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Accounting for 96 per cent of local businesses, SMBs are an important aspect of the Australian economy.

The dramatic increase in both the sophistication and frequency of cyber risks and attacks on businesses has profoundly changed the security threat landscape.

If you don’t feel up to speed with these marketing methods, here’s a quick guide to help you get started.

Procrastination: we all do it. Students excel at it, and many of us think it’s the enemy.

Hiring great talent comes at a huge cost to small-medium sized businesses (SMBs). According to Chandler Macleod, in Australia it takes on average 81 days and $15,000 to place a candidate.

New privacy laws have been in effect since 12 March 2014, and for the first time, Australian businesses are facing serious penalties if they don’t toe the line. So what does it all mean for SMEs?

Only a few years ago, you would have most likely paid for your morning coffee with cash. And why not? Who would pull out a card, swipe, wait for it to be processed and sign a receipt when they could just use a $5 note?

The end of the financial year is an exciting time and a time to introduce fresh new business ideas as well as implement well tested, but perhaps forgotten, sound business management principles.

Bitcoin is making news again. Angry investors in the virtual currency are joining a class action to recover nearly US$500 million “lost” when Mt. Gox, a Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange, crashed at the end of February 2014.

Recently, we’ve seen a significant change in the way B2B buyers purchase products and services, brought on by new technology and greater access to information through mobile and social channels.