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B2B magazine's philosophy is to work with businesses to promote them and celebrate their successes. B2B magazine is the regions only business publication. Not many people know that B2B is distributed to every business in the Canberra region each month through Australia Post. In addition to this B2B is sold through over 150 newsagents in the region and is also...
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Why are you in business? What is your contribution to the world? And what's in it for you? For your employees? Tony Robbins talks about the six human needs, being significance, certainty, variety, love and connection, growth and contribution. Most businesses and individuals are driven by the first two, feeling significant and having certainty. This is what drives us to...
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Delta Air Conditioning and Heating has been located in the Canberra region for 40 years and is a successfully operated family business run by David and Christine Oxford. Their son Paul, a fully qualified air conditioning and refrigeration mechanic who also helps in the day to day running of the business, looking after sales and service enquiries, is in his...
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It has become increasingly common to have multiple or at least more than one income stream. You might be working for a company and running a small business at the same time; you may be a freelancer with a number of clients to service or working for a single employer whilst building a property portfolio as part of your wealth...
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Jonathon was appointed as a Principal of RSM Bird Cameron on 1 July 2012. Jonathon is a Chartered Accountant, a Registered Liquidator and an Official Liquidator and has over 10 years' experience providing specialist insolvency and turnaround advice in the Canberra region, to corporations, individuals, creditors and Government Departments. Jonathon's professional ambition is to find solutions to problems in times...
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Rhys is proud to be a born and bred Canberran. He has worked with RSM Bird Cameron for over 12 years as an accountant in their Business Solutions Team and has seen huge changes during his working career, working through the introduction of GST at the start of his career and more recently an explosion in prices in the Canberra...
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A form is a document that is used to gather information. They are a tool within an organisation to provide a guide or a structure to a process or an assessment for a claim or required action. To ensure everyone who applies for a server or benefit is treated the same way, the form provides the questions that are required...
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Do you know that there are more people on Facebook today than there was on the entire planet just 200 years ago? We have over 2.5 million 'com.au' domain names in Australia and its growing fast every day. Yet, many businesses are failing to take advantage of the online technologies available today. Synapse Worldwide, a local Canberra business, specializes in...
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"We actively listen to you, identify a safe pathway to achieve both your financial and life goals and partner you on that path. Many promise, but we do." Dragonfly Financial Services (DFS) is a boutique financial services practice, with a strong track record in partnering their clients to achieve financial security and peace of mind. Luke Smith, partner & advisor...
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Trilogy Funding are residential mortgage brokers specializing in all forms of residential property finance. Trilogy where named in the top 25 brokerages nationally for 2012. When someone asks what we do at Trilogy, it's tempting to just say we help them on their journey to independent wealth and ultimately, financial freedom. But it is a lot more than that! It...
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Lucas Worx began in 2006, from nothing to the growing business it is now. My name is Arthur Moudakis and for many years feared the step of being a business owner until one day I decided to just do it. Since that day, and an enormous amount of hard work I'm very proud of where Lucas Worx is today. Lucas...
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Effective People began life in January 1994 in the back office of an accounting firm in Phillip. In 1995, the company moved to two offices on the first floor of a building in Weston, just outside of Cooleman Court. Eighteen years later, the company occupies the entire floor of the building and continues to enjoy the convenience that this thriving...
Expert Advice
Avoiding a sedentary lifestyle is critical to health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, the complexity of adult hood slowly causes exercise to move down our priority list. What if I told you, every time you complete a 30 minute exercise session you gain an extra week of an enhanced life? The national physical guidelines for Australians illustrates regular exercise is the key...
ACT Exporters
If you were offered a chance to tap into a market worth a trillion dollars, or gain a foothold in a country of 240 million growing by 6 per cent a year and spending billions on infrastructure and technology, you may think it's a dodgy get rich quick scheme. But it's not. The public sector market in the USA is...
Associations To Business
The recently released 'Australia in the Asian Century White Paper' details a roadmap for Australian companies to engage with our near Asian neighbours. Many ACT businesses are working in Asian countries, and are building flourishing companies contributing to a diversified ACT economy. Innovation comes in many different packages. Two ACT companies that are successfully exporting to Asia and building relationships...
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This is a topic that never goes away - it just varies in terms of degrees. Now, more than ever, employers are up against huge competition to retain and motivate their good staff. Losing staff is costly to any organisation; in dollar costs, lost productivity, loss of corporate knowledge and general workplace disruption. Retention strategies are not one off actions...