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I’ve always seen the end of financial year as traditionally being a time for pay rises, bonuses and added incentives but this year I’m seeing a whole new ball game. It’s no longer as simple as handing out pay rises – businesses are facing a new set of challenges, with many fighting to maintain profitable and generate positive cash flow, in an effort to avoid laying off staff, salaries are being put on ice.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating claims regarding six companies that may have engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when making public statements on climate change policy.
Canon’s finance arm, Canon Finance Australia is making it easier for businesses looking to upgrade and get more out of business technology by offering an interest rate of just 2 percent for business technology rentals agreed before 30 June 2009.
Lonely Planet today announced its iPhone City Guides for iPhone and iPod Touch are now available for sale globally from the iTunes App Store.
Speaking at the Council of Small Business National Conference of Australia (COSBOA) in Melbourne yesterday, Rohan Ganeson, Optus Small Business managing director said that Australian small businesses have been quick to embrace new technology and as a result will have an edge over their larger competitors in business.
Small business marketing expert Carolyn Stafford of Connect Marketing, is set to hold the first in a series of Business Booster Events designed to help businesses get smart about their marketing strategies.
Most employees are not fussed about topping up their superannuation, and are not concerned about changes to their super as a result of the global financial crisis according to SuperRatings.
The NSW Budget expected to be handed down at noon today will include a few surprises, according to NSW Premier Nathan Rees and will favour local businesses.
A survey by national employment site CareerOne.com.au has found that 57 percent of Australian workers expect a pay rise this year and 41per cent will look for another job if they don’t get one.
It may seem strange that an accountant would say that money is not important. But I was lucky in that I was never brought up to be materialistic.
Social media has changed the way we live and individually, we are all effectively small businesses. My tweenage daughter is the perfect example. When I walk into her room she is listening to her iPod, updating her status on Facebook and Twitter, reading blogs and texting simultaneously – all while doing her homework and talking to the family. She, like the rest of Gen Y and children today have grown up growing their own network of friends and fully understand that they as individuals are a brand that needs to be promoted. For this generation, branding is something that comes naturally, but for Gen X and above it is something we are still having to learn.
Australia workers would rather stay with their current employer and work reduced hours than face redundancy, according to Robert Walters recent Employee Insights Survey.
Australian businesses are turning to flexible employment strategies to beat the downturn, with the ABS May Labour Force figures pointing to an increase in part-time jobs.
Web analytics firm HubSpot has found that despite the popularity of Twitter, barely a peep is heard from most members.
JB Hi-Fi chairman Patrick Elliot has said that retailers who sell low-priced goods are benefiting from the effects of the global recession, as consumers reduce their spending and look for for value for money.
Australia will help lead the world out of recession and drive economic growth, according to an Ipsos Reuters poll.
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) is lobbying the government to reduce company tax rates in half, with the cost covered by a hike in GST.
The latest figures from the Australia Bureau of Statistics have shown that one in 10 workers are their own boss, and are most likely to be male and working in the construction sector.
Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel’s Residential Property Prospects has predicted house prices could rise by as much as 22 percent by 2012.
The Commonwealth Bank has lifted its interest rates on home and business loans by 0.1 percent in order to offset higher funding costs, with other major lenders predicted to follow suit.
