Costco has blamed supermarket heavyweights Coles and Woolworths for slowing the retailer’s expansion in Australia, with chief financial officer and executive vice-president Richard Galanti claiming competition for bulk-goods retail sites in Australia was fierce.
Virgin Money will offer life insurance in Australia, expanding on its superannuation and credit card offers early next year. Virgin Money will deliver life insurance through a freshly minted alliance with TOWER Australia.
The Tourism and Transport Forum will release a report today by LEK consulting that claims Australian Governments will need to spend $20 Billion per year on new transport projects over the next decade to accommodate Australia’s growing demand.
The boss of the the all-Australian Byron Bay Cookie Company Gordon Slater, will be speaker at the next A List Entrepreneurs event in Sydney.
The winners from the Tech23 business innovation awards held in Sydney last night have been announced, with Marathon Robotics who provide robot technology to the US marine Corps taking out the top spot.
Shopping centre manager and developer Lend Lease delivered an increase in profits of 5.2 percent to $323.6 million for the year ending 30 June as the company fills out its development pipeline.
Drake International is hosting a competition this year to find The Ultimate Job in all major Australian capital cities, with the search beginning in Sydney today
The Asia Pacific’s top civil engineering talent will be in Sydney this week for the 5th International Civil Engineering Conference, in an event supported by the NSW Government.
Australian property prices are still rising, by 15.3 percent over the last year, but by a modest 2.5 percent in the June quarter according to Australian Property Monitors.
Virgin Money’s launch of new credit cards and an online savings account is good news for consumers who have been victims of gouging by the four major banks.
