Technology is helping SMEs bridge the divide between the need for communicating with staff and customers and the need to streamline costs. As rising fuel prices make physical travel ever more expensive, virtual travel is become easier and cheaper. It seems unavoidable that as a business grows, so does its travel budget. Interstate and international […]
No doubt about it, Australia has become an employees’ market. So how can you maintain a low staff turnover without blowing your budget? Here are 50 ways to create happy and loyal employees. 1. Salary One of the biggest employee motivators, pay is what attracts us to most new positions and encourages us to stay. […]
Every business needs a plan to survive in a crisis. Along with generic and industry specific risks, contingencies should be in place for unexpected disasters such as floods, terrorist attacks, and computer hacking issues. Imagine you’ve been building a successful business for seven years and decide to launch a succession plan to move out of […]
We all want a website that makes an impression, but it must be the right impression. Find out how to push your website to the next level, without pushing it over the top. Design-intensive websites with loads of content are often seen by business owners as important elements of a successful website. But, according to […]
Gavin Dixon offers his suggestions on how training and evaluation keeps staff happy, motivated and performing their best. Staff turnover is expected to cost Australian businesses more than $100 billion this year, according to recent research by Unisys. If that’s not enough to convince business owners to take a greater interest in their employees, perhaps […]
Having a website isn’t enough; Robelen Bajar offers the following suggestions to ensure you are maximising your efforts. I’m amazed me that I am still being asked why businesses need a website. According to Name Intelligence, there are over 100 billion websites currently operating on the web; Internetworldstats.com ranks Australia among the top internet users […]
There is a new generation of accountant empowered by new technology, aiming to revolutionise the way you run your business. A lot of businesses are held back because they don‘t receive professional advice from accountants on their financial performance. As important as your BAS or tax return seems the day before it’s due, it’s still […]
As a business owner, you’ve heard about the must have business plan, but do you have a disaster recovery plan? How would your business be affected if you suddenly lost all your computer data? Most of us back up our important files (or at least we should!) but what if there was a fire? A […]
For specialist hose reel manufacturer, Quik Corp, an Australian Government innovation grant has meant a world of difference. "The grant has meant we’ve been able to move from being a one dimensional to a multi-dimensional company," says Quik Corp’s sales manager, David Wardle. Quik Corp received almost $370,000 from the government’s business program delivery division, […]
If there is one common theme shared by virtually all of the 17,000 people who have participated in our project management workshops, it is their relationship, or lack of, with their project sponsor. The role of the project sponsor is critical in ensuring the success of business projects. Our research and experience has shown that […]
