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Australia’s best online service providers across the banking, travel and retail industries will be recognised in the inaugural 2010 AMBER Awards

Australian companies ProjectCentre and Grocon are combining forces to build new homes throughout Australia, under The Government’s Common Ground initiative

New Zealand company Jucy Rentals is expanding into the hotel industry, with the opening of its first hotel in Auckland this month.

Queensland Rugby has announced two senior appointments in its Commercial Sales team, in an effort to boost corporate sponsorship with the Queensland Reds

EFIC has given a $1 million export working capital guarantee to Sydney-based company Viocorp, as part of its recent agreement with ANZ

MyDIALS’s performance management platform is now in place at Australian wealth management firm Plan B, allowing the company to measure and standardise operational performance.

Clive Peeters senior accountant Sonya Causer plead guilty to 24 counts of theft in the Victorian Supreme court yesterday amounting to some $20 million stolen from Clive Peeters accounts.

David Jones is not the only company in hot water over sexual harassment, last week two Airservices Australia employees launched a $1 million plus action over alleged workplace law breaches just hours after an Adelaide business was forced to make a record $466,000 payout to a former employee for sexual harassment.

NSW small businesses will ‘Connect for Profit’ under the theme for Small Business September 2010 revealed by NSW Small Business Minister, Frank Terenzini today.

Collingwood Football Club, the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) and the State Government have announced an extension to the Green Magpies program.

V Club owner Selena Short will open her first Crunch gym in Chatswood in September, bringing the fitness club that started in New York USA 21 years ago to Australia.

New home sales slumped to a 17 month low in June, adding further weight to the case for the Reserve Bank of Australia keeping interest rates on hold at their board meeting tomorrow.

LinkedIn has inked a deal with Optus and 3 Mobile so that using the LinkedIn mobile app is free for both Optus and 3 Mobile customers through their mobile phone.

The ACCC believes an agreement between Suncorp-Metway and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank not to charge each others’ cardholders fees on each other’s ATM’s is good for competition.

The Australian Industry Group – PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) continues to surge, up 1.5 points in July.

Auditors have reported a 40 percent increase in suspected breaches of the Corporations Act to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission in the last financial year.

Telstra, after announcing lackluster iPhone 4 plans earlier this week, announced 1GB bonus data for their $49 business cap plans including the iPhone 4 and HTC Desire.

Australian businesses spent $75.4 billion on energy during 2008-09, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Uniforms benefit culture, brand and employee satisfaction as well as performance, according to the views of a panel of contributors to ‘Fashion Fit for Business 2010’.

Australians overwhelmingly want an e-Health record system, abandoning concerns over privacy in order to make their lives easier.