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The Hellenic Club in Woden has found more time to play, and more ways for you to play! A $500,000 renovation of their Sports Bar has made this venue the talk of the town. With OPC's strategic IT planning and a fully outsourced IT Managed Service taking care of their IT, the Club has has enjoyed more time to complete...

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...

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 -...

Many Australian businesses are struggling with the rising costs of inputs such as fuel and electricity. These challenges are making it harder for businesses to compete. RSM Bird Cameron, one of the largest mid-tier accounting firms in Australia, offers advice on how a better pricing strategy can help organisations stay ahead of rising business costs. Andrew Sykes, director of business...

With the end of the financial year looming, now is a good time to be thinking about your end of year superannuation strategies. it may also help you to avoid some common traps and tax penalties. OFF-MARKET TRANSFERS Of particular interest this year is the Government's proposed banning of off-market transfers which is due to take effect from 1 July...

The Morgans Group was established in 1978 with the aim of providing the highest quality cleaning service in the Canberra region. They provide a full range of services including Carpet, Windows, Tiles and General Cleaning! Thirty five years in the cleaning business is testimony to their commitment to excellence. Similarly, OPC opened its doors in 1985 to provide quality IT...

The Southern Cross Club Woden won the prestigious Large Club of the Year Award at the recent Clubs ACT Awards for Excellence Awards. This award capped off an incredibly successful night for the Canberra Southern Cross Club - winning six industry awards and its outstanding Tuggeranong Club employee, Ryan Spiteri being recognised as the Young Achiever of the Year. The...

Almost every today has a website, but for many this online presence is simply not generating new leads, enquiries, sales and more importantly profit for their owners. Web Based Marketing has just released a FREE videos series ($197 value) called "7 Steps To Generating More Leads & Enquiries From Your Website & Online Marketing" that teaches you the tools you...

RELOCATION LAWS PTY LTD HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2001 AND IS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL BOUTIQUE COMPANY, PROVIDING SPECIALISED BUSINESS RELOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING TENDER MANAGEMENT, STORAGE AUDITING SERVICES, FURNITURE PROCUREMENT AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IN CANBERRA AND NATIONALLY FOR OVER 12 YEARS. We have built our success based on a strong delivery process extending beyond the...

Cloud computing first came to my notice when I tipped thecontents of my coffee mug onto my Macbook Pro and congratulatedmyself on having the forethought of regularly backing up all of my fileson an external hard drive. Only to find that when I had purchased thereplacement laptop and plugged in the external back-up drive, it too,was faulty! It was a...

If you are a B2B enterprise it makes senseto be advertising in the B2B magazineand other vehicles just like this, to reachthat specific, highly targeted market. Youknow the audience and you are not wastingdollars in a "scattergun" approach, whereyou have no idea of the audience you arereaching. Of course, creativity and clarity inyour messaging should certainly be a feature.Creative approaches...

The Gillespie Group is a team ofaccountants and financial advisors who offer a wide range of expertiseand experience in the world ofbusiness, taxation, wealth creation andfinance. They are focussed and committed toproviding the highest levels of personalisedsupport to their clients and, like OPC, theyunderstand that people and their businessesare unique and require timely and accuratesolutions tailored to suit their individualneeds....

ArtSound FM, Canberra's own not-for-profit Arts and MusicRadio Station presents its award-winning classical, jazz,blues, folk and world music 24 hours a day. Based at theManuka Arts Centre, ArtSound has been a key part of theCanberra and region music and arts community for 30 years. It is alargely listener - supported, volunteer run organization providing ahigh quality radio service on-air on...

Small Business Owners and Commercial Property There can be significant advantages available to small businessowners who hold their business premises in their SMSF, with the keybenefit being the low tax environment for holding their property assets. A SMSF has the ability to purchase business premises from amember or related party and the SMSF can then lease the businesspremises to the...