Cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform Employment Hero have raised $8 million during a Series B funding round co-led by employment marketplace SEEK and OneVentures, with contributions from AirTree Ventures and AMP. The capital injection, which will be used to roll out new products and services, follows on from Employment Hero’s oversubscribed $4.5 million Series A round, […]
Women are now the major breadwinners in one in four Australian households – up from 140,000 just ten years ago, a new report has revealed.
Shoppers want everything; from ‘touch and feel’ and the customer service to the social interaction. Increasingly, shoppers also want digital browsing at their fingertips, online access to stock details and round-the-clock notifications. The question is; is the Australian retail market meeting their needs?
Horticultural agency Plants Management Australia (PMA) was named Tasmanian Business of the Year earlier this week at the 2011 Telstra Tasmanian Business Awards, also taking home the Business Owner Micro-Business Award and the AMP Innovation Award.
National Australia Bank’s plans to acquire AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd and AXA SA continue to move closer to fruition, with the ACCC seeking ‘market consultation’ over the proposal.
The National Australia Bank and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings have agreed to extend the period for NAB to address merger concerns raised by the ACCC to August 31.
Members of superannuation funds can breath a sigh of relief, with financial year returns back in the black for the first time in three years.
Mortgage owners can breathe a sigh of relief with the Reserve Bank unlikely to raise interest rates above the current 4.5 percent in the RBA’s monthly board meeting tomorrow.
National Australia Bank (NAB) disagrees with the ACCC decision concerning the proposal to acquire the Australian and New Zealand businesses of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings.
The ACCC has made the right decision in opposing a NAB takeover of Axa. The ACCC’s opposition is well founded on legal grounds and puts the NAB on notice that the ACCC is prepared to go to court to stop it from buying Axa.
