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Business development franchiser 10X Limited has today launched a new iPhone application designed to help SMEs manage their cash flow.

Skilled job vacancies rose 1 percent in August, the first increase since November 2007, according to new data.

Small Business Minister Craig Emerson said it is encouraging to see a spike in business and consumer confidence.

Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout expressed her concerns about the Federal Government’s new Fair Work laws in a speech given to the World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, held in Sydney this week.

Australians are becoming increasingly reluctant to take on more debt in the financial crisis, according to Veda Advantage’s latest Consumer Credit Demand Index.

New accounting standards proposed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will impose huge costs on Australian businesses if adopted, warns BDO Kendalls.

One of the strategies that marketers and PR companies use to achieve both media and consumer attention for a brand is to create a public stunt. While some well executed (and usually amply funded stunts) can work brilliantly, others seem to fall flat on their face.

It’s time to pull out your calculator and do some simple sums on any lending facilities you have. And the sum to do is to take your current interest rate, add 2 percent, and see if you can cope with the adjusted repayment amount. Because that’s where we are headed.

Enterprise Connect, an Australian Government initiative had helped support over 2000 small and medium sized businesses in the nation’s manufacturing industry since its introduction, according to Richard Marles, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry.

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new program designed specifically to support women in business, called Women in Focus.

Following on from the success of her first business teleseminar on e-marketing, writer and publicity mentor Philippa Lowe is set to hold a second teleseminar on how to boost sales through referrals.

James Packer continued his asset-selling spree this morning, as his company Consolidated Media Holdings sold off its 27 percent stake in online job advertising group Seek.

A survey has found that the majority of Australia employees are perhaps a little too optimistic when it comes to salary expectations.

The Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) in the Northern Territory is offering businesses a free Business Health Check.

A new survey has found that Australian SMEs are embracing the web, with over 95 percent now connected to the Internet.

The Federal Government’s proposed changes to Australia’s bankruptcy laws, purported to provide for low-income earners, may be damaging to small businesses in the long run, according to leading insolvency expert Mark Robinson.

Online employment advertiser Seek Ltd has reporting a dwindling of profits for the 2008-09 financial year.

Complaints about telecommunications companies are continuing to rise, despite a nation wide campaign to lift customer service in the industry.

Fusitsu has partnered with the Australian Treasury to support the Government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative, designed to reduce the regulatory reporting burden on Australian businesses.

Satisfaction levels for the big four banks have dropped in the last 12 months, according to the latest TNS Business Finance Monitor (BMF).