For many small businesses, the looming June 30 deadline can be one of the most stressful and overwhelming times of the year as business owners juggle everyday responsibilities with added tax time obligations. Matthew Prouse, Head of Industry, Xero gives his advice to avoid mistakes this tax time. Not only is tax time stressful, but it… Read more »
If you’re expecting major reforms from this year’s budget, the experts at Thomson Reuters suggest you might be out of luck. Here are their tips for what SMEs can expect. According to Thomson Reuters’ Senior Tax Writer, Ian Murray-Jones, the Turnbull government has switched its focus from delivering major reforms to short-term wins as it… Read more »
Some Australian businesses have been found to overspend on overall costs by as much as 20%. No matter what size your small business is, even over the course of just one year, this overspend can quickly accumulate to thousands of unnecessary dollars. With recent reports revealing that 34% of Australian business failures occur due to… Read more »
Going paperless isn’t just about helping the environment. There are big advantages to be gained by moving your retail business away from pen and paper. For instance, having electronic copies of your finances and invoices makes information retrieval a lot faster and easier. If you’re searching for a particular invoice, you can simply look it… Read more »
Our Business Builders time management expert Kate Christie says there are four costly things involved in any thing that you do: financial cost, opportunity cost, emotional and physical cost. This helpful 60-second video tip will guide you to improve your time management skills which have a significant impact on both you and your small business. Kate’s top 3 tips:… Read more »
On average, an employee in Australia and New Zealand wastes three hours each week, with most of this time taken up by unnecessary administrative tasks.
One in two small and medium-sized businesses are wasting time on manual tasks, and two in five are duplicating tasks. Using customer relationship management (CRM) software is one way to claim back some of that precious time, writes Mike Nash, MYOB Senior CRM Manager. From building houses to making clothing, the Australian manufacturing, wholesale… Read more »
In the battle to win and retain customers, one single poor experience with your business can mean the loyalty and trust you’ve been building vanishes overnight, writes Jason du Preez, SVP Asia Pacific, SugarCRM. If you can’t deliver a seamless, frictionless and effortless customer experience (CX) that delights your customers and cultivates brand loyalty for… Read more »
One of the biggest attractions to working for yourself is the opportunity to implement a flexible work schedule that suits the rest of your lifestyle. Plenty of business owners happily identify as a ‘night owl’, but bestselling author and founder of Time Stylers, Kate Christie asks, are you really working at the time of day… Read more »
A successful investment in PR for small businesses is about more than just engaging an agency and leaving them to it in an information and insight vacuum. Anthony Caruana and Kathryn Van Kuyk, co-CEOs at PR agency Media-Wize explain why. PR is about a lot more than simply expecting an agency to manufacture ideas for… Read more »
In the classic Little Britain comedy sketch, David Walliams plays the world’s most unhelpful clerk, Carol Beer who responds to every customer request or enquiry with the ultimate dismissive and unhelpful response ‘Computer says No’. With this, Carol makes it clear she is unwilling to do anything further to help with a customer’s problem. Unfortunately,… Read more »
The Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping days are set to excite Australian consumers this week, seeing shoppers swoop on mass discounts and sales in the lead-up to Christmas. According to the latest figures from Australia Post, Australians spent $21.3 billion buying goods online in 2017, which is an increase of 18.7 per cent from… Read more »
Weekly business news and insights, delivered to your inbox.
