Asia is home to some of the fastest growing markets in the world, rising middle classes and young, mobile and increasingly tech-savvy populations. By 2030, Asia’s lower-middle income countries (including India, Indonesia and Vietnam) will have middle-class markets that are US$15 trillion bigger than they
The biggest highlight from February’s Traffic and Conversion Summit in San Diego, California was sitting in a room with Sir Richard Branson. For full disclosure, it was a very big room with thousands of people but Branson would never let that get in the way
Why are two of Australia’s most iconic brands, Swisse and Medibank, investing substantial money into the health and wellness of their employees? For former CEO of Swisse, Radek Sali, happy and successful employees equated to a happy and successful business. “People are not just one
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL-GRADE SECURITY ARE BEING BUILT INTO DIGITAL ASSET SOLUTIONS DEVELOPED JOINTLY OUT OF SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND. THE WORLD’S FIRST digital asset bank, Sygnum, a joint venture between Singapore and Switzerland, is up-and-running. Sygnum aims to be a bank to crypto-currencies in the
Christmas is around the corner and with it comes the Christmas party season. But if your business is forking out for a festive fling is there also a tax hangover looming on the horizon? Employees If you throw a Christmas function for your staff off-site
A new blockchain infrastructure designed for Australia’s creative industries could help overcome problems from missed royalty payments to art fraud and administrative overheads, says a new report. The report argues that a blockchain-based infrastructure could bring much needed transparency to the creative marketplace, while relieving the
New research from Australian marketing services provider Salmat has found that when it comes to discounting products, over a quarter (28 per cent) of SMEs think they discount too much, with 56 per cent of SMEs discounting weekly or monthly. Whilst discounting can be one tactic
With the introduction of Single Touch Payroll (STP) only weeks away, hundreds of thousands of small businesses are still yet to make the switch to the real-time reporting system. In fact, according to a YouGov galaxy survey of 517 micro-business owners in April found 70%
Australia’s free trade agreements are helping Hussey & Co export fresh salad leaves to Asia’s health-conscious consumers. As the Managing Director of Hussey & Co, Jeremy Haw has come a long way from selling live chickens and tomatoes on the side of the road at
Property industry players and social advocates have had a mixed response to the Victorian budget, attacking new housing taxes and a modest social housing program while praising a focus on infrastructure and planning. The industry hoped increased taxes on foreign buyers would not have a major
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