David Olsen

Qantas is taking the fight to Virgin Blue’s plans to dominate the domestic air travel market amongst business travellers by adding 820,000 seats to its Jetstar discount airline.

Legal entrepreneur Jeremy Szwider is the brainchild behind the innovative Bespoke Law. With global headquarters in Melbourne, this is the first virtual law firm of its kind to hit Australian shores.

Firm Spy, the online industry gossip site, has seen a spike in traffic after two law firms Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Clayton Utz banned staff after reports on the firms were placed online, branding Firm Spy as “irresponsible and inaccurate”.

Harvey Norman has announced a profit of $290.04 million, up 15.8 percent on last year, showing there is still life in bricks and mortar retailing and dismissing suggestions from rival Ruslan Kogan that Harvey Norman’s business model is dead.

Regional employees enjoy their jobs more and are more engaged with their employers than those in metropolitan areas of Australia, according to new data.

Research from Monash University in Melbourne conducted for the Queensland Government has found that employers are again looking at older employees as they get desperate to fill empty roles.

Dynamic Business, as the voice of Australia’s small businesses is conducting its inaugural SME credit and debt survey and wants to hear from you. (There are prizes too!)

Groupon clone OurDeal is hoping online group coupon ordering won’t be an ordeal as it tries to replicate the success of Groupon clones Spreets, Ouffer and Jump On It in the Australian market.

Coles has refused to put the prices of its groceries online, fearing comparison shopping with rival Woolworths and independent retailers.

Virgin Blue Holdings Limited, who run both Virgin Blue and V Australia and Etihad Airways PJSC today signed an agreement to enable V Australia to fly into Abu Dhabi from 2011.