Sharon Williams

Is a degree the be all and end all? Not when everyone else has one too. And what could you benefit from nurturing graduates in your workplace?

Nobody likes tax and if you’re starting a business it’s probably one of the least appealing aspects to running it. Ignore it and be disorganised at your peril!

If there’s one thing that doesn’t change for small business year to year, it’s the importance of good cashflow management.

I was chatting to girlfriends the other night and the topic turned to beauty parlours and pedicures. Seeing as the sun had finally decided to shine we were celebrating our toes looking particularly beautiful! Turns out three of the five had picked up fungal infections in their nails from these walk-in nail places that are […]

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, we are now facing the ‘imminent’ upturn of the economy. Unemployment rates are decreasing, sales and profits are on the rise and with Christmas round the corner all the business doom and gloom seems to be slowly sifting away creating smiles all round.

The contentious hot air balloon boy mystery dominated global news last week and dominated the weekend. It would seem the entire world was glued to the screens over the fate of a cute young boy whose family feared he had been launched into space in a hot air balloon.

I’ve had some fun customer experiences and some difficult ones, but none as complex or contentious as being the agency chosen – 5 weeks before launch date – to engage in the Jesus. All About Life campaign.

It still amazes me when I meet businesses who have no business card or database process. The thought of business cards collected remaining with salespeople or languishing in desks fills me with horror.

In listening to a PRIA webinar with Eric Beecher, senior journalist and co-founder of Crikey.com recently, he discussed the increasing rise of ‘Churnalism’ or the constant turnover or regurgitation of news. As a business owner or decision maker, it is important that you are aware of this ongoing media trend as it affects all businesses large and small that want to communicate with the medi

The Fair Work Act, introduced last week is yet another challenge for us to deal with and promises to change the way we work and pave the way for a fairer and more balanced work ethic between employer and employee. I am always the first to stand up and support any Act that improves work relations, however, being a small business owner, I do have some grave concerns.