continues to crack down on ‘illegal holiday surcharges’ on menus, with a cafe owner ordered to pay a penalty of $20,000 by the Federal Court for failing to provide ‘all inclusive pricing’ on their menus.

Google has unveiled the top small business search terms for 2010 alongside the release of Google’s Australian Brand Zeitgeist search data.