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Group buying website OfferMe and Online Media Group (OMG), which operates Business.com.au, have combined to help Australian retailers capitalise on a fast-growing online market.

Party season is upon us and as we celebrate Christmas and the year’s end, it’s important to bear legal obligations in mind when hosting the all important office Christmas party.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Dan Murray, the young gun taking on the underwear market.

Businesses developing a new product, process or service won’t have to repay Early Stage Commercialisation grants under new changes to the government-funded Commercialisation Australia program.

If you’re a small business intending to pass on the costs of the carbon tax to your customers and suppliers, you’d better be careful about it.

Social media continues to grow, with statistics in Australia showing all platforms increasing. Anna Cairo blogs about why you should consider developing a policy:

“Its emergence has created a vast range of communication opportunities, however, with it comes a blurring of the lines between personal and business communication.”

It is Christmas time and so in the spirit of giving here are some marketing tools and apps we just love and that we want to share with you.

In just 12 tips, Greg Charlwood of Bibby Financial Services will show you how to improve your business over the festive season so you’ll be ready to succeed in 2012.

One of Australia’s leading online retailers has declared that bricks-and-mortar stores have lost the price war and should stop complaining and move on if they wish to keep their customer base.

In these days of social media and eNewsletters, is there still a place for good old-fashioned direct mail through the letterbox? One man says yes.

Successful entrepreneurs and business owners know their numbers and rely on their accountant to provide specialist help and leadership in this area.

Generation Y has excellent saving skills but more debt than ever before, according to new research by REST Industry Super.

Business owners can now find the government support and funding they need, following an update to the Federal Government’s online Grants and Assistance Finder tool.

Daily deal offers and group buying can be used successfully to promote the products and services of a business. Over the last year, many Australian businesses have started using these offers as a modern approach to advertising.

Catriona Pollard blogs about deciding whether or not public relations is right for your business.

“Although many businesses are now implementing public relations specialists to help provide two-way communication between stakeholders, public relations is often misunderstood…”

The old saying, you have to spend money to make money might be true, but one expert offers some insight into negotiating the best banking deals, so you don’t have to spend as much to get started or keep going.

The Reserve Bank (RBA) has cut the national interest rate to 4.25 percent, the second consecutive cut it has made in its monthly meetings—the first back-to-back monthly cuts since April 2009.

Communication between small business stakeholders is critical to success, according to the outcome of a recent event hosted by NAB in Melbourne.

Three in four small businesses do not understand the threats posed by reliance on mobile phones and tablets, according to a report by security software developer AVG.

Cash is like oxygen for small business owners, and keeping a close eye on cashflow is important—especially during the holiday period when it can be hard to contact your debtors.