Women In Business

When a niche nappy business from Newcastle took out one of export’s best-regarded awards, little did we know that the toilet habits of tots worldwide was such big business.

In this opinion piece, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency director Helen Conway looks at the slow progress being made toward achieving gender parity, but points to landmarks this year that look set to make a difference – including new legislation.

This year our pick of the leading businesswomen in Australia includes a scientist, a spa owner, an online entrepreneur, an accountant and more! They’re a varied and impressive bunch.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Pascale Helyar-Moray, the founder of revolutionary website StyleRocks, which allows jewellery-lovers to create customised pieces to match their tastes.

International Women’s Day saw T2 founder and CEO Maryanne Shearer named the Australian winner of the 2012 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.

Although many organisations are being proactive when it comes to introducing greater gender diversity, Australia still doesn’t seem to be hitting the mark. Here’s a look at what businesses should be doing in the diversity space to ensure they can grow and perform competitively.

Few businesses can boast 45 years of business but that’s the anniversary iconic homecare business DIAL-AN-ANGEL is celebrating this year and CEO Danielle Robertson is sharing the secrets to business longevity.

Men are from Mars and women are in your competitor’s store, and that’s where they’ll remain if you don’t get your marketing and PR suited to a female audience.