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How to save on international business calling: 5 practical tips
When you're traveling for business, making international calls can quickly add up. But with a few smart strategies, you can stay connected without blowing your budget. Many business travelers unknowingly overspend on roaming fees and international call charges. The good news is that by using tools like mobile apps, local SIM cards, and international top-up […]
The benefits of outsourcing work overseas and how to avoid the traps
Outsourcing work overseas is a powerful tool for business growth, especially given the challenges many Australian businesses face when recruiting talent due to labour shortages post-Covid-19.
Thriving in economic downturns: A strategic blueprint for entrepreneurs
Navigating economic downturns can be daunting, but with a strategic
Insider threats: How to protect your organisation from an inside job
Guest Authored by Mark Jones, Associate Managing Director in Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice, and Cem Ozturk, Managing Director in Kroll’s Business Intelligence and Investigations practice While there’s no shortage of commentary around cyberattacks perpetrated by external actors, insider threats—that is, those committed by people within the business such as current or former employees—don’t make the […]
Opinion: Empty retail spaces should be the workplaces of the future
Guest authored by Brooke Jamieson, Head of Experiences at smart spaces platform PlaceOS. The pandemic has accelerated two ongoing trends: a decline in the traditional use of real estate, particularly retail, and an increasingly flexible approach to work. For example, a recent Retail Market Overview by JLL reported that vacancy across the Australian core retail […]
Stocks Splits: What are they and why should investors care?
Guest authored by Robert Francis, Australian Managing Director of investing platform eToro. Two of the globe’s biggest tech powerhouses, Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) made headlines recently when they undertook a stock split in August. Apple split its stock on a 4-for-1 basis and Tesla split its stock 5-for-1. But what does this actually mean? […]
Three ways businesses can build resilience
Guest authored by Jason Toshack, General Manager ANZ at Oracle NetSuite So far, 2020 has been a challenging year for many Australian businesses. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that two-thirds of Aussie businesses have reported a decrease in revenue compared to last year. Business leaders have had to adapt fast, including re-thinking how they […]
Scale up or streamline, back to basics or diversify? Key questions in the ‘new normal’
This article was guest authored by Mark Lenhard, CEO of Invoice2go. The past few months have presented some of the toughest challenges many Australian small business owners and contractors have, and perhaps will ever, face. From extended lockdowns and social distancing restrictions to customer disruption and economic hardship, much of the small business community’s attention […]
Government agencies abandoning company wind-ups could cause insolvency tsunami
Government measures to prop up zombie businesses through the pandemic could actually be harming Australian small businesses, with new data showing company wind-ups have all but ceased in the past quarter. Prushka Fast Debt Recovery revealed through data sourced from court records that the Australian Taxation Office and other government agencies, typically the largest source […]
Employers can’t afford to axe mature workers
In this current era of economic adversity, it does not make sense for employers to overlook mature aged workers – because their resilience and experience provides valuable inputs for businesses, according to Flinders University Human Resources and Management expert Dr Valerie Caines. Dr Caines and colleagues have warned employers not to make hasty decisions in […]
Taking a phased approach to founding a startup
Leaving the corporate world to start your own business can be daunting enough. But choosing to embark on a new career in the high-growth, fast-paced and innovation-driven technology startup scene is a whole other ball game. For many, it’s exciting and every day is a learning curve with new opportunities to grow or pivot your […]
What is a business continuity plan and why is it important?
Business continuity is your business’ ability to continue functioning as ‘normally’ as possible during and after a crisis. Essentially, it’s your ability to plan for and effectively manage disruption to business as usual. A business continuity plan is your organisation’s formalised processes to manage these disruptive situations. Now, while these disruptions may include things like flood, […]
This Aussie tech company is championing personal safety
Feelings of anxiety and discomfort in the workplace are experienced by thousands of Australian professionals every day. With COVID-19 creating more anxiety around the workday commute, new research from Sonder reveals burgeoning safety and mental health concerns. Sonder is a world-first personal safety monitoring and response company with a vision to build a global network […]
Flexibility, safety and reskilling: learnings from COVID
Workplace safety will become as important to a 2020s office as it is to an outdoor worksite or the mine, while flexible work is here to stay as employees call for permanent work-from-home options, the new 2020 FlexCareers Report reveals. Based on answers from 1622 employees across over a 12-day time frame (17 to 29 […]
How conferences and events will evolve in a post COVID-19 world
While it has caused disruption and loss in many business sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the conferences and events market to its knees. Hundreds of planned events have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely as organisers come to terms with what ongoing restrictions mean for their futures. It’s clear that taking a business-as-usual approach is […]
Fintech leaders raise almost $4 billion in Q2 amid pandemic
Data gathered by Buy Shares indicates that fintech leaders managed to raise a total of $3.81 billion in the second quarter of this year. The significant amount comes after the economic downturn in the first quarter. Fintech funding impacted by coronavirus pandemic in Q1 Online payment processing platform Stripe raised $850 million followed by Robinhood […]
How to improve your business through unpopular but necessary decisions
Sometimes it takes an outsider to see things clearly. That’s how I felt as a former physiotherapist building a network of allied health businesses into a franchise. When I first started practising in 2004, I trod the well-worn path of becoming a practitioner owner believing, like many, that I could do it all. Recently however, […]
75% of SMEs want current stimulus measures extended until 2021
The vast majority of SMEs want stimulus measures to be extended further to help them recover from the impacts of the pandemic. This is according to Wave 11 of ACA Research and TEG's COVID-19 Tracker (published 2 July) which shows that 75% of SMEs want current stimulus measures extended until 2021. The results are part of […]
Four skills you’ll need to survive in a post-pandemic professional world
Working in the white-collar sphere calls for a selection of soft and hard skills but the coronavirus crisis will force us to acquire some brand new ones – and fast, writes Nintex HR Director, Jacqueline Anderson. It’s no exaggeration to say the world has changed utterly this year and it’s happened at bewildering speed. COVID-19 […]
Two actions SME owners must master as end of JobKeeper approaches
As end of JobKeeper approaches, here’s two essential actions small business owners must master to survive 2020. This July sees one of the toughest starts to a new financial year in decades, with small business owners bearing the brunt of the impact. Scottish Pacific CEO Peter Langham said as business owners put together new contingency […]
Learning from experience: 3 things the GFC taught us about redundancy
Remember how the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) wreaked havoc on stock markets, financial institutions and businesses whose profitability and growth forecasts were bedevilled by unanticipated, rapidly unfolding events? While Australian businesses and workers got off lightly, compared with their counterparts in other developed nations and economies, the downturn nevertheless generated a wave of lay-offs, as […]
Need to adapt? Automation is the answer
Rapidly evolving market conditions and economic challenges are forcing businesses to adapt more quickly, and automation may be key in achieving that. With Australian consumer spend down 20% per person, many businesses have had to quickly find ways to engage their customers while managing physical limitations. To maximise existing resources, business leaders need to channel […]
Effective planning for the new financial year
COVID-19 and the new financial year provide an opportunity to reassess and make changes to your business’ strategies and plans to make sure you are offering a sustainable value proposition that is relevant for customers, staff and the community. With COVID-19 negatively impacting two-thirds of businesses across all sectors, 2020 has been one of the […]
How I got AfterPay Ventures to invest more than $10m in my business
Founder of Play Travel Andrew Paykel talks about his startup journey, the new partnership with Afterpay Ventures and working alongside payments giant Afterpay. It’s been a fantastic journey for Play Travel, in the 5 years since it first launched in Australia, as LayAway Travel, its attracted some major players in the industry and opened the […]