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Based on the results from the latest MYOB Business Monitor, things aren’t too rosy for many Aussie businesses.

70% of employees are operating on auto-pilot and should be exposed to regular ‘positive’ stress at work, claims workplace management expert Tony Wilson.

National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers proposing legal action against in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week, such legal action is unlikely to be successful however.

National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers up in arms proposing legal action against NAB in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week.

As an accountant and a virtual CFO, I work with a lot of small business owners and one of the most common mistakes they are often guilty of is micromanaging their team and working ‘in’ the business rather than ‘on’ the business.

Google has launched Google Engage, a new training and incentives program to support Australian digital freelancers and agencies that offer web services to small and medium-sized businesses.

National statistics show that most of these sufferers of the ‘It will never happen to me’ and ‘She’ll be right, mate’ syndromes will experience an insurable event in their lives. More than three in four Australians will be diagnosed with a serious illness in their working life.

Metcash, owner of IGA supermarkets and Australia’s largest independent grocery and liquor wholesaler, welcomes Federal Court action by the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission opposing Metcash’s plans to acquire the Franklins supermarket chain for $215 million.

ProjectCentre has been crowned one of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies for the second consecutive year by Deloitte.

National Australia Bank has reportedly resolved the bank’s problems processing customer payments and transactions from last week, with payments that both business and personal banking customers were waiting for from last week reportedly appearing in bank accounts this morning.

Most small business owners have a lonI want you to consider what would happen if you applied the Pareto Principle to your Weekly and Daily list.

National Australia Bank has issued a further follow up statement over the bank’s problems processing customer payments and transactions over the last two nights, with payments from Wednesday night now processed but flow on effects still delaying payments made yesterday according to a statement NAB issued this morning.

National Australia Bank has issued a follow up statement that the banks problems processing customer payments and transactions over the last two nights should now be resolved, with no further delays to EFTPOS, ATM and other electronic payments expected by the bank past this morning.

74 percent of Gen-X employees are willing to spend their own money on upgrading their skills, instead of waiting for employers to provide training, compared to 72 percent of Gen-Y employees and 68 percent of Baby Boomers.

eBay has criticised calls by Australian retailers to reduce the GST threshold applied to imported goods purchased online, labelling it as an unfair attack on Australian consumers, particularly considering the phenomenal growth of Aussie retailers online.

Two thirds of Australians are planning to spend less on gifts, sale shopping and family entertainment this Christmas, according to a new survey by finance comparison website Mozo.com.au.

National Australia Bank has issued a statement that the bank has had problems processing customer payments and transactions overnight, with this possibly causing delays to EFTPOS, ATM and other electronic payments today.

Employers can fire employees for Facebook posts or other social media comments outside of work hours, but doing so may be costly if they don’t follow basic workplace laws and procedures.

Saasu is taking the fight to Xero and MYOB in the online accounting software market with the launch of a new version of its most popular product, Saasu ‘Accountants Edition’.

It seems businesses woke up after the federal election with a real headache – satisfaction has plummeted, and now nearly half (48%) of business owners are dissatisfied with the Federal Government’s support for business.