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Heads up Aussie retailers: beginning 1 August 2014, the PIN will be the main form of card payment authorisation in Australia.

There’s change afoot. No longer is farming and farm culture seen by city dwellers as the work of yokels; in fact, it has become the height of fashion.

Juliet Rosser believes in supporting Australian artists. So much so that she set up a business to promote their work and better engage the public with the arts sector.

Formatting a drive remains one of the most common ways organisations try to erase data from drives, even though it doesn’t work.

Cash registers used to be incredibly ornate machines. With a certain sense of authority and triumph, every sale would be accompanied by the sound of makin’ money: “Ca-ching”!!

The belief that your business is too small or too insignificant to be a target of cyber criminals is precisely the problem. In fact, that’s the kind of thinking that cyber crims are quite literally banking on.  The damage caused by security breach cannot be overstated. It directly affects your brand, can cost a lot […]

While I wouldn’t call The Internship a modern day classic, there is a particular scene that absolutely encapsulates the fears of so many small business owners when it comes to migrating online.

As the government prepares to increase the Age Pension to 70 by 2035, academics have expressed concerns about the attitudinal and financial barriers rife in the jobs market.

A new study has confirmed the number of young farmers entering a life on the land is falling.

Growth in the farmers’ market model has seen the introduction of new safeguards and strict quality assurance mechanisms in South Australia.

If you are found to be contravening anti-spam laws in Australia your business could face hefty fines and a damaged reputation.

A meeting of young entrepreneurs from across the globe has agreed to a new action plan that supports start-ups and bolsters growth in the SME sector.

Retailers are being given the chance to cut business costs and boost energy efficiency thanks to free workshops being held around Australia.

The government has moved to introduce fines for businesses that breach the soon to be updated Franchising Code of Conduct and reduce costly disputes in the sector. A bill introduced into the lower house last week strengthens the enforcement of the code and hands new powers to the competition watchdog. The code is currently being […]

Investing in startups used to be something only millionaires and the über wealthy could afford or even think about. But times have changed.

Australia has moved up two places on the 2014 Global Innovation Index (GII) and recorded the top ranking for trade and competition.

On the face of it, opening a new spin and yoga studio in Sydney’s CBD sounds like a shortsighted plan. Aren’t there already dozens of gyms doing that exact same thing?

The competition watchdog has put business on notice, warning it will take enforcement action if cost savings linked to the government’s carbon tax repeal are not passed on.

Thanks to mass production and offshore cheap manufacturing, it’s seemingly easier, quicker, and cheaper to just replace the item, rather than seek a repair.

Don’t give your corporate data away along with your old hardware.