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  • Business

  Succession planning as a key strategy for SMB survival

  Keith Coppersmith     |      November 6, 2019

  Succession planning is too frequently overlooked. Keith Coppersmith shares a number of methods you should employ to create a strategy that will preserve your business for generations to come. 
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  • Leadership

  Ethics is good for business – at last the message is getting through

  First 5000     |      November 6, 2019

  The message that ethical behaviour and making decisions based on what is best in the long-term for an organisation’s reputation, financial welfare and sustainability is getting through said Dr Zivit Inbar founder and CEO of DifferenThinking.
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  • Business

  MessageMedia launches new Shopify app to boost revenue for Australian ecommerce shops

  First 5000     |      November 6, 2019

  Business mobile messaging provider, MessageMedia, has today launched SMS Marketing Automation on the Shopify App Store to help over 30,000 Australian e-tailers convert more sales and prevent cart abandonment.
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  • Workplace Relations

  Cup Day sickies cause headaches for employers

  Sean Melbourne     |      November 5, 2019

  Falling ill or getting injured is a natural part of life. No reasonable employer can expect their employees to never take a day of sick leave but there can be an increase in false sick leave claims around events like the Melbourne Cup.
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  • Trade

  ConX takes out the top women in tech prize

  First 5000     |      November 5, 2019

  Australia’s top women in tech have pitched their big ideas in Brisbane today for a share in more than $100,000 in business support services, and the potential for further venture capital investment to grow their global businesses.
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  • Trade

  Austrade supports strong economic ties between NSW and China

  First 5000     |      November 5, 2019

  Austrade has partnered with the NSW Government to deliver one of the largest business missions from Guangdong Province ever to visit Australia.
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  • Fraud

  Furniture chains pay penalties for making alleged misleading “was/now” price claims

  First 5000     |      November 4, 2019

  Four furniture retailers have each paid a penalty of $12,600 after the ACCC issued them with an infringement notice following an ACCC investigation into the industry’s use of ‘was/now’ price comparisons in advertising.
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  • Leadership

  Why holidays aren’t just good for you – they’re good for your business

  Martin Buggy     |      November 4, 2019

  There’s a temptation, when you’re running a business, to correlate your levels of achievement with how hard you’re working, how many hours you’re putting in and how little sleep you’re getting.
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  • Tax

  ATO to visit 300 businesses in Bega, NSW south coast in November

  First 5000     |      November 4, 2019

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today announced that it plans to visit around 300 businesses in Bega and the far south coast of New South Wales in November.  
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  • Merger

  MBS Insurance & CRA merger realises early integration benefits

  First 5000     |      November 1, 2019

  The merger of MBS Insurance (MBS) and Complete Risk Analysis (CRA) that was announced in August has been completed, systems/processes integrated and the higher industry profile and national presence realising many benefits for the new entity.
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  • Gig economy
  • Workplace Relations

  How the gig economy could create hidden tax issues

  First 5000     |      November 1, 2019

  Workers and employers are benefitting from the burgeoning gig economy in which people work part-time or on a project basis, often for a stable of employers. However, this is creating some uncertainty around whether people are independent contractors or employees, or a hybrid of both.
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  • Workplace Relations

  Rehiring retrenched workers should be a condition of mining lease: Union

  First 5000     |      November 1, 2019

  The Miners Union today said a court decision overturning an appeal against the New Acland Stage 3 expansion had come too late to save the jobs of 150 mineworkers at the Darling Downs coal mine. 
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  • Business

  Data#3 moves Sydney office to support business growth and digital transformation

  First 5000     |      October 31, 2019

  Australian technology services and solutions provider, Data#3 has relocated its Sydney office to support business growth in the region, to create an innovative working environment for customers and staff and to facilitate digital transformation.  
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  • Marketing

  The art of creating brands that promote other brands

  Alex Bill     |      October 31, 2019

  Before the internet transformed the world, branding was all about tangible things like packaging, logos and store designs.
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  • Events

  AFLW star Courtney Cramey teams up with Fiona Lawrie to headline local launch of Collective

  MAS National     |      October 31, 2019

  MAS National are pleased to launch Collective – Inspiring Women in Business in South Australia, on Wednesday 20th November, 2019.