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News and interviews on KPMG including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
PwC scraps 211 jobs in corporate restructureWednesday, 16 May 2012
Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers has cut more than 200 jobs from its workforce as the company attempts a restructure that it says will help cut down on service duplication. ...
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Watch your web rankings constantly
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Google often changes the way its algorithm works – several times a week, in fact – and businesses don’t always pay attention. But last week the company made some pretty drastic changes to its ranking system. ...
Fraud on the rise as economy takes a tumble, KPMG fraud barometer reveals
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Business fraud has been on the rise in the past six months as economic uncertainty takes hold, according to the latest figures from the KPMG Fraud Barometer, which shows the average value of each fraud case over the past three years has reached $1.8 million. ...
How to defend your online reputation
Thursday, 20 January 2011
With Google often the first port of call when shopping for everything from legal advice to airfares, it has never been more important for a company to ensure that it keeps its nose clean online. ...
Public speaking myths exploded
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
A good speaker can have the world at their feet. Bill Clinton can command $150,000 an hour and is famous for making everyone in the room feel that he is speaking to them and only them. ...
Business groups slam new migration test, claims English language test could exacerbate skills crisis
Friday, 12 November 2010
Business groups have slammed the Government's new skilled migration test, saying it will exacerbate the skills shortage and make it even harder for small businesses to hire new and qualified staff in specialised areas. ...
Survey shows value of average fraud case doubles to $3 million, companies take more than a year to detect cases
Monday, 08 November 2010
The value of frauds committed by employees has doubled during the past two years with the average case now costing victims $3 million, according to the latest KPMG Fraud and Misconduct Survey 2010. ...
Hockey and Swan set to unveil banking reform measures as sector profit hits $28.5 billion
Thursday, 04 November 2010
The rush to reform Australia's banking sector is on. Treasurer Wayne Swan and his Opposition counterpart Joe Hockey are lining up to deliver banking reform measures as community anger grows at the $28.5 billion profit delivered by the sector in 2009-10. ...
Drop in skilled migration threat set to exacerbate skills shortages
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
No less than four separate surveys of businesses have underlined Australia’s growing skills crisis, but there are growing fears that a predicted drop in skilled migration could exacerbate the problem over the next two years. ...
Buyers’ market?
Monday, 18 October 2010
A new report from accounting firm KPMG, called the Mood of the Market, has underlined a very interesting symptom of this economic recovery – the sale plans of entrepreneurs that were shelved during the GFC are now being dusted off. ...
Business needs to be wary of a “baby bust” as boomers retire and stop paying tax over next decade: Bernard Salt
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
A report from KPMG demographer Bernard Salt and research firm Ipsos says Australian businesses need to be prepared for the start of a "baby bust" in the next decade, as baby boomers start retiring from the workforce and stop paying tax. ...
Receivers appointed to property empire owned by WOW Sight and Sound directors
Thursday, 07 October 2010
Two directors of retail electronics chain Wow Sight and Sound are caught up in a property sale worth hundreds of millions, after several banks recently appointed receivers to the assets controlled by the two men. ...
Government introduces amendments to R&D tax credit but experts say legislation isn’t ready to support SMEs
Friday, 01 October 2010
Tax experts have welcomed two new amendments to the Government's new research and development tax credit legislation but say the changes don't go far enough and further amendments are needed to get the bill up to scratch. ...
Turnbull must make the Government accountable for the NBN: Bartholomeusz
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Without necessarily disagreeing with my colleague Alan Kohler’s assessment of the politics of Malcolm Turnbull’s appointment as shadow minister for communications and broadband yesterday, Turnbull is indisputably right when he argues in his response that the ...
The NBN battle could crush Malcolm Turnbull: Kohler
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Tony Abbott has quite possibly given Malcolm Turnbull the worst job in the parliament. ...
Bernard Salt reveals prime hotspots for start-up entrepreneurs
Thursday, 09 September 2010
The rising population in high-growth hot spots across Australia provides ideal conditions for start-up businesses, according to demographer Bernard Salt. ...
Marble Group
Tuesday, 07 September 2010
Lee Corbitt Gary Denton Smart50 rank: 22 Revenue: $9,070,437 Growth: 56% Founders: Gary Denton, 38, Lee Corbitt, 30 Head Office: New South Wales Employees: 26 Industry: Property and business services Website: www.marblegroup.com.au Marble ...
Average fraud case costs business owners $2 million, new report shows
Friday, 27 August 2010
Businesses must implement stringent measures to detect and stop fraud when it first appears, otherwise it will spiral out of control and end up costing millions of dollars, the author of KPMG's Fraud Barometer warns. ...
Five expense claim fiddles – and how you can stop them
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
It's the fear every business owner has – that a trusted employee is somehow stealing your company's money. And as last week's resignation of Hewlett Packard chief executive Mike Hurd showed, it's a problem companies of all shapes and sizes must confront. ...
ASIC shuts down unregistered property schemes
Friday, 06 August 2010
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has received Federal Court approval to shut down five unregistered property schemes that were used to raise more than $80 million from investors in Australia and New Zealand. ...
