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Fletchers Freighters has gone into voluntary administration with McGrathNicol on Sunday with the business to be restructured and possibly sold in a trade sale.

There’s nothing like hiring a new member of staff to get me hot under the collar. You’d think it’d be exciting getting to choose a new member of your team from a pool of enthusiastic, talented, qualified applicants. Wrong. Rather it’s an exercise involving mainly time-wasters and I’m a busy person. I took a much […]

Australian shoppers are yet to resume spending since the global financial crisis, with many concerned over the security of their jobs as the economy recovers.

Carbon Compass, a unique online hub for businesses seeking and offering sustainability solutions, was launched today by the Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Gavin Jennings.

Companies are advised to prepare to secure their brand names for the .co domain with applications for existing trademark owners opening in April before the Landrush begins on June 21.

Tiger Airways have announced plans to return to flying Melbourne to Darwin amid concerns by many that the company will abandon the destination at the end of the dry season.

Easter’s a four-day weekend, and it’s been ages since Christmas. Check out these Blackberry Apps this Easter.

Amidst the giggles and finger pointing that followed the potential PM parading around in his budgie smugglers this past week, a point has been lost and I reckon it’s a good one.

A new report commissioned by the Victorian Government has revealed strong opportunities in the Chinese baby and pregnancy products market.

You may have noticed a savings account war being waged, in recent weeks, in the streets of Bankland. Fights have broken out over the highest “special” rates, the most user-friendly conditions, and even – to a lesser extent – over the base rates. It’s good news for savers — but is it good news for small business?

Telstra, with their Drive Safe, Phone Safe survey, found almost one in ten motorists have either been involved in an accident, or just narrowly avoided having one, while using a mobile phone.

This week I read a study featured in Science Daily. With a high degree of cynicism, this study must have been performed by a NASA scientist!

The US government is against the Federal Government’s planned internet filter, claiming it runs contrary to their policy of encouraging an open internet to promote economic growth and security.

Hospitals, schools and charities are all under threat by the Henry Tax Review’s proposed changes to Fringe Benefits Tax concessions according toaccounting firm BDO.

In a draft decision the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has come out against rules proposed for electricity traders after privatisation of NSW’s electricity network.

Earth Hour is tomorrow and businesses are lining up to support this years Earth Hour “lights out” initiative to promote awareness of climate change.

Business needs innovation. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid, systemised approach. Growing a business to build value or sale can present challenges for companies with debt finance options greatly reduced.

Spam email, when analysed by sender location, more targeted attacks actually originated in China (28.2 percent), Romania (21.1 percent) and United States (13.8 percent).

In March the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources was 90.7 percent globally (1 in 1.10 emails), an increase of 1.5 percentage points since February. In Australia spam emails represented 90.1 percent of the total.

A workplace trend has emerged in Australian businesses with managers training to become coaches as opposed to hiring external coaches.