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Help Save the World at Work
Belinda Lyone | October 4, 2017Innovation and investment in environmentally friendly products should not be limited to the home. Belinda Lyone explains how you can be kinder to the environment while at work.
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There’s nothing middling about being in the middle – especially when it comes to business
Christopher Zinn | October 2, 2017We need to reclaim back the middle, or, if you like, the average, and not be ashamed to stand proudly between the better identified and represented, but no more worthy totems of small and big business.
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New Grants Announced for NSW/Israel Innovation Projects
First 5000 | September 27, 2017The NSW Minister for Innovation Matt Kean has announced one-off grants of up to $250,000 for New South Wales firms to support Research and Development undertaken with Israeli partners.
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Innovation is the Issue
Peter Carre | September 25, 2017The recent GAP Summit highlighted innovation as the key to growing mid-sized business, just as it is to success in the wider Australian economy. The process for harnessing innovation itself is not easy to define, with all of its various components, but it has an intrinsic order and architecture that can be detected, excavated and explored in order to make the most of our national resources.
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Federal Government Announces Space Agency
First 5000 | September 25, 2017After years of lobbying from the nation’s scientists and space industry advocates, the Australian Government has announced the establishment of a National Space Agency. The announcement coincides with the staging of the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide where the government and opposition will lay out details of their plans.
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Engineering Australia’s Future
Michael Heimlich | September 25, 2017The American engineer and author Henry Petroski once remarked that ‘science is about knowing’ while ‘engineering is about doing’. While the importance of science in the STEM agenda is routinely emphasised by politicians and educators alike, the crucial role played by engineers is all too often ignored to the detriment of Australia’s future.
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Labor’s Ed Husic Criticises Government Innovation Strategy
First 5000 | September 20, 2017Labor’s Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy, Ed Husic, has criticised the government’s approach to economic innovation at an AFR Innovation Summit in Sydney. In a keynote address, he called for ‘cross silo’ conversations to prepare industries for technological change and debate around a ‘smarter nation’ to gain community support.
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Sinodinos Announces Digital Review
First 5000 | September 20, 2017Senator Sinodinos has released a consultation paper on the Government’s new Digital Economy Strategy, which is due for release in the New Year. The paper highlights the need for improved digital infrastructure and business capability, better digital skills and greater social inclusion.
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Secret of success for midsize business: family entrepreneurs
Albrecht von der Hagen | September 13, 2017The Mittelstand is a unique phenomenon from which Germany’s economy has been built. Albrecht von der Hagen, Association of Family-Owned Businesses Chairman addressed the GAP Summit on the role family-owned midsize businesses play.
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Public versus Private Cloud
Andrew Tucker | September 13, 2017More and more businesses are moving away from on-premise servers and infrastructure, and instead adopting a total cloud IT environment. Andrew Tucker CEO of ITonCloud explains the benefits and challenges of public versus private cloud services.
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Think digital or become history
Ed Husic MP | September 12, 2017Technological change will shape the future of work. The Honourable Ed Husic MP spoke at the GAP Summit about the need for Australian SME’s to engage in digital transformation and to continue to innovate to remain relevant. His full speech can be read here.
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Australian Defence Industry – Our National Endeavour
Christopher Pyne MP | September 12, 2017Entrepreneurial midsize businesses will be crucial to our future wellbeing; to defence and the economy. Christopher Pyne MP was a keynote speaker at the GAP Summit, where he discussed the opportunities and challenges facing midsize business.
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Hidden Giants: The Future of Australia’s Midsize Business
Helen Hull | September 9, 2017A Vision for Australia – Global Access Partners 8th Annual Economic Summit will be held on 7-8 September in the NSW Legislative Assembly Chamber. Ahead of the Summit we are highlight the thoughts of key players.
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Barriers to growth – challenges for midsize business
Su-Ming Wong | September 9, 2017Australia’s midsize businesses are facing their own unique barriers to growth. Champ Ventures Chief Executive Officer, Su-Ming Wong, outlines the five biggest challenges effecting the midsize business sector.
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Mid-sized business and barriers to growth
Mark Cully | September 8, 2017Australia’s business profile is one of hundreds of thousands of small businesses, tens of thousands of mid-sized businesses and thousands of large businesses. Mark Cully, Chief Economist Department of Industry, Innovation and Science presents to the GAP Summit.