Jen Bishop

We live in an increasingly technological world but as SMEs we also need to watch our cash flow more than ever. There are a whole range of options out there to make your office work from virtually anywhere.

In these tough times (yawn), news of all kinds of weird and wonderful business models is landing in my inbox on a daily basis. But today’s was something else: pay-what-you-think-it’s-worth. Melbourne-based business improvement and productive thinking consultancy The Thinking Network, has offered the above terms to selected customers. Here’s the deal: the company will undertake […]

New research has found that a growing number of Aussie workers are willing to take a pay cut in order to be able to work from home. It’s causing a bit of a debate on Twitter so I thought I’d chuck my opinion into the ring because it’s something that gets me a bit hot […]

I recently started working out with a new personal trainer in a bid to shift some kilos. My colleagues are already bored of hearing me moan about wanting to eat something I’m not ‘allowed’ or how much my quads happen to be hurting today, but I am a Pom, and I do whinge. New trainer […]

This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged on maternity pay. Last time, it was to say how horrified I was when I first found out—coming from a country with generous maternity leave provisions—that Australian women didn’t have the same luxury. But is it a luxury? As editor of a magazine for small business owners, I’m […]

If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s rudeness and lack of manners and I encountered this on both legs of my UK/Australia trip last month. I was very lucky to be upgraded to business class (thank you, dear Emirates) for part of my journey, and the other part was spent in cattle class. Now, […]

Here we go again with another way to save money in tough economic times/the GFC/the current climate. Bear with me. The latest PR cost-cutting initiative comes from agency Handle Communications, which has set up the website Handle Your Own PR. It’s designed to help cash-strapped small businesses do their own PR by buying media contact […]

Most small businesses are looking to cut non-essential costs such as travel in the economic crisis. Is flying business class still a justifiable expense or just a tax-deductable perk of the job? Business class means big money for the airlines and there’s a lot of competition out there. With small business owners having to justify […]

Your work look can say a lot about who you are. We previously explored what women wear to work and why, now it’s the businessmen’s turn. Is the old suit and tie still the norm, or has the workplace evolved and gone casual? We profiled five Aussie businessmen and their work wear choices.

Dear readers, I’m off to the UK for a few weeks to fine tune my whiney, complaining, cynical, up-on-my-high-horse whingeing skills in order to provide you with the most authentic Whingeing Pom value for money. Can’t have your country making me all easy going and optimistic, now can we? While I’m away I’ve organised for […]