Tag: Small Business

Michael McGlynn is frank about the purpose of his studio: he wants it to produce quality art. The higher the quality of the product, the better it is for business.

Fifty of Australia’s most successful Australian entrepreneurs – collectively worth more than $1 billion – are set to lend start-ups the benefit of their wisdom, experience and secrets in a free online five-day summit.

In the last couple of months discussion of the ransomware computer threat has catapulted out of the computer pages into mainstream news, and for good reasons.

Does Australia need a small business party? One man believes the answer to this question is yes and he is aiming to secure a presence in the Senate at the 2016 election. John Codrington is the National President of the Small Business Party of Australia Inc. (SBPA), a non-profit association that does not yet have […]

No one ever said that starting a successful business from scratch was going to be easy. Not only do you need to build a killer product and quickly grow your customer base, but you also need to hire a rock star staff and put the right infrastructure in place to help you grow.

The ATO has sought to simplify information available to small businesses, developing an online “newsroom” to inform business owners about their tax and super obligations.

The trend towards ‘artisan’ bread didn’t happen overnight, and change has been insidious. On the front line observing it all has been Andrew Bertalli, 4th generation owner of Bertalli’s Alpine breads – a specialty bakery trading since 1931.

The agricultural industry and farmer groups don’t believe the proposed voluntary Food and Grocery Code of Conduct will be enough to protect their interests against the might of the supermarket duopoly.

Starting out as a boutique makeup brush brand 12 years ago, the chance meeting between an Australian entrepreneur and a makeup artist in London preceded the complete transformation of an Australian brand.

Unfortunately some business writers confuse business professionalism with business clichés and this can be detrimental if you want to be taken seriously.