• 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

  • New report tracks internet activity on mobile and fixed lines

    First 5000     |      May 15, 2019

    Mobile handsets continue to be the most common way consumers are accessing the internet while the largest volume of data is downloaded over fixed lines, as shown in a new ACCC data report on internet activity.

  • Big bank loyalty costing businesses thousands

    Peter Marshall     |      May 15, 2019

    Research by the team at Mozo found that loyalty to the Big 4 banks could wind up costing small business owners thousands of dollars in extra interest repayments when owners take out loans to help buy equipment, hire new staff, or ride out periods of low cash flow.

  • Pro-business election policies key to lifting business sentiment

    First 5000     |      May 15, 2019

    The most recent Survey of Business Trends and Prospects from the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, released today, shows business sentiment is at a three-year low, with only 14 per cent of businesses anticipating stronger national growth in the year ahead. 

  • University of Sydney offers free tailormade report on opportunities in Mexico

    Jacqueline Mess-Buss     |      May 14, 2019

    The University of Sydney will return to Mexico in July with a group of master’s in international business students to evaluate the business opportunities for Australian companies first hand. Expressions of interest from companies seeking a report outlining their opportunities close 17 May.

  • Unpaid super scandal hits Bendigo workers

    First 5000     |      May 14, 2019

    More than 700,000 workers in Victoria have had close to $1.4 billion in super stolen from them by dodgy employers, with Bendigo workers among those hardest-hit, as the unpaid super epidemic goes from bad to worse.

  • Nestle human rights training goes public

    First 5000     |      May 14, 2019

    As Australian businesses look to how they respond to new modern slavery legislation in Australia and NSW, Nestlé has announced that human rights training developed for its staff is now available publicly.

  • Majority of private companies expect revenue growth to increase in 2019

    First 5000     |      May 13, 2019

    With disruption rewriting traditional business operations, private business leaders remain steadfast in their optimism about the year ahead, despite market concerns around wage stagnation, the property downturn and looming economic storm clouds.

  • How to optimise security of your SMB

    Lillian Connors     |      May 13, 2019

    The position of a building manager for an SMB can be rewarding as it is challenging. The hours are long, stakes are high, and the responsibilitiesoften divided among a small workforce.

  • Tips for reducing the load of the IT Department

    Wendy Dessler     |      May 13, 2019

    Did you realise that over 55 percent of the startups in the world have adopted a digital-first strategy? If your business has also adopted this strategy, your main focus should be on finding and implementing new technology.

  • Co-working figures strong

    First 5000     |      May 10, 2019

    If recent Victorian Government figures are anything to go by, co-working is far from a fad with the co-working space sector growing a staggering 960 percent over 3 years, according to Launch Victoria.  

  • Help protect yourself against IP theft

    First 5000     |      May 10, 2019

    LightYear Docs have launched a free offer of their non-disclosure agreement and confidentiality agreement documents to help protect entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups from intellectual property theft.

  • Aussies prefer digital shopping catalogues as they declutter their lives

    First 5000     |      May 10, 2019

    Almost 4 million Australians are using digital catalogues alone rather than hard copy versions saying they are a useful tool and stress-free way to window shop, according research from Roy Morgan.

  • Investing in Women Funding Program open

    First 5000     |      May 9, 2019

    Applications for the NSW Government’s 2019 Investing in Women funding program which are for programs that are ready to commence by July 2019 and be completed before the end of June 2020 close at 11:59PM (AEST) on Sunday 26 May 2019.

  • Tourism Satellite Accounts 2017-2018 highlight labour, skills needs in the visitor economy

    First 5000     |      May 9, 2019

    The Tourism Satellite Accounts for 2017-18 highlight the visitor economy as one of Australia’s strongest performers, defying the downward trend of many other parts of the national economy, according to the Australian Chamber – Tourism. 

  • Personalised connectivity delivered more impact in the era of technology overload

    Joe Perri     |      May 9, 2019

    The thought of a prospective client deleting my email unopened was enough to spur me to find a better way to achieve the necessary cut-through – and the personal salutation and signed letter did just that.