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Business, particularly SME’s, should be disappointed by a small adjustment to payroll tax and not enough focus on business growth and attraction in the NSW Budget.

The Federal Government & the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continued to alienate themselves from the business sector last week with the Tax Office releasing its final ruling on discretionary trusts distributing surplus income to corporate beneficiaries.

The City of Sydney Business Awards, an event that recognises outstanding and successful small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in the city’s Local Government Area, will be even bigger and better this year.

Businesses have largely welcomed the introduction of the Federal Government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme but doubts over its administration still exist.

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Week, Symantec recommends the following tips to help SMEs stay safe online: Develop a security and data protection plan that defines the procedures, guidelines and practices for securing and managing your information. Implementing a comprehensive and integrated security solution that reduces spam, is more than just antivirus technology […]

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Insurance premiums incorporated into superannuation funds can eat away at your life savings, with the difference amounting to thousands per year for some funds.

A new customer financing arrangement has delivered more than half a million dollars worth of business to Brisbane-based telecommunications provider Comscentre within its first three months.

The People Performance Report released yesterday by Kelly Services and CareerOne indicates that Australian businesses may be under investing in effective people performance strategies.

The lucky winner of our competition to win tickets to tonight’s Dynamic Business magazine relaunch party is Stephen Rinaldo, owner of Rubicon Retail. As well as the two tickets to the party and a night at the Medina Grand Harbourside Hotel in Darling Harbour, Rinaldo picked up almost $3,000 of prizes including an HTC Desire […]

New South Wales is the first state government in Australia to introduce zero percent stamp duty, but with limitations and a two year trial period.

Caltex has a range of StarCards to help you manage your fuel costs more efficiently, whether you have a single vehicle or a fleet. StarCard, StarFleet and StarFleetPlus cards can meet a variety of needs, from a single vehicle through to comprehensive fleet management.

Aussie Home Loans has been rejected by ANZ Bank in its quest for the $2 billion needed to revitalise Aussie’s home loans business BusinessDaily reports.

Nominations for the City of Sydney Business Awards open on the 16th of June, with over 20,000 independent small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) eligible.

Australia’s best and brightest young mathematical minds are to be put to work as interns on small business projects across Australia, the Government has revealed.

Premier Kristina Keneally and Treasurer Eric Roozendaal have brought forward their plans to cut payroll tax under measures introduced in today’s NSW state budget.

Social networking has infiltrated our mobile phones, as figures released by Telstra show customers are flocking to their mobiles to stay connected on the go

Symantec today released the results of its survey on the security trends and behaviours of small and medium businesses in Australia as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Week. The survey revealed that 56% of Australian SMB respondents  have been affected by a cyber threat, up from 46% in the 2008 survey.  This increase can […]

Tourism Australia’s ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’ campaign has received positive feedback from potential visitors overseas with data from online monitoring firm Webtrends showing that 70 percent of social media feedback was by people who liked it. Despite being accused of too stereotyped and dated, the campaign had a 64 percent positive response rate from the […]

New research has shown that small businesses are being bogged down by financial reporting and bookwork, with too much time spent on documenting the business strangling growth.