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Research has found that poor performing super funds could cost the average Australian worker $600,000 in retirement funds. The findings exposed by Rainmaker Information’s superannuation comparison service, SelectingSuper, revealed that if an employee selected and stayed with a poor performing MySuper default super fund their entire career they could end up with $265,000 by the […]
Employer reputation is a key factor in attracting talent with 96 per cent of job hunters admitting to reading reviews about a company before accepting a job opportunity. The survey of more than 1000 Australian job hunters in 2019 found that three in four job hunters deemed it essential to research a company’s reputation before […]
Entrepreneurs Mario Hasanakos and Alex Badran have revolutionised the ‘piggy bank’ with Spriggy, a banking app for families to encourage children to ‘turn pocket money into practical life lessons’. Since its launch in November 2016, Spriggy has welcomed more than 200,000 members to its Spriggy family. The app provides children with a digital piggy bank, […]
Rapid growth of the space industry in Adelaide is generating national and global interest in an incubator program for space industry startups. Following on from the success of its first intake, South Australian based space incubator, Venture Catalyst Space, is on the hunt for up to 10 companies to be part of its second international […]
The Australian Taxation Office is encouraging small business owners to take some simple steps as they transition to Single Touch Payroll reporting (STP). Single Touch Payroll is a new way for business owners to send tax and super information to the ATO from accounting software, however some software may need to be updated to allow […]
Australia has ranked second last on the Digital Maturity Index according to a report released this week by global leader in next-generation digital services, Infosys. The report found that Australia was behind its global counterparts with a Digital Maturity Index of 53.1 compared to the global average of 57.4. According to the report, the four […]
Recent figures released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have confirmed that coal was Australia’s largest single export in 2018. A statement released this week from the Coal Council of Australia said that coal had now asserted its pivotal role in the Australian economy. “Historically coal has been Australia’s most significant export contributor, and the […]
The findings of the Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector is expected to turn the finance industry on its head with fears of interest rate rises following a ban on broker commissions. Scottish Pacific CEO Peter Langham said that adding a broker fee for service would be detrimental to small business owners […]
Australia’s largest startup community, Fishburners, will farewell its first employee next month as CEO Pandora Shelley hands over the reigns to pursue international opportunities. Ms Shelley joined Fishburners in 2011 and has taken on numerous roles and responsibilities including, community manager, marketing manager, and chief operations officer before taking on the role of CEO over […]
Best tips and tricks to get the New Year off to a roaring start New Year’s Resolutions aren’t for everyone but there was a common theme among our Let’s Talk business leaders as they tackle the start of 2019 – goal setting and investing in staff retention and training. For these savvy business owners, the […]
If you have always been the first to jump to organising family parties and have a knack for those finer details that nobody else really thinks about, there is no reason as to why you shouldn’t set up your own business in events planning. Changing your hobby to a business will mean you need to […]
When you have little ones that constantly needs looking after it can seriously limit your ability to make money. While you may not be able to go out to work and leave them alone at home, that is not to say that there aren’t alternative solutions. In today’s day and age, there are many ways […]
Following on from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Switzerland, 76 members of the World Trade Organisation have begun negotiations on new international rules in digital trade. The negotiations on trade-related aspects of e-commerce are a significant step towards updating international trade rules. Australian Minister for trade, tourism and investment, Simon Birmingham said: “Through […]
Small business owners could be most impacted once the final report of the Royal Commission is released later today. According to Scottish Pacific CEO Peter Langham, the impact of the Royal Commission will be far and wide and there are growing fears that small businesses will find it even harder to access funding. “From where […]
Mistaken identity is a perennial movie plot. Who can forget the classic suspense flick, North by Northwest which has ad man Cary Grant on the run after being mistaken for a government agent? Or Date Night which sees a romantic evening turn dangerous after a married couple take up the dinner reservation of a couple of no-shows? […]
As the Royal Commission leads to an increase in lending standards and requirements for banks, many businesses will be forced to look outside the Big Four to raise the capital they need. The good news is that there are a lot of untapped capital options for SMEs to look at. The Royal Commission has meant […]
Ricoh, a leading provider of smart workplace technology, yesterday announced the findings of its Workplace Innovation Index, a new look into the challenges Australian organisations face with driving innovation and adapting to change. In a survey of business leaders conducted on behalf of Ricoh by StollzNow Research, only one-quarter (25%) believe innovation is core to […]
Media Release Hootsuite, the leader in social media management, in collaboration with We Are Social, the global socially-led creative agency, today released Digital 2019. The eighth annual report, which examines digital trends and social media use across 230 countries and territories, uncovered that more than one million new people go online every day, and […]
With more Australians splitting their shopping dollars between online and in-store purchasing, it behoves retailers to ensure they’re offering a superlative customer experience via both channels. In the 12 months to June 2018, Australians spent a whopping $26.5 billion on online retail, according to the NAB Online Retail Sales Index. The Ibisworld 2018 Online Shopping […]
Australian businesses are ahead of their global counterparts when it comes to embracing new technology and preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Deloitte’s second annual global Readiness Report, Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Faces of progress, 49 per cent of Australian business leaders say they invest in new technologies to disrupt their market, […]
