Lorna Brett

SMEs continue to see insolvency as their biggest concern, with experts calling on the Government to implement tax breaks for small businesses at today’s Tax Forum.

With Mental Health Week (9-15 October) approaching fast, it’s important businesses implement strategies to manage stress and anxiety in the workplace for employees, managers and owners alike. With this in mind, here’s some tips for managing mental health in the workplace.

Pulling off a business turnaround takes an intimate understanding of a business, including its customers, products, sales process, and employees. This process should be completed in a short time period as stalling or extending it can lead to even more losses.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Ruslan Kogan, the young entrepreneur shaking up the consumer electronics industry.

Facebook unveiled a raft of changes at this year’s f8 Developer Conference, many of which have left security experts concerned about a rise in Twitter-style spambots as well as targeted cybercrime attacks on users.

mCommerce is moving towards maturity in Australia, according to PayPal figures released this week which show over 1,000 transactions are now being processed from mobile phones every hour.

Cold Rock Ice Creamery is expanding its already booming franchise business of 100 stores, by looking to add 10 more in regional Victoria.

Local employees are most irked by co-workers who don’t take ownership for their actions and dirty common areas in the office, according to a global survey by LinkedIn.

Amazon has finally revealed its hotly anticipated iPad competitor, today launching the Kindle Fire and using the opportunity to take a swipe at the premium price of Apple’s products.

iiNet has unveiled a new cloud-based phone service aimed at SME customers, designed to give them access to services usually reserved for big businesses including conferencing facilities, advanced call routing and music on hold.