Adeline Teoh

Small local retailers are the beneficiaries of a new consumer trend towards increasing support for locally owned and operated stores and producers.

Concerns about the impact of the rising Australian dollar have been subdued by a new report that shows high visitor expenditure expected in Sydney and Melbourne.

Women making their mark in leadership roles will be the focus of Macquarie University’s Women, Management & Work Conference.

More than three-quarters of workers suffering from cold or flu turn up to work, according to results from a survey conducted by Newspoll and commissioned by Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract.

The plunging property market will put a number of small businesses at risk, particularly start-ups that often secure finance using the value of their homes, according to Rob Lamers, CEO of Oxford Funding, a subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

Internet vulnerability has increased by 30 percent in the last year, with a more than 160% increase in new vendors affected according to a report by global digital security company Symantec.

Businesses should still have cyber security on the agenda as cyber crime continues to be an issue, according to data protection software developer AVG.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) have lobbied the Federal Government for a low price on carbon emissions, both saying that a low price is required for businesses to stay competitive.

Entrepreneurs in the digital media and creative industries space will be the focus of think-tank X Media Lab’s annual Global Media Ideas conference, run as part of Vivid Sydney’s festival of light, music and ideas.

More than half of Twitter users stopped following brands because of ‘repetitive or boring messages’, according to a study conducted by ExactTarget and CoTweet. The Social Break-Up, a report on online behaviour, found that 52 percent of people stopped following a brand due to a lack of strategy when using the medium.