Tag: Business Owners

One expert is speaking out about how holidaying can inspire business success, after recent MYOB research found a third of SMB owners haven’t holidayed since starting their business.

CEOs are suffering sleepless nights thanks to five recurring issues, according to new research, which has highlighted some of most stressful aspects of running a business.

With the first of the baby boomers reaching retirement, predictions of SMEs hitting the market at depressing sales prices mean owners should now be fine-tuning their succession plans.

Earlier this year a comprehensive research study was carried out to identify the issues most affecting Australian businesses today. In particular, it sought to identify current business confidence levels, attitudes to business and employment issues, investment priorities, major business challenges of the past 12 months and anticipated challenges for the year ahead. What no one expected was that a division based on the participants’ gender would deliver clear-cut differences in business practices and expectations.

With the increasing number of small business owners reaching retirement age and looking to sell their business, owners should ensure they properly deal with tax considerations or they may end up with a great deal less than they expected.

You’re happy! This year one of our goals at MYOB has been to get a handle on the “Happiness” of Australia’s business owners.

With the financial crisis stressing everyone out, and banks declining funding to small business, financial advisory firm Prosperity Advisers are urging SMEs to ‘stress test’ their business.

Ever had a question about internet security that you were too afraid to ask? Mark Sunner delivers a practical, non-technical guide to security online for IT managers and business owners. It’s hard to imagine modern Australian business without the internet but in the last few years it has become fraught with danger. Internet crooks are […]

In response to the Government’s $13.8 billion Telepresense video conferencing plan, Telarus, the national infrastructure-based service provider has today announced the availability of high definition video conferencing and Telepresence products via its partnership with LifeSize. The new technology will allow people to do more while travelling less, thus cutting costs and improving productivity, through true-to-life […]

With so many stories about the global economic crisis circulating every day, it’s critical for business owners to be able to understand not only what’s happening at home but also around the world. Adopting an international viewpoint will help you, as a business owner, to better understand how the political, economic and social forces in […]