#Business Costs
Expansion vs cost-cutting: What should your business focus on?
Should you look at expanding the business or instead reduce costs to improve margins? Here are key things to think about when deciding…
Australian retail business costs surpass UK and US
Australian retailers are facing higher costs than those in the UK and US, according to a report released by the Productivity Commission today.
The best way to manage fixed costs
Fixed costs can be a killer in any business – they can creep into any organisation slowly and choke it like a pervasive weed. Here’s how one specialist suggests you manage these difficult expenses.
Where is your business overspending?
The most unexpected areas of overspending for a small and growing business.
Why it pays to buy insurance from an expert
Buying business insurance through a qualified adviser, rather than organising it yourself directly through the insurer, could be the difference between survival or closure in the face of a disaster. Here’s why.
5 easy ways to become carbon neutral
Going green has never been a more popular business pursuit, and it many Aussie small businesses are leading the way by reducing their carbon footprint. If your business isn’t as environmentally conscious as it could be, consider these 5 tips.
Green your office: Five tips for how to print less
You might see printing as just a simple business process, not one worth spending a huge amount of time on. But if you consider how often a printer is used and how reliant your employees are on printing, you’ll quickly realise with this simple process, often comes with a hefty price tag.
Businesses are cutting costs and expanding to the cloud: report
Virtual technology and pay-as-you-go business services are the key to effectively cutting business costs while simultaneously spurring growth, a new survey has revealed.
Managing the dynamics of cost reduction
Tim Wolfenden blogs about effective management of the multitude of business costs. “Integrating fixed cost management into your business planning process is the key to keeping these costs down.”
Retailers urge NSW Government to do more
At the Jobs Summit in Sydney yesterday, retailers called on the NSW Government to do more to support jobs during the economic downturn and reduce business costs. They prepared a ‘wish list’ which included full deregulation of trading hours, reducing red tape and dedicating 15 percent of the recently announced 175,000 traineeship places for the […]