Paul Hayman

It’s Christmas time and there is a real need to keep your business’ reputation and brand intact during this festive period of cheer and merriment.

Ten Australian-led startups are among the Guidewire Group’s 2010 Innovate!100 list released this week. The list is the result of a year-long Innovate! program of pitch slam and workshop events designed to identify and promote young companies and the entrepreneurs who drive them from idea to sustainability.

Gift and Homewares Australia have sold out all possible floorspace for exhibitors for Sydney’s biggest Home and Giving Fair, taking place at Sydney Showground on 19-22 February 2011.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched an online education module that explains the new consumer guarantees to business owners, managers and sales staff.

ProjectCentre has been crowned one of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies for the second consecutive year by Deloitte.

The NSW Government has helped a Sydney legal services technology company secure a major investment partner, Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal today said.

Food science innovation company Dr Red is the brainchild of Brisbane couple Katrina Orchard and Greg Jardine. After meeting in 2003, the pair embarked on a mission to turn their shared passion for the medicinal properties of food into a thriving business with a philanthropic purpose.

Victorian SMEs have the potential to save on average almost $850 on their annual electricity bill and 40 tonnes of carbon emissions an initiative delivered by the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) reveals.

The Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, which came into effect on 1 October 2010, sees the Federal Government provide tax payer-funded paid parental leave. However, in the majority of cases employers will be required to physically distribute payment to their eligible employees, from 1 July 2011.

The Better Regulation Office and the Department of Justice and Attorney General are undertaking a joint review of the debt recovery process in New South Wales and need to hear from NSW businesses.