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Kick off the new financial year by discovering who your profitable customers are and gently shed the loss makers. Chris Ridd, managing director of small business accounting software provider Xero, explains how.
This year 1,200 Tax Help volunteers will be on hand at 830 community centres across Australia to provide support to people having difficulty completing their own tax returns.
There are some fantastic not-for-profits out there, which find great ways to engage stakeholders and raise awareness of their cause.
Businesses will need to think more strategically about which government grants to apply for following the recent belt-tightening of the budget. The budget repair task has meant the pool of available money is smaller, the grants are more modest and business owners will need to adapt accordingly. Chief executive of consultancy outfit Insight Business, Martin […]
Woolworths thought they would try their hand at something others had never been brazen enough to try; installing a ‘voluntary levy’ on fruit and veg growers to pay for their costly marketing blitz.
A new smartphone application developed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will help small business owners undertake important checks before they enter into business transactions with other organisations.
For a growing business, mission statements are important in creating a culture, improving employee decision making and establishing a clear competitive difference.
Attempting to calculate the return on investment of a social media post is no easy task. Furthermore, in a contest between Facebook and Twitter, which platform bears the most fruit?
The ATO is urging all employers to ensure they have implemented the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate rise which increased to 9.5 per cent on 1 July 2014.
To help your business prepare for the people challenges and opportunities of the new financial year, here are the top ten things you should plan to change this new financial year to set your business up for maximum growth and success.
“It’s getting exciting,” says Douglas Barton. The youthful looking Mr Barton has good reason to be excited. His business, Elevate Education, has just won the 2014 NSW Telstra Business of the year. The business also took out the NSW small business category. Elevate Education operates across four countries and holds study skills seminars attended by […]
The chance to be recognised as an outstanding entrepreneur and small business operator is something that can work wonders for any business – and there are a number of opportunities currently on offer.
Currently one in every five serious workplace-related injuries involves a tradesman.
Companies fail essentially due to poor management, poor financial control and in some cases fraud. What chance do small businesses have to avoid financial failure or mediocrity?
Small businesses across Australia stand to receive a much needed cash injection with a number of lucrative grants currently on offer.
The rapid pace of technological change can be dizzying for even the more astute business owners, but help is at hand.
A former marketing executive at popular dating-app Tinder, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against its co-founders.
Bad debts can be bad news for small business. Chris Ridd, managing director of small business accounting software provider Xero Australia, explains how you can deduct them from your tax – and how you can avoid them.
A business helping students to learn best-practice studying skills has won the 2014 Telstra New South Wales Business of the Year.
It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve noticed a theme, and this week it has undoubtedly been ‘failure’.
