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Victoria’s sustainable business innovators have two weeks until entries close for the Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2014.

New data showing a trend growth in new job ads, set at the end of 2013 has continued into 2014, and potentially reflects stability in the confidence of employers and job-seekers alike.

For business owners, the cleaning requirements of an office space are little more than an invoice that comes in the mail once a month.

National Seniors chief executive Michael O’Neill is urging the government to introduce more incentives in tomorrow’s budget which would encourage employers to hire over 50s.

It’s been a super month for Government economic statements, in Australia with the long awaited “commission of audit’ report being released just ahead of the usual Federal Budget unveiling.

Automation via robots is an enterprise solution that has traditionally been associated with large scale manufacturing runs, heavy and/or dangerous work, and of course, cost.

Tax specialists have acknowledged that reintroducing the indexation of fuel excise will hurt smaller business owners who will find it harder to pass on costs to consumers and compete with their larger competitors.      The move, likely to be revealed in tomorrow’s budget, is thought to see the 38 cents a litre excise to be […]

You don’t want the last question you ask a valued team member to be “Why are you leaving?”

When you’re in business, time flies and you can often forget to take a moment and contemplate how far you’ve come, so I’ve used this milestone to take the time and list seven lessons I’ve learned throughout my past twenty years in business.

Entering either the café or the gym markets is in itself a risk. Throw in the cutthroat eastern suburbs of Sydney, and you’ve got a powder keg of risk.

The demand for high-speed internet in rural and low-density areas is up to three-times higher than originally anticipated – adding an additional $1.4 billion to the bill.

Small and medium sized businesses do not want to see an increase in the goods and services tax in next week’s Federal Budget and many are pessimistic about whether the Abbott Government will deliver on its promises for the sector.

Privacy Awareness Week 2014 is now well underway, (4-10 May) – the week aims to highlight to business where the critical risks lie, and how to stay protected.

‘Seniorpreneurs’ are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurship, and considered by experts and researchers as the next boom.

When the Commission of Audit report was released last week – replete with sweeping cuts to public spending – it became clear that this years’ budget would be taking no prisoners. We’ve been living beyond out means for too long, and the party is over.

A new report has found that greater investment in innovation and digital technologies could increase Australia’s GDP by $37bn by 2024 and help grow the startup sector. The study by PricewaterhouseCoopers calls for a better balance between investment in physical and knowledge based industries. It warns that too great a reliance on traditional industries like […]

Businesses will pay extra to have their mail delivered more frequently under a “user-pays” model being considered by Australia Post. Australia Post chairman John Stanhope said there was a worldwide trend towards fewer deliveries with letter volumes decreasing from 4.6 billion in 2007-08 to 3.6 billion in 2012-13. Mr Stanhope signalled the “user-pays” option would […]

It’s a new method of pizza delivery, and one small business owner says it has the potential to save him on delivery costs.  Dan Gold, owner of the newly established MELT Pizza located on Melbourne’s Chapel Street, has opted to use ride sharing app UberX to deliver his Napoli-style woodfired pizzas to customers. Mr Gold […]

A consortium of three Brisbane universities are set to host a Global Business Challenge (G20 GBC), which gives away more than $100,000 in prize money and is a cornerstone event in the G20 program.

A new Australia-wide study has revealed Australian law firms are ill prepared for the challenges of the future – more than a third admit their business models are not fit for the demands of the years to come.