A new publication aims to raise awareness among SMEs of the importance of being prepared for any kind of incident, including a terrorist attack. Released by the Attorney-General’s office, Good Security—Good Business contains advice and ideas on how to understand the risks that your business could face in an emergency, evaluating such risks, developing an […]
Leading Australian online music retailer Chaos.com has turned 10 years young. The milestone marks Chaos’ position as the country’s longest standing online music retailer. This unique and independent Australian business has survived and grown through the tech bubble, market crash, an MBO and the ‘war on terror’. With over 300,000 members (Chaos Agents) and counting, […]
Dr Andres Velasco, Chile’s Treasurer is in Australia this week on the back of our just announced FTA. You have got to hand it to the Chileans – they’re keen. In fact, Chile (along with Mexico) is the leading forger of trade deals in the global economy. Whilst the rest of South America ran ill-conceived […]
Gourmet food manufacturing company named 2007 Telstra New South Wales Business of the Year St Helena-based business, Brookfarm, was last night named 2007 Telstra New South Wales Business of the Year after being selected from a field of some of New South Wales’ best businesses. Brookfarm was awarded by Deena Shiff, Group Managing Director of […]
Small and medium-sized businesses throughout Victoria are competing for staff from the same shrinking pool of talent that large businesses also want to tap into. To help small and medium-sized business owners and managers plan their future workforce, the Office of Small Business (OSB) has put together a group of leading Victorian business people to […]
Victorian businesses with five to 100 employees can access a new program offered free of charge by the state government to help with their workforce planning. The My Business, My People initiative will offer free onsite workforce planning, feedback from a business consultant, an action plan on how the business can be improved through workforce […]
More than 60 small business projects have received up to $50,000 funding in the latest round of funding for textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) businesses. The successful businesses will share in $2.5 million distributed through the Federal Government’s TCF Small Business Program, designed to help businesses in these industries through activities such as mentoring, assistance […]
A new logo has been launched to help consumers recognise packaged food that has been grown on Australian farms. The Australian Grown logo can be applied to products where all the ingredients were grown in Australia and virtually all the cost of production is incurred in Australia. "Our farmers will benefit significantly from consumers being […]
Growing business confidence in New South Wales and Victoria has pushed the national confidence of business owners to a 15-month high. According to the latest Sensis Business Index, business confidence has risen three percentage points to 59 percent, up 11 percent from the same time last year. This is largely due to strong results from […]
A new kit is available to help rural businesses affected by the drought apply for financial assistance. Prepared by accounting body CPA Australia and the ANZ bank, the kit describes the types of drought relief offered by the Federal Government to businesses in exceptional circumstances, while clarifying the seemingly daunting application process. "It specifies the […]
