Brisbane has emerged as a magnet for office support workers after closing the salary gap on Sydney and Melbourne. The average starting wage for an office support worker in Brisbane is $40,100, reducing the gap between Sydney and Melbourne workers to just 16 percent, down from 23 percent last year. Brisbane competes favourably with Sydney […]
Businesses are exposed to unexpected circumstances every day, so there’s no point thinking disaster won’t strike you – Karin Brawn exposes the risks and outlines how businesses owners can ensure they’re properly covered, so business won’t be interrupted even when the worst happens. Severe storms in NSW during June left many small business operators out of […]
Email and Internet content security provider Marshal (www.marshal.com) has identified a new outbreak of malicious spam emails that use login account confirmation details as a hook to get email users to visit an infected web site. According to the Marshal TRACE team, the spam emails appear to come from a legitimate organization and provides recipients […]
Three out of five Australians have never been shopping online, according to a survey conducted by the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA). The independent telephone survey, of 1200 Australians aged 18 and over, revealed some surprising trends about how Australians use the internet for shopping. "We constantly hear that the internet is changing how we […]
Chief Minister and Minister for Economic Development Jon Stanhope recently launched Canberra Business Point, the ACT Government’s new $4 million business advice and mentoring service. Mr Stanhope said Canberra Business Point provides ACT business operators with access to expert, professional advice, free of charge. 'The fact these services are free means that every ACT business, […]
Executive Director of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Patricia Forsythe, has welcomed reports of a proposal to make Sydney the ‘business conference capital of the world’. "The Chamber has consistently advocated the need for more exhibition space and a strategy to boost the business tourism sector," Mrs Forsythe said. The NSW Government’s review of major […]
As Australia comes in third, Chinese and Indian retailers are forcing their way into the Top 500 list of retailers in Asia Pacific, according to a survey produced by Euromonitor International for Retail Asia magazine The Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500 list, now in its fourth edition, shows that while retailers from the developed, high-value markets […]
The communications industry in Australia has undergone considerable expansion in recent years. At the centre of this change is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is responsible for competition regulation of telecommunications in Australia. Stuart Finlayson looks at the current state of play in the telco industry. The ACCC is in possession of […]
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) decision to radically overhaul credit card schemes provoked mixed reactions among the various groups affected by the changes. Stuart Finlayson examines what the changes mean for retailers, banks, card companies and consumers. Changes to credit card systems, imposed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in August, have been […]
Sydney’s newest mega bookstore has defied conventions to create a unique shopping environment for its customers. Stuart Finlayson spoke to Books Kinokuniya’s Lisa Parker to find out what’s in store for Sydney’s booklovers. Retail is constantly changing, driven by more demanding customer expectations. This trend is particularly evident with booksellers. The industry that once comprised […]
