About B2B Editor

Date: Wednesday 6 June 2018. Venue: The National Press Club Barton. Photography: George Tsotsos.

If you have just managed to score that coveted dream job, the last thing you're probably thinking about is the technical ins-and-outs of your employment contract. If you can bring yourself down from that elated high for just a minute though, it might be worth scrutinising your 'employee welcome pack' and ensuring everything is above board. If you have some...

Aerobatics pilot, extreme skier, model, academic, systems architect, entrepreneur, consultant - these are just some of the professions and hobbies that have shaped Ken Gutterson's approach to business over the last 30 years. Ken is the managing director of Canberra-based consulting firm Cordelta, which he co-founded in 2004. The company's successes include multiple entries on BRW's Great Places to Work...

Switching your business' existing lights to more efficient LED lights can save you thousands of dollars in lighting costs each year, as over 1,000 ACT businesses have discovered. Upgrading your lights can be absolutely free, thanks to the ActewAGL Big Business Light Switch. The program helps ACT businesses save on their energy costs with licenced electricians removing business' existing traditional...

Being the father of a bright, confident and creative daughter, The Girls Leadership Network (TGLN) sparked more than a little of my attention. Now in its second year, TGLN was founded by Ritu Clementi, who had created similar programs in the US that were so successful that she won the Martin Luther King Jr Diversity award from Nike. She worked...

It's not every day you come across remarkable women who have the strength and courage to use their talents to embark on a successful entrepreneurial journey. Canberra businesswoman, Jemimah Ashleigh is named one of Australia's Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs by My Entrepreneur Magazine and a Woman to Watch in 2018. This inspirational businesswoman has created three businesses from scratch and...

Canberra digital news and opinion platform The RiotACT (the-riotact.com) continues to build influence and momentum, finalising the acquisition of About Regional, an emerging storytelling platform from South East NSW. The move is another solid step in The RiotACT's ambition to become the primary source of digital regional news for people in Canberra and its surrounds. About Regional is driven by...

Could your organisation's CCTV cameras, digital video recorders, routers, or even corporate vehicles be vulnerable to cyberattacks? As more devices connect to the Internet of Things (IoT), public and private sector organisations need to take extra steps to protect their employees, customers and data. A few years ago, Chrysler recalled 1.4 million vehicles after security researchers demonstrated that a Jeep's...

Before she entered academia, Dr Shari Read, Senior Lecturer in the ANU Research School of Management wrote a book about birth skills for expectant mums, taught yoga and meditation, was a qualified Buddhist psychotherapist and founded two businesses. So how did she end up at the ANU teaching management and leadership? Dr Read grew up in Tasmania, completed an undergraduate...

No one likes to receive bad news just before Christmas, but there were definitely some sobering findings in a report released by the Fair Work Ombudsman on 19 December 2017. To assess how well Canberra businesses are meeting their workplace obligations, the Fair Work Ombudsman selected 80 local businesses that had previously been found to be non-compliant with workplace laws...

Born and bred in Canberra, Richard Rolfe has always aimed high in life and business. He also doesn't hold back when it comes to what he would like to see happen in Canberra over the next decade. "I'd like to see the city regenerated and a sporting arena in the city near the lake," Richard stated. Looking at Richard's drive...

The ambitious Australian company using Canberra's own Allhomes as a model to shake up Asia's online classifieds market has this week secured a major equity investment of AUD $2.25 million from private equity firm Belt Road Capital Management (BRCM). Digital Classifieds Group (DCG) is a rapidly-growing online classifieds business with operations in Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. It...

In 2014, Canberra was ranked the best place to live in the world. In 2017, it seems we're also now the third best place to visit (according to Lonely Planet), and the best place to run a small business in Australia (according to Xero). If you've been thinking of buying a business in Canberra, now might be the time to...

Canberrans definitely ended 2017 on a high. So far, we've been named the best place to live in the world, the third best place to travel to in the world, and now it seems we may be the best place in Australia to run a small business. This is according to a small business report released by digital accounting software...

The popular and distinctive Hotel Hotel in the Nishi Building in New Acton will change hands from 1 March with Molonglo Group selling the hotel and the hatted Monster kitchen and bar businesses to the Hong-Kong based Ovolo Hotels. Hotel Hotel's new name is yet to be decided but the new owners are promising few changes to the business that...

Around 400 solar batteries have been installed in Canberra homes and businesses with the ACT Government hoping the third stage in its grants program will see that number doubled. Six companies have been successful in winning more than $3 million in grants under the Next Generation Energy Storage program which subsidises Canberra households looking to store solar energy to use...