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The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has released a free Digital Ready Digital Business Kit with the aim of helping small business and not-for-profit organisations better cope in the digital economy.
Business customers are seeing a higher level of satisfaction with their banks, according to a survey.
Communication amongst colleagues is said to be the biggest issue with anytime-anywhere work, according to a new study released.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) now has further power to penalise business after the Coalition Government passed a new Franchising Code of Conduct.
The nominations for this year’s Lord Mayor’s Business Awards have been announced.
August saw the largest monthly employment increase in the 35 years that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has been generating records.
In an evermore competitive market, Australian retailers are struggling against the rising number of multinational chains setting up camp.
A new study has revealed that women outperform men when it comes to online crowdfunding.
More Australian small business owners are opting to take on self-managed super funds.
The decision by the government to repeal the mining tax could negatively impact small business owners who may have to pay back taxes if they placed a return linked with tax support provisions.
The idea that criminals can hijack your computer content and use encryption to hold your data to ransom is worrying, but there is another, positive side to the technology that rarely gets mentioned.
The Tax Commissioner believes bitcoin is not money or foreign currency and bitcoin transactions should be treated like barter trades, with similar tax results.
A recent report from professional social networking site LinkedIn, Talent Trends 2014, found a shocking 85 per cent of employees are either actively looking for another job or are open to speaking with a recruiter.
A Cambridge-backed briefing series on the implications of climate change for business is a useful resource for companies wanting to plan for the future.
Surprise survey results from one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds has found that the majority of businesses supported the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate, including 14 per cent who strongly supported the rise.
Australia Post is seeking to charge customers extra to deliver letters within a designated time, such as the next day.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced it is ramping up its surveillance program aimed at weeding out illegal phoenix operators.
Some entrepreneurs have a knack for innovative business ideas, but lack the key management skills needed to get their idea off the ground and turn it into a viable reality. The truth is that entrepreneurs will be forced to learn this skill or, alternatively, they will need to employ someone to do it. The day-to-day […]
The ‘motherhood penalty’ is a major factor in Australia’s gender pay gap and an issue that must be addressed with greater urgency, the Diversity Council Australia has said.
Nearly 70 per cent of SMEs that spend money on innovation expect to receive a return on their investment within one year and expect it to make a significant difference to their business. The July 2014 Bibby Financial Services Barometer shows that more than half of SMEs surveyed are currently focused on innovation in the […]
