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News and interviews on Enjo including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Lacking in energyTuesday, 07 December 2010
Australia's energy providers are struggling to meet the online needs of their customers, with text-heavy websites delivering poor navigation. ...
What do I do with unwanted food?
Friday, 03 December 2010
Dear Ms Manners, If I'm at a business lunch and my chicken is raw or I put something in my mouth I don't want to eat, what do I do? Can I spit the food out? ...
Meet the world’s next web billionaires
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
The biggest trend to come out of the eCommerce world in the last 12 months has been the rise of US group buying website Groupon, and its army of imitators, including more than a dozen in Australia. ...
Tim Alpe
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Today we travel across the Tasman to talk to Tim Alpe, the co-founder of travel business Jucy. Tim, who was just named as New Zealand’s Entrepreneur Of the Year, started the business in 2002 with his brother Dan, concentrating on affordable car rentals. Today ...
ATO warns part-time entrepreneurs not to confuse a business with a hobby after the case of the 1,200 turtles
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Entrepreneurs must ensure they distinguish a business from an income-earning hobby or risk tax evasion penalties, the Australian Tax Office has warned. ...
Aunty, are you telling us tall stories about entrepreneurship?
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Dear Aunty B, My business is two-years-old and it's been struggle-town all the way. What keeps me going are the great stories on SmartComapny and elsewhere about making it. And then I read this article and noticed the comments by one of your readers - johncoxon. ...
Bluestone Group gets investment from Macquarie Group, eyes return to selling new mortgages
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Bluestone Group, the financial services company that enjoyed explosive growth during the low-doc loans boom of the early 2000s, has flagged a return to the non-conforming loans market after banking giant Macquarie Group took a 17.5% stake in the business. ...
How Ireland is exporting financial fear around the world: Maley
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Global financial markets are in for a turbulent time as investors worry that the eurozone sovereign debt crisis has now gone viral, and is threatening to claim further debt-laden victims. ...
Business profits fall in third quarter, government promises carbon price for 2011: Economy Roundup
Monday, 29 November 2010
Corporate gross operating profits fell by a seasonally adjusted 1.5% during the third quarter of the year to $US66.8 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...
Australia's most influential billionaires
Monday, 29 November 2010
That faint sound you've been hearing this week was the sound of thousands of entrepreneurs, analysts, executives and commentators scratching their heads at Gina Rinehart's decision to purchase a 10% stake in Ten Network. ...
Online shopping gears up for Christmas
Monday, 29 November 2010
For almost 10 years now the internet has been going to 'kill' traditional 'bricks and mortar' retailers. The story goes that new, purely online retail brands will set up and they will take away all of the 'pain' of going shopping and we will never again have ...
Finding the right balance of authenticity
Friday, 26 November 2010
I spoke on a panel this week at the inaugural Australian iStrategy event. I’m very glad that I got input from the @redballoonteam because it is our marketing gurus at RedBalloon who own the strategy. ...
Christmas holiday trading chaos continues, Coles set to lose $15 million in sales
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The chaos over Christmas holiday trading continues to escalate, with supermarkets warning the New South Wales Government that it will lose $15 million in sales due to the structure of the state's public holiday schedule, which will prohibit it from opening ...
Groups prove to be social networking’s ‘killer app’ for SMEs
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
In the past, the biggest obstacle to SMEs adopting highly effective promotional tactics was money, or lack of it. ...
Our banks have a $4 billion exposure to Ireland’s mess: Maley
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Australian banks could face hefty losses on their $4 billion of loans to Ireland, as part of the restructuring of the country's failed banking system. ...
Apartments are the way of the future
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The key to building a successful property investment portfolio is to own the type of property that will be in continuous strong demand in the medium- to long-term, so as to maximise its capital growth. ...
Google targets business market with new Microsoft Office plugin
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Internet giant Google has launched a new plugin that will allow users of the Microsoft Office suite to sync their documents with a Google Apps account and access them from anywhere, the company announced overnight. ...
Feeling frazzled, stressed & burnt out?
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Is it just me or is everyone feeling overloaded? Every day I feel like my pile of unfinished tasks keeps growing. This is making me feel very incompetent. I don't like this feeling at all! ...
Private equity firms the key for growth funding with merger and acquisition market still weak
Monday, 22 November 2010
SMEs should consider private equity for growth as larger firms and banks still remain wary of mergers and acquisitions due to excessive capital requirements, a new Ernst & Young report reveals. ...
WebJet and Wotif shares under pressure over profit outlook – can these eCommerce leaders still expect explosive growth?
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The weakness of the retail sector may be starting to hit the once-impenetrable online markets, with shares in travel and accommodation sites WebJet and Wotif falling between 6-10% during the last month due to weaker profit outlooks. ...
