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Pippa Hallas is the great niece of Ella Baché and CEO of the leading skincare company of the same name. She spoke to editor Jen Bishop about the challenges and benefits of working in the family business and the marketing coup of the year in sponsoring Jessica’s Watson’s pink yacht.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched an online education module that explains the new consumer guarantees to business owners, managers and sales staff.
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An online community manager has to walk the fine line between balancing the needs of the users with the business objectives. They are often customer facing and act as a brand advocate and representative.
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We all lodge Tax Returns (or at least most of us do), but how many of us know what we are lodging? When the accountant sends you your company’s (or other entity’s) Accounts and Tax Return, how do you know what to look or check for before signing on the bottom line? Consider the following tips during [...]
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Businesses are favouring alternative financing strategies such as debtor finance to fund growth, with new figures released by the Institute of Factors and Discounters (IFD) revealing total factoring and discounting turnover for the June 2010 quarter reached $14.1 billion, an increase of $716 million or 5.3% on the March 2010 quarter. Factoring turnover was $844 [...]
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I just received a press release from a PR agency offering a ‘new’ business model: coverage in the media or you don’t pay. Now, I know this isn’t really that new because last year I blogged when Sally Romano from Brisbane agency Publicity Queen did exactly the same, causing quite a furore, especially among fellow [...]
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The NSW Business Chamber is offering SMEs free access to it’s new Online Growth Program, complete with one-on-one coaching, seminars, and information
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The local manufacturing industry has been warned that they can expect a firm post-GFC resurgence in production from traditional regions like Europe and the USA.
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Stored electrical energy provider Exide Technologies has joined an increasing number of local manufacturers emblazoned with the ‘Australia Made’ logo.
...read moreAustralia’s best and brightest young mathematical minds are to be put to work as interns on small business projects across Australia, the Government has revealed.
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