Hannah Tattersall brings together all the latest mobile technology for start-ups. 1) Mobile Messenger If you’re looking for PDA technology, HP’s iPAQ hw6515 mobile messenger is sleek and compact with phone, data, email and internet facilities allowing you to take your office with you on the go. As an added bonus, it comes with Sensis’ […]
While much media space is given to the plight of the busy working mum, Phillip Gould suggests that when it comes to broadening work-life balance opportunities in the workplace, men are often left to fend for themselves. Over the past decade business leaders have focused on a variety of approaches to enhance business and individual […]
The New Year offers opportunities to up the ante in that only constant in our lives: change – What will we change, to improve our business as well as life in general? We surveyed some of Australia’s top business minds to get their resolutions for 2006. In a world torn by strife, terrorism, floods, economic and […]
Despite media focus on doom and gloom, and the very real problems of drought, tough competition, and economic pressures, Rebecca Spicer finds Australian agribusiness is one the most innovative and robust industries in the country. And, in various ways, it is gearing up to tackle both new challenges and perennial problems with new methods. Agriculture […]
As the working year winds down with the annual Christmas party, managers need to prepare before the celebrations begin to protect employees from sexual harassment. Charisse Gray outlines the reasonable steps managers are expected to take to ensure the workplace is safe: before, during and after the party. The office Christmas party is a traditional […]
The benefits of technology to any small business can be huge, if you make the right choices at the start. Wrong choices are expensive, frustrating, and time wasting. Helen Bradley outlines the right approach to planning a system that will fit the bill now, and grow as the company does. Starting a new business is […]
A passion for rural industry, working systems and keeping staff happy has led to award-winning success for a business that blossomed in a backyard. Cameron Bayley finds there is a bigger picture behind this carefully detailed operation than just making money. Wendy Erhart describes herself as a systems person. Perhaps it’s her background in psychiatric […]
A passion for rural industry, working systems and keeping staff happy has led to award-winning success for a business that blossomed in a backyard. Cameron Bayley finds there is a bigger picture behind this carefully detailed operation than just making money. Wendy Erhart describes herself as a systems person. Perhaps it’s her background in psychiatric […]
For both beginner and veteran exporters, accessing new overseas markets can be daunting and costly – Rebecca Spicer finds that trade missions, market visits, and international trade shows can be a cost effective way of breaking down barriers to make those key first contacts. So your products or services are export ready, and research tells you there […]
Entrepreneurial flair is writ large in the Export Council of Australia’s Export Heroes Awards, a hall of fame celebrating those who have made extraordinary contributions to the development of a uniquely Australian export culture. Monica Higgins talks to one such winner—Professor Philip Cox, founding director of the Cox Group of architects, who was named an […]
