Trust in business – plausible or unrealistic?
Trust, or lack of, has been in all the Australian news media in recent months. Mainly on a political level, and has been singly attributed to the large swing against the government in the recent Queensland election. Suffice to say, whether you follow politics or not, it is widely acknowledge by most pundits as being on the minds of voters on a Federal level too.
Work Health and Safety reforms – more bureaucracy, more regulations and more stress to add to your day.
With over 300 pages for the new national Work Health and Safety ACT and over 700 pages of regulations, how can any small business manage to stay within the confines of the ACT, without help?
Answering a prayer
A lesson learned from a traditional sign writer.
Outsourcing: a small business challenge
Workplace trauma may be coming to a job site near you
Unfortunately workplace accidents are all too common. Some are deadly, some are simple, some are just plain stupid, but in every case it could be argued that they are avoidable.
Expo Review
Paypal for businesses?
Disasters
I think it is fair to say that 2011 has started with one disaster after another.
Are you covered?
Recent events in Queensland will have far reaching effects on all sorts of industry. Ours is no exception.
When is saving not a saving
I sometimes wonder if we are not our own worse enemy.
Scammers
Just when you thought it was a good idea to support a well known charity, you get scammed, again and again.
Social Responsibility: How does your workplace rate?
If you were to ask most business owners or managers in larger corporations, if there was bullying in their workplace, what do you think the response would be?
Service
Perhaps I’m showing my age, but I remember a time when there was such a thing as a corner store.
The good old days… reflecting on what we have.
I often reflect on the last few decades, and marvel at the changes that we’ve all grown to accept as normal in our daily lives. I often wonder if we could live without the technology we have today.
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