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Technology has transformed business and industry more in the last 20 years than the previous 200. In existence for around 25 years, the internet has been responsible for the greatest amount of disruption - and opportunity seen since the industrial revolution. When the way we communicate, interact, organise, and shop changes fundamentally, the way we do business or run our...

Handmade Canberra was recently crowned Canberra's best start-up at the 2013 Telstra ACT Business Awards. Julie Nichols founded Handmade Canberra in 2008. After realising the massive untapped potential for a specialised Canberra-focused event, the Handmade Market was born. "With our first 35 designers the Handmade Markets quickly became a local Canberra and regional phenomenon attracting handmade enthusiasts from around the...

In 2000, while the rest of the country was celebrating the new millennium and preparing for the Sydney Olympics, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life, to leave my career in the public service and set up my own consultancy business - just six months shy of long service leave. And despite the challenges, risks and sleepless...

You have been looking for 6 to 12 months now and you have found the business you want to take the next step and make an offer on. However, before you can make an offer you need to ensure you can borrow the funds to acquire the business. This is when time cannot move quick enough for you, as in...

You have been looking for 6 to 12 months now and you have found the business you want to take the next step and make an offer on. However, before you can make an offer you need to ensure you can borrow the funds to acquire the business. This is when time cannot move quick enough for you, as in...

To make it easier to do business in the Territory the ACT Government is now giving local firms a leg up when tendering for government contracts. Last month a new criterion was introduced for the evaluation of all goods and services tenders for ACT Government work, which supports small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the capital region. The criterion puts...

It's all about confidence stupid! Australia's economic fundamentals might be sound but for too long business and consumer confidence has been battered by ongoing political instability and an increasing preoccupation by our politicians on attaining and retaining power rather than governing the country. Businesses are frustrated and disillusioned with this focus on politicking rather than policy. In Canberra and the...

ACT companies that export are very important to our local economy. Dollars coming from overseas and invested back into our local economy will be increasingly important to balance the ACT's reliance on the public sector. The ACT government has a program called Global Connect which has a number of international programs established to support the continuing diversification and internationalisation of...

The search for a new Chief Executive Officer for an organisation is always difficult but when you are trying to fill the shoes of a man of the calibre of Christopher Peters, the task is especially daunting. The Board of the ACT & Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry were faced with the almost insurmountable task of finding a new...

We are all living longer. However, it is a sad fact that a longer life will see an increase in the inability to make decisions for ourselves. It is not uncommon to unexpectedly find yourself in the situation where someone else has to make important life decisions for you. This can be because of an accident, illness or aged related...

Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd have developed a carbon neutral printing service which will offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced from the printing for qualified customers. Yes, it's true: Ricoh will offset the GHG emissions from your printer for the term of its finance agreement. Recently Ricoh Australia announced that we have achieved an important milestone: to be a carboNZeroCertTM...

As part of our commitment to the NFP Sector and its directors the Australian Institute of Company Directors has developed the Good Governance Principles and Guidelines for Not for Profit Organisations. The Principles are designed to assist boards in determining what constitutes good governance practice for their particular organisation and to achieve better outcomes through good governance. It was recognised...

Is your business relocating? Allied Pickford's is synonymous with business relocations management and corporate relocation services. We understand the wider issues, the need for careful planning, detailed project management and clear communication with your staff. Our experienced team takes total responsibility for your office or business relocations leaving you to concentrate on the day to day tasks of running your...

The Personal Property and Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) came into effect on 30 January 2012 and has changed the way in which security interests in personal property are dealt with in Australia. Now all security interests, including contracts for the supply of goods, commercial equipment leasing agreements, hire purchase or lease finance arrangements and bailment agreements can be registered on...

Some good news coming out of the 2013 Federal Budget is some extra red tape for Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSF) has been removed providing opportunities for those with tight cash-flows to continue making contributions via off market share transfers. SMSF Share Transfers The Government had previously announced that from 1 July 2013 you would not be able to contribute...

We understand the Canberra business market and realise that there are thousands of very successful businesses operating from homes and coffee shops in the ACT and across the nation. But there is another cost effective alternative that can provide you with the same flexibility and give you an alternative to holding your meetings at home or in public places -...