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Ensuring your business is ready for the silly season isn’t about being a scrooge – it’s to ensure all you’re left with is a sore head.

It’s hard to keep track of how Aussie consumers want to pay – a new report shows we’re utilising more payment methods than ever before.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recorded an increase in misleading conduct related to bogus online reviews.

Falling productivity and workplace performance is the chief worry for business leaders.

It’s the set of frustrations that everyone can relate to: slow browsers, lengthy startups and general slowdowns.

Multi-national sandwich franchise Subway has proposed a global challenge for aspiring franchisees.

Holistic community health enterprise, Western Desert, has been announced the winner of the inaugural Ethical Enterprise Award 2013.

We all moan that Christmas decorations go up earlier and earlier each year, but the holiday season is now officially underway. Despite the holiday season, customers aren’t necessarily going to be knocking down your door to spend. However there are some surefire ways SMB owners can maximise retail activity. Tim Reed, CEO of MYOB, said […]

A record 1.8 million Australians will shop via a mobile device on Sunday 8 December, according to forecasting by eBay.

A festival being held in Melbourne this weekend will celebrate the virtues of ethical choices and sustainable living.

North Sydney was named the eTown for 2013 at an event this morning, with Federal Treasurer and member for North Sydney Joe Hockey present to congratulate the council and local businesses.

A new platform has been launched which provides an alternative to developing an app, and selling it via the App Store or Google Play.

The majority of new businesses fail in their first year, but almost every business owner believes their venture will be the exception to the rule.

Much has been made of the brain drain in the Australian startup space as talent heads to Silicon Valley to find success – but the local future still continues to get brighter.

A bunch of friends or family members dream up a business idea, nut out the details on a napkin, and the deal is sealed with a handshake. If only it were that simple.

Time is running out for small businesses to take advantage of the current small asset write off threshold before changes come into effect from 1 January 2014.

Monday-itis, 3.30-itis – we all go through slumps through the course of the average workday or workweek, but a new app is hoping to inspire Aussies by making them think about charity.

Flexibility has become more important than ever for workers – a new survey has found that the average Aussie employee is spending 13 hours a week working at home, or about 17 weeks a year. The survey from Optus found that those working from home, dubbed ‘life splicers’, are in the majority, with only five […]

In a classic example of an offer sounding too good to be true, and just that little bit too easy – a spate of LinkedIn scams reinforces that users can’t let their guard down.

Australia is in the top three most entrepreneurial countries in the world, falling behind just Denmark and Finland.