Almost 40 per cent of Australian small businesses don’t have a website in today’s digital era.
According to new research released today by Sensis, when it comes to digital marketing, many SMEs are at risk of falling behind their larger competitors.
Australian SME business leaders have shown overwhelming dissatisfaction with the Federal Government’s proposed tax on carbon.
A survey of 300 SME chiefs, who are members of Australia’s leading executive mentoring organisation, The Executive Connection (TEC), found only 19 per cent supported the tax.
Along with the changes in technology, hospitality and social trends, the business and corporate events industry has experienced huge shifts. With 10 years at the helm, Amy Merriman, Managing Director of event organising firm Event Planet, stops to reflect on the ever-moving world that is events. Amy’s trends to watch: It’s all about you! Events […]
Business owners often find themselves drowning in paperwork and tax time just adds to the burden. There’s always so much to consider including what you’re eligible to claim and ways to maximise your business’ end of year profits.
The finalists in the Best Australian Blogs 2011 Competition have been announced by the Sydney Writers’ Centre. 5 bloggers have made it to the finalists round in the ‘Business’ category of the hotly contested competition. Best Australian Blogs 2011 Competition Coordinator Rose Powell said, “We were very impressed by the quality and quantity of the […]
Australian employees required to travel overseas with their work will have access to unprecedented levels of protection as a result of a new technology suite launched today by Sydney emergency management firm Dynamiq. The Dynamiq Travel Risk Management (TRM) Suite also gives employers the highest possible legal protection by helping them meet – and exceed – their duty of care to travelling staff.
ON THE COVER: Husband and wife team Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy have made Dinosaur Designs a creative and profitable business. Husband and wife team Stephen Ormandy and Louise Olsen are artists first and business owners second. But over the years they’ve refined Dinosaur Designs so it runs as a creative but profitable and professional […]
Telstra has just unveiled a $600 million, five-year investment to help Australian small businesses move to new digital communications, promising significant cost savings for businesses and more streamlined technology.
It was day 273 (week 39) of what seemed like a never-ending second pregnancy, and Rebecca was trying to finish off the last of her client work before taking a few weeks off. Unfortunately, that was all she could manage with a growing client base and ever increasing ‘to do’ list.
The extreme dieters on TV hit The Biggest Loser aren’t the only winners this week with Australia’s fitness industry cashing in on our addiction to the reality TV weight loss phenomenon. According to business information analysts IBISWorld, the Biggest Loser has become an ongoing advertisement for fitness products and services, normalising the use of personal […]
