Tag: Award

Small business owners in popular regional locations have warned they are the biggest losers from public holiday pay rates, with many closing their doors over the Easter long-weekend.

Employers have blasted the Fair Work Commission’s decision to scrap junior pay rates for 20-year-old retail workers, warning the step will hurt smaller operators. There are also claims it may further lift youth unemployment, because the pay will act as a disincentive for retailers to hire from this sector of the labour market. Executive Director […]

Winning a business award is a great PR opportunity for your business and can help build your profile and reputation, ultimately leading to even greater business success.

If you’ve got a great idea for an innovation that would benefit Australia’s primary industries, then this could be an award for you.

The Annual Wage Review decision increased minimum wages by 2.6 per cent from the first full pay period on, or after, 1 July – are you ready?

An adventure travel business that plans to fly tourists into Tasmania’s stunning wilderness areas has won RMIT University’s prestigious 2010 Business Plan Competition.

Just Better Care (JBC), a premier home and nursing agency, has announced that the Just Better Care Office on the Gold Coast has taken out the JBC award for Franchise of the Year.

St.George Bank has won the Banking Website of the Year award in in Money Magazine’s 2010 Consumer Finance Awards, with the Bank also launching an iPad Internet Banking App this week.

Online monitoring company Hitwise has announced their Australia Online Performance Awards, recognising the most popular websites from 2008 in more than 100 industries. Both online and offline brands were named at the top of their respective industries, including Wotif.com, ninemsn, Sony and BHP Billiton. Directories were also popular, with Natural Therapy Pages taking out the […]

Here’s a checklist of inspiration for aspiring exporters. Our collection of 50 favourite export case studies shows that there is no magic ingredient to making it to the world stage, but it certainly helps to get the basics right. Smart Burn Exporting since: 2007 Key markets: New Zealand. Although new to the export game, Smart […]