Gillian Franklin's Heat Group signs lucrative licensing deal with Warner Bros Consumer Products
Friday, 13 April 2012
Sitting down at a small dinner party, Heat Group chief executive, Gillian Franklin, asked the gentlemen next to her what he did.  ...

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Gillian Franklin’s Heat Group wins costs against sexual harassment claimant, urges businesses to fight to defend staff
Monday, 07 February 2011
Heat Group founder Gillian Franklin says businesses that simply look to pay money to make harassment claims go away should stand up for staff who have been the subject of malicious claims, after winning what should be the final round in her battle with former ...

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Survey shows 44% of women have been sexually harassed at work, companies not doing enough to support victims
Monday, 09 August 2010
Just days after retail giant David Jones was hit with a $37 million sexual harassment claim, a new survey suggests 44% of Australian women have been harassed at work, with 62% saying they believed companies do not do enough to support those who make a harassment ...

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Never compromise
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Entrepreneur Gillian Franklin had a lot on her plate in 2008. She was steering her $70 million revenue cosmetics distribution company Heat Group through the GFC, she was fighting breast cancer and she was helping her three teenage daughters through their final ...

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Heat Group founder Gillian Franklin wins discrimination case, urges business owners to fight “spurious claims”
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Cosmetics distributor Heat Group has won a three-year battle with a former employee who claimed to have been discriminated against and harassed, and has urged other entrepreneurs facing "spurious claims" not to be afraid to fight to protect their reputation. ...

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How I was stranded in Geneva by the Icelandic volcano: Entrepreneur tells
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Melbourne-based cosmetics entrepreneur Gillian Franklin is sick of smelling the same. When she set out for Europe last week, she travelled light and only packed one bottle of perfume. Nine days on, she jokes that the Prada scent is starting to wear a bit thin. ...

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Time for action
Monday, 08 March 2010
As usual, International Women's Day has seen the release of a flurry of surveys on everything from career prospects to money management.  ...

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15 ways for women to rise to the top
Thursday, 05 March 2009
Female participation on the entrepreneurial playing field has not just stagnated, it has gone backwards. We dissect what is holding women back, but more importantly outline important and pro-active steps that every woman in business can take to make positive ...

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How I managed cancer while managing my business
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Gillian Franklin, founder of the $75 million a year cosmetics company Heat Group, was told she had breast cancer a year ago. She talks to AMANDA GOME about how she has successfully come through the past year and what she has learnt about managing both a m ...

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Women want answers on pay gap
Wednesday, 01 October 2008
A whopping 90% of Australian women are seeking answers to the gap between men’s and women’s wages, a survey by Australian cosmetics company The Heat Group reveals.  ...

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52 entrepreneurs share their real life tips
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Over our first year of existence, many of Australia’s best entrepreneurs generously shared tips, trends, ideas, leads and opportunities. So here are a few favourites from the zillion of tips from the SmartCompany community. There are 52 tips – one for eac ...

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Top 10 lessons of successful female entrepreneurs
Thursday, 14 February 2008
What's keeping women entrepreneurs in the minority? Is it something they are doing wrong? It doesn't have to be this way. AMANDA GOME offers 10 steps to success. ...

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I need a mentor. Where can I find one?
Friday, 08 February 2008
Hi Aunty B, I read your answer to: "I want to grow, who can help?"  I have been very keen to identify a business mentor for a while now – but, for the life of me, I seem to get nowhere. How would you go about finding one? Regards, Rui, Surry Hills, NSW ...

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Paid maternity leave is worth it: Entrepreneur
Friday, 01 February 2008
Industrial Relations Minister Julia Gillard went to great pains to reassure the SME community yesterday when she hit the airwaves yesterday to promote a planned Productivity Commission inquiry into paid maternity leave. Many SMEs fear that a mandatory employer ...

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10 real life tips from top entrepreneurs
Thursday, 31 January 2008
SmartCompany is turning one-year-old. We have learnt a lot in our first year, and hope you have too. Here are 10 of the best lessons entrepreneurs have shared. By AMANDA GOME. ...

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Optimism and customer service keys to success this year
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
If the bad economic news continues, consumers and businesses won’t stop spending – but they are sure to become more discerning.  ...

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Cosmetic entrepreneur’s cancer plan
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Gillian Franklin took her company Heat Group to revenue of $75 million in just seven years – but her recent diagnosis with cancer could present her biggest challenge. She talks about how she will manage her business and her illness to AMANDA GOME. ...

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Career by design
Tuesday, 04 December 2007
The founder of kikki.K wanted to bring a sense of fashion and design to the everyday, and took her business from its start-up $3000 outlay 10 years ago to revenue now of more than $20 million. Kristina Karlsson tells AMANDA GOME the kikki.K story. ...

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Heat in the brand
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Heat Group's Gillian Franklin had a problem: consumers liked her cosmetics brand but they didn't love it. She tells Amanda Gome how she created passion for the product and sales soared. ...

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