Apple is opening another retail store on August 9, this time, in Chatswood. The hands-on store will give users the opportunity to try out the entire Apple range, including the iPhone 3G, iPod touch and MacBook Air. Like every Apple store, it also offers personal training through the One to One program, alongside free workshops […]
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More than 20 percent of managers do not respect their employees, or enjoy working with them, found a survey conducted by James Adonis, management consultant. And 39 percent don’t believe they’re good managers. “There are two main issues here,” says Adonis. “The first is that there’s a large chunk of managers out there who strongly […]
Energise Enterprise, the Brumby Government’s month-long festival for small business was launched today by Victorian Small Business Minister, Joe Helper. The event will host more than 360 state-wide activities and is expected to attract about 30,000 business owners. “Now in its third year, the festival highlights our small business calendar, and its success is shared […]
Businesses, across all industries, are making payments at least four weeks past the standard term. Private companies are averaging 60.9 days to settle accounts, and public companies are averaging 58 days. Big businesses with more than 500 employees are the worst culprits. “The impact of the credit crunch on business’ ability to access funds adds […]
Following in the wake of Starbucks job losses, meat-processing company Don KRC is set to make 640 staff redundant by January. The smallgoods manufacturer will close two plants in Melbourne and Perth and reopen in Castlemaine, central Victoria, to keep the business viable. “In the past few months we’ve investigated 20 different options to ensure […]
Trade talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have failed due to disagreements between the USA, China and India over farm import rules. The multilateral negotiations, called the Doha Round after the city in Qatar where the 2001 agenda began, have suffered repeated collapses over terms of access to markets. Developing countries asked for special […]
Sixty-one of the 84 Starbucks locations in Australia will be closed by August 3, due to underperformance. The closures are part of the new Starbucks structure, which will focus on profitable growth in three core cities; Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. “In January 2008, we developed strategies to transform the company for the future,” said Howard […]
Sleek and stylish, the BlackBerry Bold has made its way to Australian shores. Building on the previous BlackBerry platform, the BlackBerry Bold also supports tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks and includes built-in GPS and Wi-Fi support. The fashionable smartphone comes with an LCD display, a new design full-QWERTY keyboard, and its black exterior is finished off […]
While news of potential reductions to petrol prices is being welcomed by all, businesses are still changing the way they do business to subsidise increased costs. Findings from 3 Mobile research show petrol prices are impacting 93 percent of businesses. To solve the problem at hand, SMEs are turning to alternative approaches to doing business, […]
