Economy-wide spending enjoyed a solid gain in June, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI), suggesting consumers are slowly becoming less tentative about parting with their cash.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Dean Ramler, the young go-getter who’s selling furniture to consumers in Australia and the UK via his wildly successful online venture Milan Direct.
James Patten and Brad Carr are the two local entrepreneurs taking on an international discount beauty empire with their venture RY.com.au. Here’s the scoop behind this fast-growing Aussie success story.
Over half of all businesses don’t know what it costs them to accept credit cards, according to research, an issue being addressed by newly launched Visa program that aims to make SMBs aware of how they can cut costs by reviewing their credit card acceptance practices.
Dynamic Business wants to know what it is about owning a business that gets you fired up and out of bed each morning. Tell us to go in the running to win a HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 Multifunction printer or $500 from Evolvex to design your own Australian made high quality desk, underdesk storage unit, bookcase or stack of storage cubes.
The July issue of Dynamic Business magazine hits newsstands and lands in postboxes this week, with Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson on the cover. Here’s your first look at what else is inside…
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Handle Your Own PR founders Jules Brooke and Simone Heydon, who took the loss of clients during the GFC and turned the bad luck into a thriving new business.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate unchanged following its meeting today, citing on-trend growth and inflation.
The national minimum wage rose yesterday, following on from a Fair Work decision last month to boost the pay packets of the country’s lowest paid workers.
Welcome to Friday, SMB owners and entrepreneurs. The past week’s been a busy one, so here’s a wrap-up of some of the business headlines you might have missed. This week, Melbourne IT services group OBT was named the country’s best workplace and research found the majority of business owners would open another business, if given the opportunity.
