News

Dynamic Business Magazine cover star Valerie Khoo’s Sydney Writers’ Centre won the coveted Micro-Business category at the NSW Telstra Business Awards Friday.

Vodafone and 3 are pushing their free Tour de France content and iPhone app through a competition with prizes including a trip to the 2010 Tour de France and Avanti bikes.

Peter Holmes a Court and Ray Martin last week joined the Aboriginal Employment Strategy to celebrate the achievements of Indigenous Australian Career seekers.

Second hand goods retailer Cash Converters has launched a new PR campaign to rebrand their image as a category leader across Australia.

Australian businesses broadly support taking action on climate change, but the vast majority are uncertain about the impacts of the Federal Government’s climate change policies.

Limited office space as well as growing environmental awareness have facilitated a rise in business interest in incorporating greenwalls into office design.

More than half the employers randomly audited by the Fair Work Ombudsman in Northern Victoria recently failed to comply with federal workplace laws.

The NSW Chief Industralian Magistrate’s Court in Sydney has fined a Sydney telecommunications company $54,000 for underpaying two former workers more than $30,000.

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has teachers, engineers and mechanics in its sights this year, advising that it plans to audit large claims from these professions for the 2009-2010 financial year.

The winners of the inaugural Online Retail Industry Awards have been announced, with national retailer ABC Shop declared Online Retailer of the Year.

92 percent Baby Boomers plan to travel around Australia after they retire, but half of those surveyed don’t feel confident in having the money to do it when they retire.

Last week, I participated in COSBOA’s National Small Business Summit, which was held at Brisbane’s Convention Centre. The Summit brought together about 400 people who work, own or are passionate about small business.

Intact Group, a commercial property services firm launched in 2007 when its founder was just 23 years old has won top honours in the 2010 Telstra NSW Business Awards.

The full list of Telstra NSW Business Awards winners announced at Friday evening’s event include:

It is 9pm on Sunday night and Dancing With The Stars is over. Blair is voted out – I think because he is not from the Channel 7 stable but that is just my opinion. Before I head off to sleep, it is time to write my Monday blog for Dynamic Business. But that is OK, my wife will do her Suduko for 45 minutes, so I even have time to even check my emails!

Iconic Australian surf fashion brand Billabong has agreed to buy Californian ‘progressive apparel brand’ RVCA, and plans to add Canadian brand West49 to Billabong’s collection.

Snap Fitness is growing with ambitious plans for 200 new clubs across Australia and New Zealand in the next four years. The concept behind Snap Fitness, the world’s fastest-growing fitness franchise, is a simple one: compact, 24/7 gyms with state-of-the-art equipment, minimum staffing and no fuss. Founded in 2003 in the United States, Snap took fitness […]

Social networking is becoming a successful marketing tool, with over 40 percent of Australian businesses using it to gain new business, a new survey has found.

The Federal Government is progressing in its plans to create a seamless national economy, having completed more than 40 percent of its business regulation reforms.

The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) is using the recent tax review to urge The Government reconsider its position on the GST.