News

With the local coffee market recently valued at over $3 billion a year, the morning blend has become an engrained ritual for workers across Australia.

Hands up if you’ve ever broken up with someone? Hands up if you ever been dumped, BEFORE you got a chance to end it? Good times….

Australia’s banks may find themselves forced to cut discounts on home loan rates to avoid having to increase their standard variable home loan rates outside the RBA’s changes.

Julia Gillard has come under fire for refusing to elevate the Minister for Small Business, Craig Emerson into Cabinet in her Cabinet re-shuffle today.

Treasurer Wayne Swan has been forced to defend the Labor Party’s moves to oust former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd through caucus dealing at the G20 conference in Toronto, Canada.

Almost half of all Australians are planning on paying off their personal debt with their 2010 tax return, a survey undertaken by Officeworks has shown.

Queenslanders can expect to pay on average $2.05 more per week under new pricing from Queensland Urban Utilities in the South East Queensland region.

Not surprising this week’s blog is about our new PM. But not about whether she will be good or bad. I will leave that for the political pundits.

Importing celebrity fashionista Nicole Richie has proven to be a winning strategy for MidCity as the Pitt St retail hub re-opened after a multi-million dollar refit.

New housing construction is set to stall across Australia, with the brakes applied to the post-GFC recovery after a significant tightening of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Holden has announced the company is gearing up for the return of a second shift at the company’s Elizabeth Park plant in November to coincide with production of the Holden Cruze.

South Australian company WinFocus is launching an energy evangelism program to explain the environmental benefits of its Magnetite window insulation system to business.

Kogan Technologies has responded quickly to the Labor party PM spill last week, ousting their KEVIN37 LCD TV in favor of a smaller red JULIA32 model.

Paycycle has announced a raft of new features to its payroll service to kick off the new financial year for small businesses using its payroll services.

Western Power’s operational plan for 2009-2010 will only be finalised in 2010-2011, giving rise to fears of blackouts in Western Australia.

Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) is finally offering free calls between Vodafone and 3 Mobile customers over a year after announcing the companies would merge to create VHA.

Vodafone and 3 Mobile will begin ‘co-branding’ at the retail level from July 21st after the companies formally tied the not last year to form Vodafone Hutchinson Australia.

The Wilkinson Group has launched a new service to help SMBs improve their finances, with a recent survey finding that businesses are still recovering from the GFC.

Australian employers still favour Generation Y ahead of older workers despite evidence of an ageing workforce, according to a new national salary survey.

The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) has inducted a new board this week, electing new national President Simon Goodrich.