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In business, it’s both customary and polite to engage in a few pleasantries before diving into negotiations. However, it seems men have more to gain than women when it comes to honing their chitchat skills.
Offshoring back office functions can help small businesses expand, improve customer service and free up cash for advertising and marketing campaigns. Increasingly small business owners have been taking advantage of cheaper wages in countries like India and the Philippines to offshore administrative and customer service functions. Scott Linden Jones, author and expert on global resourcing, […]
Sipping chardonnay and looking out across rows of perfectly manicured grape vines doesn’t quite compute with the day-to-day reality of running a vineyard. Not to mention an on-site winery, cellar door, and restaurant.
The Australian Taxation Office has dealt a blow to businesses capitalising on the growth in crypto-currencies like Bitcoin by finding virtual currencies should not be treated as money. The move has triggered a push back with digital currency advocates warning of reduced competitiveness, weakened innovation and a further assault upon Australia’s struggling start-up sector. In […]
Celebrity chef Maggie Beer’s company – Maggie Beer Products Pty Ltd – has been reprimanded by the consumer watchdog for falsely representing a number of gourmet products as having been manufactured in South Australia, when they were in fact made in Queensland.
One of Australia’s business leaders has championed the fight against unemployment as a means to improve national health outcomes and called on business to play a leading role. Head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kate Carnell, this week said there were significant health savings to be made by helping unemployed people into […]
Many small business owners feel they don’t have enough time to develop digital engagement strategies, or are sceptical about the dividends it will return to their enterprise. However, Google Australia’s head of small business marketing Rich Flanagan says that taking the plunge can be worth it because it is likely to boost your revenue and […]
In a world that is so firmly entrenched in turmoil, violence, and hatred – Australia is not called the lucky country for no reason.
Telstra is reminding customers across Australia to be wary of scammers who attempt to obtain their personal information via telephone.
Victorians are gearing up for the second annual Support Small Business Day to be held on Saturday 4 October.
A joint initiative between coworking community River City Labs and Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is behind a new program to help entrepreneurs get their startup ideas out of their garage and onto the global market.
Do you, like most other people trying to run a business, feel like you are trying to schedule in a hundred different things a day?
A team from the University of Sydney veterinary school has managed to calculate the return on investment of working dogs on farms.
Entrepreneurs and business owners get into the game for many reasons. Money, power, to change the world, help people, leave a legacy or just as an alternate to working for someone else.
Think you’re being funky and ‘with it’ by using amazeballs, YOLO, and clickbait in your marketing material? Think again.
Michael McGlynn is frank about the purpose of his studio: he wants it to produce quality art. The higher the quality of the product, the better it is for business.
A cheeky new underwear range is asking if Aussies are willing to give ‘Peas a chance’ – so is to say, to consider swapping meat for a vegie substitute.
Fifty of Australia’s most successful Australian entrepreneurs – collectively worth more than $1 billion – are set to lend start-ups the benefit of their wisdom, experience and secrets in a free online five-day summit.
Statistics consistently demonstrate an under-representation of women working in IT – and limited improvement in the number of girls entering these fields after school.
In the last couple of months discussion of the ransomware computer threat has catapulted out of the computer pages into mainstream news, and for good reasons.
