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What’s changed, what’s new: preparing for EOFY 2021
First 5000 | June 24, 2021Submitting your EOFY tax return isn’t a simple task for many taxpayers and business owners – following another unusual year with additional allowances and tax subsidies, it’s important to be aware of all the changes.
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Team approach to workplace bullying vital
Michael Plowright | June 23, 2021Businesses facing workplace bullying issues should take a team approach because solutions are not binary as bullying behaviours impact the entire organisation and all staff in some way, according to Michael Plowright, director of Working Well Together.
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Australia and UK sign free trade agreement
First 5000 | June 22, 2021A new free trade agreement signed with the UK last week will deliver more Australian jobs and business opportunities for exporters, bringing both countries closer together in a changing strategic environment.
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Have your say: health and wellbeing of mature workers
Lyndall Strazdins | June 21, 2021An ARC funded partnership of academics, Federal Government, and NGOs are concerned about the health and wellbeing of older workers. Have your say today!
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Summit for the Pacific and Small Island Nations
First 5000 | June 17, 2021The COVID pandemic’s disruption of trade, tourism and travel has seen Small Island Nations face their largest collective challenge in a generation. The official programme for the GAP Summit for the Pacific and Small Island Nations on 18 June 2021 has been released.
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Setting your business up for success through uncertainty
Rachel Bevans | June 16, 2021With optimism amongst mid-sized businesses reported to be increasing, Rachel Bevans of The Healthy Brand Company spoke to a group of leaders to understand what’s driving this and what sets their organisation up for success through certain and uncertain times.
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Why businesses must look beyond score chasing to improve their culture
Ben Bars | June 15, 2021Employee net promoter scores (eNPS) – do they really tell the full story? Ben Bars, CEO of culture consultancy We Are Unity explains that if a business genuinely seeks to make a cultural change, it needs to identify the root cause of the problem.
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Gimmick or effective selling tool? The use of imaginative product displays in store
First 5000 | June 11, 2021Have you stood back to admire the creative, ‘gimmicky’ and attractive product displays in retail stores? A new international study has found that these displays subtly awaken customer senses and increase purchase behaviour.
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Seven practices businesses should keep from the pandemic
Stephen Darracott | June 10, 2021It’s important for organisations to consider ways to continue new COVID-19 working practices into the future, according to Stephen Darracott from Pitney Bowes.
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Two is the magic number
First 5000 | June 9, 2021The keys to collaboration between small business and the research sector have been revealed in a major new report. A survey of small to medium businesses found those in collaborations with researchers were introducing more products and better protected from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Franchising Code reforms help level playing field for franchisees
First 5000 | June 8, 2021Significant reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct announced by the Australian Government last week (1 June) will help level the playing field across the franchising sector, according to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson.
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Timely innovation to aid agribusinesses in Solomon Islands
First 5000 | June 7, 2021A small Solomon Islands based project with the potential to be a game changer in the logistics and agribusiness sector has received a funding boost from the Australian Government.
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Drive business success through building stronger relationships with contingent workforce
Rachel Bevans | June 4, 2021As more businesses take a lean approach to their organisation structure, they rely on contractors, freelancers and sub-contractors or their “contingent workforce” for fulfilling their human resource needs on an on-demand, short-term basis, Rachel Bevans from The Healthy Brand Company explains.
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Experience, knowledge and commitment: valuing older workers
Meagan Lawson | June 3, 2021Current practices, experiences and barriers to work place participation from mature workers, and the types of support and intervention that will best meet the needs of employees and employers across a range of businesses are highlighted in a new report from Challenger and COTA NSW.
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Being a Consultant in the Pacific
Kenneth Katafono | June 2, 2021We push innovation and digitalisation in the Pacific agriculture and fisheries sectors at Traseable Solutions based in Fiji. We try our best to create opportunities for ourselves and carve out a niche in these sectors.