Protecting your Xero Organisation Online Security
There seems to have been an increase in phishing scams using Xero’s branding. A phishing scam is when a malicious email targets people by pretending to be from a legitimate company like Xero or a bank, to gain sensitive information such as login credentials.
Read MoreParliament gives Fair Work Amendments the Green Light
The Federal Parliament has finally passed a range of changes that have been ‘log jammed’ in the Senate for well over a year now.
Read MoreFood for (tax) thought, and the GST debate
There may be several positives to come out of the government’s push for tax reform, with the various submissions to its Re:think initiative from industry and the wider taxpaying community.
Read MoreTED Talks: Rainer Strack – The workforce crisis of 2030 – and how to start solving it now
It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world’s largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs.
In this data-filled talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers. But to do that, they need to start by changing the culture in their businesses.
Read MoreLiving longer, working longer
A pattern developing in the workplace, and indeed being encouraged by government, is around continuing to work until later in life. What are the benefits of longevity in the workplace?
Read MoreMobilegeddon – Is your website ready?
For years now, mobile usability has been a factor in Google’s search algorithm. Websites that are optimised suitably for use on mobile devices rank higher than their non-optimised counterparts, even on desktop devices. But until now, that ranking factor has been both limited and ambiguous.
Read More2015 Federal Budget – What it means for your small business
The Australian Government is promising a package of tax cuts, investment incentives, productivity enhancing measures and less red tape. But will it be enough to kick-start the economy?
Read More“Waterside” development in Gosford gathers momentum
I had the pleasure of being invited to a presentation on Friday 13th March 2015 by talented architecture firm CKDS from East Gosford, where they unveiled their triple-tower concept for the old Froggys site in Mann Street, Gosford called “Waterside”.
Read MoreClient in Focus: It Works!
This month’s Client in Focus is It Works!
We speak with Jake Marchant on the startup of the new business venture he and his wife embarked on – “It Works”.
Read MoreTED Talks: Bill Gross – The single biggest reason why startups succeed
Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others – and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others – and surprised even him.
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