David Olsen

Online travel sites and discount flight aggregators may not be the cheapest option for business travellers if the latest research from The Online Travel Benchmarking Group holds true.

ClearView Wealth Limited today announced a statutory net profit after tax of $8.0 million and plans to acquire small-medium financial planning practices in South and Western Australia.

Businesses leveraging “group coupon” buying sites in Australia such as Jump On It, Spreets and Ouffer has boomed, with all three bringing the Groupon concept from the USA to satisfy local demand.

Mortgage Choice Limited today announced a 14 percent increase in net profit after tax from its nationwide franchise network of Mortgage Choice brokers.

Australian businesses are finally lifting travel bans placed on employees during the global financial crisis, with travel agents recording substantial growth in corporate bookings.

Business owners need to be aware and prepared for new mandatory product safety reporting requirements that begin 1 January 2011 ACCC deputy chair Peter Kell has warned.

Women are the losers in the 2010 Federal election, with a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of women elected to the House of Representatives according to Claire Braund, Executive Director Women on Boards.

The majority of Australian and New Zealand employers feel they were forced to make too many redundancies during the GFC which they now regret, according to research from Hudson.

Tiger Airways will abandon flights between Adelaide and Brisbane and Adelaide and the Gold Coast from November, citing poor passenger numbers on the routes.

Worldwide Online Printing after entering voluntary administration in February and subsequently being sold to Doublewest Corporation has returned to growth.