News

Ok last week, apparently I wrote a terrible blog! Terrible in the way it was written and for many people offensive. And while I tried to dig myself out of a hole, it didn’t seem to help.

Australia’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax compromise is positive news for big miners but it comes at a price for the wider business community.

Confusion among retailers is at an all time high with first phase of the modern award wages for retailers starting yesterday.

The new financial year will see a dramatic price hike in the electricity bills of all Queensland businesses, with a 13.29 percent increase in electricity costs.

Clive Peeters, the beleaguered whitegoods and electrical retailer has been bought by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited through liquidator PPB for $55 million.

UXC Connect has announced the appointment of Iggy Pintado to the newly created role of Director of Marketing, Sustainability and Innovation.

With BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata forcing Julia Gillard to bend to their RSPT demands, the Government will halve proposed Company Tax for business.

Accountants are trusted advisers to Australia’s small businesses when it comes to streamlining business payments and tax reporting, a recent report finds.

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has successfully applied to Fair Work Australia, with two types of apprenticeships now available to the NSW electrical businesses

BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata as well as the Australian Workers Union (AWU) are pleased with plans to replace the Resource Super Profits Tax with a Mineral Resource Rent Tax (MRRT).

The Resource Super Profits Tax will now be known as the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, in a compromise between Julia Gillard’s, Federal Government and the miners.

ANZ and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) have signed a new agreement to assist Australian exporters with financing requirements.

Apple growers in Australia are outraged at the potential for Chinese imported apples entering the Australian market over biosecurity fears.

A new Franchising Code of Conduct will be enforceable under law today, with franchisors forced to comply with new franchising laws by the ACCC.

Social media has been awash with interesting comments since the political assignation of Kevin last week. It has been said 1000 times in the last seven days, but politics is a blood sport and what’s made it even bloodier is the part social media has played.

Metcash, owner of IGA supermarkets and Australia’s largest independent grocery and liquor wholesaler, will acquire the Franklins supermarket chain for $215 million.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced new law to offer greater protection to consumers in the coming financial year.

Social media has jumped to the top of the priorities list for Australian-based contact centre managers as companies look forward towards the new financial year

Members of superannuation funds can breath a sigh of relief, with financial year returns back in the black for the first time in three years.

Lifeline’s annual stress poll has revealed that Australians are more stressed than ever before, with 2010 figures up on their 2009 counterparts.