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More than three-quarters of workers suffering from cold or flu turn up to work, according to results from a survey conducted by Newspoll and commissioned by Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract.

The plunging property market will put a number of small businesses at risk, particularly start-ups that often secure finance using the value of their homes, according to Rob Lamers, CEO of Oxford Funding, a subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

Internet vulnerability has increased by 30 percent in the last year, with a more than 160% increase in new vendors affected according to a report by global digital security company Symantec.

Businesses should still have cyber security on the agenda as cyber crime continues to be an issue, according to data protection software developer AVG.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) have lobbied the Federal Government for a low price on carbon emissions, both saying that a low price is required for businesses to stay competitive.

What happens if you are ruining your business by behaviours you didn’t even realise you were enacting? Pet peeves are what I am talking about. People won’t let you act out pet peeves over and over again; you will lose clients over this.

Entrepreneurs in the digital media and creative industries space will be the focus of think-tank X Media Lab’s annual Global Media Ideas conference, run as part of Vivid Sydney’s festival of light, music and ideas.

There was a conversation on radio station Nova 100 (Melbourne) recently that discussed businesses that were struggling to get customers in the door. There was an example of a pizza restaurant that was experiencing slow business while a competitor down the road was going gangbusters.

More than half of Twitter users stopped following brands because of ‘repetitive or boring messages’, according to a study conducted by ExactTarget and CoTweet. The Social Break-Up, a report on online behaviour, found that 52 percent of people stopped following a brand due to a lack of strategy when using the medium.

When dealing with poorly performing employees, we train managers how to ‘catch it early’ or else condone it. In other words, managers must confront poor performance at its first signs.

New laws under the forthcoming national Work Health and Safety Act will be a wake-up call for employers who believe their occupational health and safety policy will sufficiently cover workplace incidents.

Australian adoption of cloud computing is growing, according to a report conducted by growth specialists Frost & Sullivan.

The State of Cloud Computing in Australia: 2011 report showed that 43% of Australian enterprises had adopted cloud computing in some form or another, and indicated that 41% of IT decision makers said cloud computing would be a priority in the near future.

Online marketing agency Traffika, with the Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence, have launched an initiative to build and support Australia’s franchise sector through social media.

Women on Boards and Accenture Australia will host the ThinkWomen 2011 National Lunch Series, career workshops about gender in the workplace.

Managers find Gen Y staff easier to work with than the challenge of Baby Boomers, according to research conducted by Leadership Management Australasia (LMA).

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A third (33%) of Australian employees say that they are comfortable being ‘friends’ with their boss on social networks, according to the latest Workplace Survey from the specialist finance and accounting recruitment firm Robert Half International.

Jennifer Bishop of LinkedIn blogs about how to get the most out of LinkedIn and determine your return on investment.

“This is a “networking activity”, not a transactional sale in a retail store. The question is not; Why are you wasting my time? – but more – Why aren’t you defining your target market appropriately and implementing an appropriate sales cycle plan?”

Brisbane born company Reload Media has nabbed a place in BRW’s Fast Starters list for 2011, on top of ranking 19 in the Startup Smart Awards earlier this year.

Bankwest announces the introduction of the Business FeeSaver Loan, a straightforward product that delivers all the benefits of a Bankwest business loan, minus the upfront bank fees. Bankwest will begin offering the Business FeeSaver Loan, to business customers Australia-wide immediately.