Growing business confidence in New South Wales and Victoria has pushed the national confidence of business owners to a 15-month high. According to the latest Sensis Business Index, business confidence has risen three percentage points to 59 percent, up 11 percent from the same time last year. This is largely due to strong results from […]
A new kit is available to help rural businesses affected by the drought apply for financial assistance. Prepared by accounting body CPA Australia and the ANZ bank, the kit describes the types of drought relief offered by the Federal Government to businesses in exceptional circumstances, while clarifying the seemingly daunting application process. "It specifies the […]
In today’s business environment it is extremely important for every business regardless of size to have a digital assets redundancy plan. Owners and managers of businesses are so busy with their day-to-day issues; planning or implementing a redundancy plan tends to be placed in the “too hard” or “not enough time” basket. If a plan […]
New long-distance budget airline Air Asia X says it will announce its first Australian destination within days, and its promotional fares to London will be as low as $11.30. The carrier – an offshoot of Asia's biggest low cost airline Air Asia – hopes to fly to Australia for its inaugural flight from its Kuala Lumpur base […]
The Victorian Government has recognised that workforce planning is a major issue for businesses in growing profitably. To this end, the Government has created the My Business, My People initiative to help businesses with five to 100 employees in their workforce planning. The Government has allocated $10.6 million over four years to the project which […]
Stay ahead of the pack with the latest business information… Conference for Families in BusinessThe theme of Family Business Australia's ninth annual conference, 'Built to Last' encompasses both the business, and the family. It is not only for those families who are building a dynasty, but also for those families who seek to put the building […]
Green Pages is the first national directory of environmentally sustainable products and services. To view the products and services that are green friendly visit Greenpages Australia.
The Little black book of scams is a consumer guide to scams, swindles, rorts and rip-offs – This concise and easy to read booklet describes the most common techniques used by scammers, advice on how to protect yourself, scambuster classroom activities and a list of contacts where you can report scams and get help dealing […]
The Bill Calculator is a neat service provided on www.phonechoice.com.au which allows anyone to enter their mobile phone behaviour, and then it produces the best mobile plans based on this, including a specific search choice for business plans. It also allows you to search for VoIP services and broadband and internet plans. Visit http://www.phonechoice.com.au for […]
A new website has been launched to help make it a little easier for businesses to create and manage Australian Workplace agreements. Peopleinsite ( http://www.peopleinsite.com.au ) aims to be an easily accessible tool that helps businesses of any size reduce the administration and compliance costs when creating AWA's. The team behind the site claim it’s […]
