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Certified Organic baby skincare start-up Little Innoscents is due to launch its range on the Singaporean market on 19 July.

Danielle MacInnis blogs about how businesses should be making use of the mobile phone in their marketing strategies.

“Mobile is a game changer. People don’t understand yet that mobile’s deliver a totally new means of interaction and mobile marketing allows you to reach an audience that are plugged in 24/7.”

Nanotek, the Australian-owner car cleaning franchise, has made history by becoming the first Australian mobile franchise to arrive in Russia.

Tim Wolfenden blogs about how the carbon tax will likely affect already rising electricity prices.

“Although there’s definitely merit in the immediate need drive some positive action on climate change, I fear this will be a crippling blow for small and medium businesses Australia-wide.”

COSBOA is asking small businesses to provide information about how the carbon tax is likely to impact them, after people expressed disappointment it didn’t attack the carbon price scheme Julia Gillard announced on Sunday.

The Federal Government has introduced a stringent payment regime obliging state agencies to pay small business creditors within 30 days, or they’ll face penalties for late payment.

Small business owners interested in self-managed super fund advice and profitable investment insights are being invited to attend a seminar run by leading financial commentator Peter Switzer and BT Chief Economist Chris Caton.

LivingSocial has unveiled Australia’s first family-dedicated group buying site, designed to deliver parents fun and imaginative ways to get the kids out of the house.

Craig Scroggie blogs about how SMBs should use the EOFY to reassess the protection given to their digital assets.

“What hackers like about a small business is that they tend to have more money in the bank than an end-user or consumer and less cyber defences than a larger company – making them a less sophisticated and lucrative target.”

Online learning system, portal and assessment business Janison, took out top honours in the NSW Telstra Business Awards, held in Sydney on Friday night.

Good news business owners! Marketing is simple, blogs Michelle Gamble.

“Sometimes we try to get too clever, and feel the pressure to constantly innovate to stay relevant in the market.”

Rick Mapperson explores the danger rash decisions pose to your business.

“We need to understand our own emotions and how we operate so that we don’t make a decision that we will later regret.”

In the wake of yesterday’s Carbon Tax announcement, the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) has said it will do its best to ensure the scheme doesn’t disadvantage small business owners in time or cost.

Julia Gillard yesterday confirmed long-held speculation her Government would place a carbon tax of $23 a tonne on the country’s 500 worst polluters, with the price to rise 2.5 percent per annum each year after 2012.

The Tax Institute is calling for the Federal Government to double the duration of its planned two-day Tax Forum in October, and place the carbon tax at the top of the agenda.

Google has asked businesses not to use consumer Google+ accounts to build a page for their brand on the new social networking site, promising to deliver a specifically optimised experience for businesses, brands and entities.

The University of Queensland (UQ) will run a number of carbon management workshops next month, designed for businesses in the manufacturing and resource industries.

A new website designed to help businesses decide what price to charge for their product or service has launched.

HTC says it’s aware of an technical issue impacting users who transfer data from BlackBerry devices to HTC smartphones, and is assuring customers a software upgrade is being developed to fix the bug.

Australians are keen to maintain a work/life balance when travelling, with many locals packing their work-out and swimmers on business trips, a survey by Regus has found.