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The hotel industry is beginning to stabilise following the depressing effects of the GFC, with prices rising for the first time since 2007, new research has found

Victoria’s most sustainable SMBs are being recognised today, with VECCI announcing the winners of its Grow Me The Money Award for Results

More Australian businesses are increasing their online budgets to keep their existing customers as well as attracting new ones, new research has found

Australian businesses struggling to train their staff can now create their own procedural systems, with the release of system technology iSystemize

Australian SMBs struggling to understand the Government’s ‘Modern’ Awards are now able to calculate payments using a spreadsheet based solution

Australians can now eat a little bit of inspiration, with Ghermez Cupcakes launching its inaugural Inspirational Women of Australia Awards this week

Australian businesses are looking to make the most of their travel budget in the wake of the GFC, according to a new survey

Livescribe Inc., maker of the award-winning Echo and Pulse smartpens, has released a free Pencast Player app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It enables users to access a digital copy of their synchronised notes and audio as pencasts from anywhere. Now notes and audio from critical meetings or lectures are portable and playable when […]

Having just completed last financial year’s tax return, one of the most important struggles for Australian SMEs is setting up the year ahead with minimal tax exposure. Dynamic Business blogger Adrian Raftery, Director of  1800 TAXMAN, says one way to do this is for SMEs to trade or swap their excess stock or idle capacity for tax-deductable […]

BOQ has announced a partnership with rediATM, which will give BOQ customers fee-free access to one of the largest ATM networks in Australia.

Australian travel management company Voyager Travel Corporation, has announced that its travel itineraries are now fully compatible with TripIt, the leading travel itinerary and trip planning software for the web and smartphones.

Australian company Proto Partners has developed a new approach to customer service, to combat Australia’s poor ability to maintain customer satisfaction

Victoria’s local councils are reviewing IT strategies for mobilising ratepayer services among both ratepayers and council staff, a new survey has found

Business signatories to the UN Global Compact (UNGC) such as Rio Tinto, KPMG and Pacific Hydro joined UN Director (DPI), Eric Falt and CEO of World Vision, the Rev Tim Costello in endorsing business and industry playing a more inclusive role when it comes to finding solutions for some of the key challenges of our time, at a forum in Melbourne last week.

SolveIT Software Pty Ltd, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for supply & demand optimisation and predictive modelling, has announced that international business improvement specialist, Lee Hochberg, has joined the company

Australian security managers have highlighted the need to provide secure remote access for their organisation’s employees as a top security priority in the year head according to a survey conducted by WatchGuard Technologies at last week’s Security 2010 conference and exhibition in Sydney.

A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.

Mortgage Choice was pleased to further its support of Cancer Council NSW by hosting a second ‘Working Beyond Cancer Workshop’ on Saturday.

ANZ last week received CANSTAR CANNEX Best Value Australia Small Business Award for offering the best value to small business customers for the second time in three years.

Gift and Homewares Australia (GHA) is calling on the new Labor minority Government to do its part for small business and establish a dedicated seat for the Minister for Small Business in Cabinet.