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MYOB is launching a new Love Your Work grant worth $20,000 for Australian business owners as part of their commitment to make life easier for Aussie businesses.

Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC. Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC.

Domino’s Pizza’s iPhone app orders will be delivered by Akamai with Domino’s selecting the company to power its online e-commerce platform.

Westpac’s Melbourne Institute Leading Index has peaked, but will remain well above the long term trend of 3 percent over the next three to nine months, triggering fears of a rate rise in August.

Changes to Trusts by the Australian Taxation Office will begin to impact small business this year, with business owners urged to complete a new Taxation Plan to avoid trouble.

The Athlete’s Foot customers are far and away more satisfied with purchases made with the footwear retailer than competitors Spendless, Mathers, Payless and Williams.

Windowlogic through the launch of CRM4Legal and Logic4Outlook is allowing Australian law firms to access key business system information from a single interface.

Australian businesses owners are optimistic about out-performing the economy, with technology helping to boost their productivity, a new survey has found.

Centrebet, the Australian online betting and gambling powerhouse, has recovered both Centrebet.gr and Centerbet.gr from domain squatters in Greece.

The Fair Work Act is anything but for small business, with employees calling on ‘General Protection’ provisions within the Fair Work Act to prevent an employer taking fair action against them.

Julia Gillard has little to fear when the Reserve Bank of Australia Board meets in August, with a mid-campaign interest rate increase possible, but unlikely according to the minutes of the last RBA Board meeting.

Australian businesses can increase their cash flow and deal with credit lending issues in the aftermath of the GFC by using barter trade currency

Attending the COSBOA National Small Business Summit earlier this month, I had the opportunity to hear both major political parties address small business owners and supporters.

I had the fabulous honour of presenting the MYOB Small Business Award at the Telstra Business Awards in Queensland last week. To try and describe the atmosphere and excitement in the room would take up too much of this post. So I will sum it up to say it was truly inspiring to say the least!

Woolworths Limited has topped expectations, growing sales by 4.2 percent on last year, or 4.8 percent excluding Woolworth’s volatile petrol division.

Australia’s small businesses can use exceptional customer service to attract customers away from big businesses, a new survey has found

iiNet, Australia’s third largest ISP has announced support for bonded DSL, which can double broadband speeds compared to a standard ADSL2+ connection.

Australian businesses are keen to adopt cloud computing applications and technologies but are overlooking the need for back-up internet connections, a new survey has found

Delays are expected at Sydney Airport today as Transport Workers Union members at Airport Fuel Services strike over a proposed pay deal with the company.

David Jones has continued its store consolidation process, announcing the termination of the Toombul Queensland store, with the lease to be taken up by Target in the Centro shopping centre.