Tag: Grow Your Business

 

Louisa Wood&rsquos businesses have never really left the schoolyard. First there were the homemade scrunchies in Year Six, then the chocolate Freddos in Year 11. At 26, Wood&rsquos latest scheme can be found in the backpacks of school children all over Australia. She talks to Emma Gardiner about the chemistry class that created a publishing […]

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has bought a 7.5 per cent strategic stake in newspaper publisher Fairfax Media for $360 million. News Corp says the move is not a precursor to a full takeover of the publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne’s The Age newspaper and The Australian Financial Review. “It is true, it is purely […]

The Tax Office has ditched its policy of blanket secrecy to publish details about thousands of tax avoidance settlements and prosecutions.In a major transparency drive, Tax Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo revealed the number of settlements and key reasons for reaching those deals. THE Tax Office has ditched its policy of blanket secrecy to publish details about […]

Louisa Wood’s businesses have never really left the schoolyard – First there were the homemade scrunchies in Year Six, then the chocolate Freddos in Year 11 – At 26, Wood’s latest scheme can be found in the backpacks of school children all over Australia – She talks to Emma Gardiner about the chemistry class that created a publishing […]

Louisa Wood’s businesses have never really left the schoolyard. First there were the homemade scrunchies in Year Six, then the chocolate Freddos in Year 11. At 26, Wood’s latest scheme can be found in the backpacks of school children all over Australia. She talks to Emma Gardiner about the chemistry class that created a publishing […]

Are you being served? I recently put my car in for a service and almost choked when I caught sight of the bill, almost $200 more than I thought it was going to be. Rather than query the price with my mechanic then and there, I continued to make small talk with him, paid my […]

Where: Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney When: October 23 (Melbourne), October 25 (Brisbane), October 31 (Sydney) Cost: $495 ($395 ADMA members) Run by the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) Data Day provides businesses with an opportunity to enhance their data-based marketing techniques and learn from leading practitioners in the field. . Featuring a line-up of leading experts […]

Where: Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and other venues When: October 17 – November 3 Cost: Various packages or individual sessions available to book The CPA Congress is deemed to be one of the largest annual gatherings of finance, accounting and business professionals in the southern hemisphere. The event features seminars, business briefings, hands-on interactive […]

Good Will Week 2006 Where: Various locations, NSW When: October 9–15 Cost: Free Run by the Public Trustee NSW, Good Will Week is an annual event designed to encourage the public, and in particular business owners, to write or update their will. All Public Trustee NSW branches will open on Saturday October 14 to provide […]