• Business

    Business

    ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work


    Joe Jiang |  July 5, 2023


    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for the employee, the organisation and society, RMIT Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, explains.


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  • Finance

    Finance

    Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy


    Mick Wright-Smith |  June 30, 2023


    Banks face several key challenges in lending to middle market companies, Mick Wright-Smith, Co-Founder and Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending explains.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind


    Adrian Floate |  June 26, 2023


    Businesses of all sizes need to embrace digital transformation – especially in how they make/accept invoice payments and how this impacts cash flow – as a means of survival in today’s uncertain economic environment, Adrian Floate Managing Director of Spenda explains.


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  • Retail

    Retail

    Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers


    First 5000 |  June 23, 2023


    According to customer experience expert, Lyndall Spooner of Fifth Dimension, the retail recession will be life-changing in a positive way for consumers. While brands are going under and there is blood on the streets, consumers will be the winners.


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  • Digital transformation

    Digital transformation

    SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment


    First 5000 |  June 22, 2023


    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a new tax incentive to train their employees and digitise their business.


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  • Cyber security Have your say

    Cyber security Have your say

    ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience


    First 5000 |  June 21, 2023


    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies, other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s corporate and financial markets. 


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  • Human resources

    Human resources

    Changes to pay secrecy explained


    Sean Melbourne |  June 14, 2023


    Penalties for pay secrecy clauses have been updated. Sean Melbourne from professional services company Source explains what employers and employees can and can’t do when it comes to pay secrecy.


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  • Superannuation

    Superannuation

    Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026


    First 5000 |  June 1, 2023


    The Albanese Government has announced it will require super to be paid at the same time as salary and wages from 1 July 2026.


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Latest News

  • OECD upgrades Australia’s economic growth outlook

    Josh Frydenberg     |      December 3, 2020

    The OECD has upgraded Australia’s economic growth outlook for 2020 while noting that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert a substantial toll on economies and societies, in its latest Economic Outlook Report.

  • Cautious optimism in small business 2021 revenue forecasts

    First 5000     |      December 2, 2020

    Despite revenue growth forecasts being at a record low, ScotPac Small Growth Index data highlights a resilient SME business sector with some industries and states upbeat about 2021 prospects.

  • In a time of uncertainty, who in marketing can you turn to mentor you?

    Darren Woolley     |      December 1, 2020

    In a time of uncertainty, who in marketing can you turn to mentor you? Darren Woolley outlines how TrinityP3 has created a community to provide a platform for all professionals to be able to share and receive mentoring beyond category silos and company boundaries.

  • Employer action on gender equality has stalled: WGEA

    First 5000     |      November 30, 2020

    Data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows a worrying decline in employer action on gender equality prior to the impact of COVID-19.

  • Key reasons Australian businesses miss out on innovation: CSIRO

    First 5000     |      November 27, 2020

    While Australian investment in science and technology for disease preparedness has driven a strong response to COVID-19, there are still fundamental barriers to innovation adoption, according to a new report from CSIRO.

  • Travel problems top list of COVID-19-related reports

    First 5000     |      November 26, 2020

    COVID-19-related consumer reports make up the majority of the 109,446 complaints the ACCC received in the first ten months of this year, according to new figures released yesterday. 

  • Govt stimulus key to business survival: survey

    First 5000     |      November 25, 2020

    While Government stimulus packages helped keep Aussies employed and businesses afloat this year, new research reveals that 3 in 4 business owners (72 per cent) admitted it was essential to their business survival.

  • Don’t get sleighed by the end of year office party

    Gary Martin     |      November 24, 2020

    Following a year of events no one predicted, at least some workplaces are still planning to officially put the past 12 months behind them with a safe but rip-roaring end-of-year office gathering. Professor Gary Martin shares how party-goers can navigate through the celebrations and even enjoy them.

  • Biden’s hopes realised with heady surge of Aussie fintechs

    Adrian Floate     |      November 23, 2020

    US President-Elect Joe Biden’s hopes for Australia to be the innovation hub of the southern hemisphere have been realised if our burgeoning fintech industry is anything to go by.

  • 7 ways to build your resilience

    Lawrence Mitchell     |      November 20, 2020

    Whatever your personal experience and perspective of 2020, one positive outcome from all of the disruption is that wellbeing and resilience have moved up both the corporate and the personal agendas. Lawrence Mitchell explains.

  • The getting of wisdom

    Allen Roberts     |      November 19, 2020

    It is one thing to have all the information, it is quite another to be able to make sense of it. Allen Roberts MD of StrategyAudit explains wisdom.

  • NSW budget leads the way on reform

    First 5000     |      November 18, 2020

    The Berejiklian government’s budget should be a model for all state and territory leaders who want to create new jobs, build confidence, and lay the groundwork for reform to secure our recovery, Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said.

  • Ability to up or down scale supports resilience

    Anne Miles     |      November 17, 2020

    Having a very lean model that can scale up and down very fast is crucial to being resilient in turbulent times, according to Anne Miles managing director, pre-approved marketing and advertising talent network, Suits&Sneakers.

  • Innovation key to resilience

    Geraint Hudson     |      November 16, 2020

    Always innovating is the key to overall business resilience, according to Geraint Hudson, Director of TTQ, a family owned farm machinery manufacturer based in Toowoomba.

  • Women want COVID-19 flexibility to stay: survey

    First 5000     |      November 13, 2020

    Working from home during COVID-19 brought meaningful flexible work to the NSW public sector and allowed women to balance their jobs and lives, according to the Public Service Association’s first ever What Women Want survey.