David Olsen

The Goodstart consortium will take over 570 child care centres from ABC Learning today, however some landlords are creating headaches for the Federal Government.

Commonwealth Bank has won the coveted Established Business Award as part of the 2010 Reconciliation Awards for Business at an awards ceremony in Brisbane.

Commonwealth Bank has increased its small business lending at ten times the rate of competitors, with loans to small business totaling $25 billion The Australian reports.

Mortgage owners can breathe a sigh of relief with the Reserve Bank unlikely to raise interest rates above the current 4.5 percent in the RBA’s monthly board meeting tomorrow.

Australia Post will increase the costs of postage stamps to 60 cents, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) not objecting to the increase.

Domino’s Pizza iPhone app and website “digital touchpoints” now account for 28 percent of sales for the company, with an iPad app believed to be on the way.

Consumers are faced with an ever-increasing variety of choice of where to shop. What makes a customer choose to shop in your store over another?

Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd has successfully completed a deal with 7-Eleven’s Australian owners to transfer ownership of 295 Mobil branded service stations across to 7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd.

Telstra has come to the realisation that customers may not be available during business hours and now allows customers to book service appointments for weekends.

Women business operators are more positive about their prospects heading into 2011 and more likely to be aiming for significant business growth than their male counterparts, according to the latest Sensis Business Index released yesterday.