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Marketers have long since cottoned onto using the term ‘organic’ for strategic branding. Walking into a supermarket customers are faced with hundreds of different products boasting the term ‘organic’ on the label.
Each year the Australian Taxation office targets key sectors of Australian business for audit campaigns – in its Compliance in Focus 2013 notice, small businesses are among those to have drawn the short straw.
Fire drills usually tend to mean a stroll down the building’s back stairs and a chance to grab a takeaway coffee with colleagues.
Restaurants and cafés will no longer have to produce separate menus for weekends and public holidays when they might apply a surcharge.
In a classic example of identifying and acting upon a gap in the market, this serial entrepreneur has brought his latest idea to life.
Following cash injections from Angel and Seed funding totaling some $775k, the Start-Up Stock Exchange (SSX) kicked off earlier this month – and so far six Aussie companies have listed.
EI gives the small business community the opportunity to ask our employment experts their burning employment questions.
A number of high profile organisations are now taking applications for grants and scholarships aimed at giving talented and innovative entrepreneurs a leg up.
New research has found that work-life balance in Australian companies has actually worsened in the last 12 months.
Thanks to a number of different initiatives, Indigenous Australians are increasingly making their mark on the business community.
When you think of crazes taking the business world by storm, a new app or gadget is usually the centre of attention – until now.
Fifth Quadrant was named the winner of the Telstra NSW Business of the Year Award and the Medium Business Award this week.
If you check your social media networks as soon as you wake up, you’re not alone – new research indicates that a case of FOMO is the culprit.
Cloud computing platform Rackspace is offering one Aussie start-up the chance to pitch its idea and win a trip to San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
When the Federal Treasurer handed down the budget for the nation, we were prompted to think about budgets from the perspective of small businesses.
QR codes have been widely used as a marketing tool and when used effectively, can add value to the consumer experience. Using the codes for mobile coupons may be one such way.
The University of Queensland’s technology incubator, ilab, has been given the tick of approval by the state government with funding granted for the next two years.
The restrictions on hiring foreign workers have become tighter with the Senate passing Labor’s 457 foreign worker visa scheme.
Beware negative brand association – the ACCC has taken action against group buying site Scoopon, alleging it has misled consumers and businesses alike.
If you believe Hollywood, the business world is a cold, dark place where the only concern is chasing down every dollar.
