Colette Hayman tried to retire after selling tween jewellery success story Diva but found it too boring. She tells JEN BISHOP how she’s back and starting from scratch, putting her name to another retail jewellery concept, Colette Accessories.
HP have hit #1 on the Laser printer charts and to celebrate, they’ve got 4000 CDs to give away! Read on to secure your copy.
Risky business has proved fruitful for online accommodation provider Quickbeds.com. Divisive marketing tactics have culminated in rapid growth just six months after the brand’s million dollar re-launch.
“When I took this project I knew I wanted to do something different with the brand but I was still surprised when I found myself sitting in the middle of Australia Square in Sydney, in a bed with Warwick Capper, while people took photos of us and uploaded them onto Facebook”, Feenaghty said.
If you caught the ABC’s Paper Giants miniseries last night, on the launch of Cleo magazine into Australia, with Ita Buttrose at the helm, you will have been as impressed as I was.
‘Hot desking’ or office sharing has become the hot thing for small businesses in Australia, but Specialist recruitment consultancy, Kelly Executive, warns employers to consider both the positive and negative impacts before making such a chang
Australians aged 18-24 years have abandoned the notion of owning many of life’s necessities in favour of renting, loaning and swapping due to lack of affordability, according to a major study of consumer spending trends.
Email is being used by bosses and employees to avoid blame, look busy and make random demands; a trend that’s damaging communication in Australian workplaces.
2011 has been a year of natural disasters and bringing a business back from the devastation of an unforeseen event isn’t easy. Follow these tips to help rebuild your business or to better prepare for the worst happening to you.
Becoming a more effective leader is the key to freeing yourself from the nitty gritty – and enjoying your work more. But for many business owners and managers, there is so much coming at them each day that it’s difficult to do more than simply react to it.
High staff turnover and disengaged, unmotivated, overworked or disgruntled staff can be the cause of a slow and painful end to a small business. Blogger Rick Mapperson gives his top tips to keep your staff, and ultimately your customers, happy.
