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Just four months after it began testing its daily deals offering, Facebook has killed the product, saying it’s learned a great deal from the exercise and will “continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses.”
Hamish Anderson blogs about an area of communication most of us now take for granted – email.
“Email has become a pervasive part of our every day, so much so, that many businesses cannot function properly without a live connection. But just how much do we know about email, how much do we take for granted, or what risks does it actually pose to business?”
The first of Woolworths’ big-box hardware stores has opened for business, with consumers in the Victorian suburb of Braybrook the first to set foot in the 13,500 square-metre Masters store.
Appliances Online has received seven nominations in the Online Retail Industry Awards (OIRAs), making it the most-nominated online retailer in the country.
Kogan.com.au saw a 264 percent rise in the number of products purchased this financial year, with Founder and CEO Ruslan Kogan reporting the strong figures are evidence of the online retail boom.
Local businesses in dire need of new business software are being encouraged to enter a new competition from Greentree Business Software, and go in the running to win a $250,000 boost.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has hit the road with Treasurer Andrew Fraser this week in a bid to lure investment and businesses back into the state, in the wake of the devastating floods that hit the state earlier this year.
Shop A Docket and Woolworths have re-established their partnership, in a move that will see Shop A Docket receipts again distributed at the point of sale in Woolworths and Big W stores across Australia.
2.7 million professionals are readily available on Freelancer.com to build an entrepreneur’s or small business’ global team, costing business owners as little as $30, according to CEO Matt Barrie.
Now that Email is the primary form of business communication, workers need to establish systems to keep their inboxes manageable.
Vancouver has resigned its post as the best city in the world to live in, allowing Melbourne to claim the prize position and top the ranks with a score of 97.5 percent.
Brad Callaughan blogs about choosing the right business structure from the very beginning.
“As a general rule, you need to look at the future projection of income you expect to earn. If you’re starting a small business that contains no risk and you’re looking at not exceeding turnover of $75,000, I would be comfortable for a start-up to operate as a sole trader or partnership.”
Harvey Norman has reported a 9 percent rise in profit for the year ended June, saying its franchising operations segment continues to underpin the overall performance of the group.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has just made available a new draft regulatory guide which sets out best practice guidance for the advertising of financial products and advice.
An independent analysis of Australian frequent flyer credit cards has revealed it can take up to nine years to earn a one-way trip to London. These results are compounded by credit card surcharges from retailers, airline taxes and annual fees that also eat away at points.
Businesses looking to offer their employees the flexibility of working from home are putting themselves at risk if they fail to adopt security measures suitable for dealing with a mobile workforce.
Be one of the first 1,000 businesses to apply at bpplus.com.au for a BP Plus account and you’ll receive 10 cents per litre off the pump price for one month*.
Double digit revenue and profit growth is predicted for the local franchise sector in the 2011 financial year, though poor consumer confidence and unstable global financial markets are leading franchisors to be more conservative in their outlook.
With the new financial year now well underway, a number of important HR and employment relations changes that came into effect on 1 July should be on your radar.
Most business software applications are created to produce a set of financial records, and do not focus on how the business actually created that result. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the key to effectively managing a multitude of business processes across an organisation.
