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Sydney-based PR agency Dennis Rutzou Public Relations (DRPR) is launching a new training and mentoring program for small businesses, PR Mentor, to kick off on Friday, 17 September.

Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) will be split up store by store and sold off to repay almost $1 billion owed to banks after development of the DFO South Wharf outlet stalled when cash dried up.

Australia’s hung Parliament after Saturday’s election has Australian businesses fearful that any compromise struck by either major party to take power will result in uncertainty and a focus on short term outcomes, not reform.

Australian surfwear brand Billabong has suffered terribly as a result of the appreciation of the Australian dollar, with international sales up, but profit down 4.5 percent.

The winners from the Tech23 business innovation awards held in Sydney last night have been announced, with Marathon Robotics who provide robot technology to the US marine Corps taking out the top spot.

Australia’s AMBER Award finalists have been announced today, with 70 companies taking out the honours across 14 categories – seven more than last year. Each AMBER finalist is representative of ‘the people’s view’ as to who are Australia’s best online service providers.

Contactless smart cards are expected to boom in the Asia-Pacific region as soon as 2012 once key implementation projects are fully operational according to new research.

My question is, how is your behaviour impacting customer loyalty? I’m not talking about your behaviour with your customers but your behaviour with your employees.

Australia’s Superannuation industry has come out to slam Tony Abbott’s super policy on the eve of the election in a joint statement issued today.

EDirect Pty Ltd, trading as VIPtel Mobile has had proceedings instituted in the Federal Court, Darwin against it by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly misleading customers.

Former Dynamic Business Magazine cover star Ruslan Kogan has slammed traditional bricks and mortar retailers for failing to innovate in the face of a changing marketplace.

Premium Milk Ltd has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in a draft decision to re-authorise collective negotiation arrangements for Premium Milk dairy farmer members.

Ted’s Cameras celebrates its 40th birthday this year after Ted Todd opened his first Ted’s Camera’s store on Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1970, surviving the ‘digital revolution’ to still be retailing in Australia 40 years later.

Housing affordability in Australia is close to record lows according to the HIA-CBA Housing Affordability Report for the June quarter 2010.

Overcharging by telecommunications companies is rife, according to a draft discussion paper Hidden Overcharging in Telecommunications which seeks comment as to how to overcome overcharging in the industry.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), part of Amazon.com has announced a US$100,000 prize for the winner of its annual “Start-Up Challenge for companies that use Amazon Web Services to develop their business.

iiNet’s ADSL plans will soon offer a ‘meaty’ 1000GB or “1 terabyte” of monthly data quota in what is being billed as an industry first for Australian ISP’s.

Global cookie and coffee franchise Mrs. Fields has continued its strong growth during 2010 with four new stores opening across three Australian states in just 50 days.

Labor’s fiscal stimulus policy at the height of the global financial crisis will net the Federal Government an additional $16 billion in tax receipts from those who would have otherwise been unemployed.

Wages only increased by 0.8 percent in the June quarter according to the latest data from the ABS, reducing pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase rates at its September board meeting.