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News and interviews on PwC including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
PwC bans staff meetings between 10am and 4pm: Five tips for running a good meetingThursday, 17 May 2012
The new chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia has banned staff from holding internal meetings between 10am and 4pm, a move backed by business performance expert Ed Robins. ...
PwC scraps 211 jobs in corporate restructure
Wednesday, 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. ...
Private businesses predict profit increase of 18% next year: PwC
Monday, 14 May 2012
Australia's private businesses are continuing to experience slow growth rates, with sales growing by just 6% and profits by 7% in the last 12 months, according to PwC's Business Barometer published today. ...
Ready, set, go: coaching the entrepreneur
Monday, 06 December 2010
Entrepreneurs are some of the most challenging yet rewarding clients a professional coach may attract. They possess unique traits and if understood and appreciated can make for the most rewarding coach/client relationship. Many coaches fail to appreciate the ...
Economic growth weaker than expected as GDP rises just 0.2% in September quarter: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
The Australia economy grew by only 0.2% in the September quarter, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The result is well below expectations of a 0.5% increase. ...
Entrepreneurs as leaders: How to create impact
Monday, 29 November 2010
Let's be clear – you are a business leader. So, as CEO of your business you are responsible for three key areas: strategy, team building and business development. ...
R&D tax credit scheme delayed again as critics call for changes
Friday, 26 November 2010
Critics of Industry Minister Kim Carr's R&D tax credit scheme have called for the Government to submit the bill to another review, after the Government conceded it will have to wait until early 2011 to get the bill through the Senate. ...
New R&D bill passes lower house, but independent senator still undecided
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
The Federal Government's long-awaited R&D tax credit system has moved a step closer to implementation, with the legislation supporting the scheme passing the lower house of Parliament, almost five full months after the scheme was supposed to be in place. ...
It’s more than a game
Monday, 22 November 2010
Every year in AFL football, coaches venture overseas to study the latest trends in sports science, sports psychology and elite performance. Anything to give them an edge. ...
Permission to fail
Monday, 15 November 2010
In a highly competitive environment success is paramount. Right from our early education we are indoctrinated to pass exams or suffer the indignity of failure. Promotions are awarded on merit. It's all very quantifiable, vey clinical. We are educated by rote ...
Total online ad spending grows 23% in September quarter, video tipped as next growth category
Monday, 08 November 2010
Online advertising spending increased by 23% during the September quarter to reach $571.75 million, with expenditure now correcting itself following a slowdown during the financial crisis, according to the latest IAB Online Advertising Expenditure Report. ...
Start counting
Monday, 08 November 2010
The one thing that will propel your business forward immediately is benchmarking your performance. You don't need elaborate balanced scorecards. You don't even need industry benchmarks or external measures of success. Just start counting stuff. ...
Ten offers directorships to Packer and Murdoch, inflation pressures rising: Economy roundup
Monday, 01 November 2010
Ten Network Holdings has offered directorships to James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch, saying it will discuss the appointment of a new chairman with the pair. ...
Find the joy in your work
Monday, 01 November 2010
Time is the only truly non-renewable resource. You can hire and replace people. You can make and lose money. You can invest and divest assets but once a unit of time has gone it's gone forever. Pay people for their time and they'll work for your money, inspire ...
Banking competition must increase
Friday, 29 October 2010
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith doesn’t get it. Why do we need an inquiry in to the banking sector, he wonders? ...
Private companies bounce back
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Welcome to the big bounce back. The SmartCompany-Dun & Bradstreet Fastest Growing Private Companies List underlines Australia's resurgent economy, with companies from a wide range of industries – lead by wholesaling and manufacturing – shrugging off the ...
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. ...
Private businesses chase 20% profit growth in next 12 months as economy rebounds: survey
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Private companies are expecting profits will jump by 20% over the next 12 months and sales will rise by 15% as the economy starts to gather pace, the latest Business Barometer from accounting firm PwC shows. ...
20/20 vision in business
Monday, 25 October 2010
One of the most important aspects of business leadership is the creation of a strategic vision for the business. Rapid technological change, increasing complexity of the business landscape, global economic factors outside your control all contribute to create ...
R&D bill set to go back before Parliament again, start date of new tax credit scheme could be pushed back
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Federal Innovation Minster Kim Carr's controversial R&D tax credit scheme is scheduled to go back before the lower house of Parliament today, with suggestions that the independent MPs who hold the balance of power will force the Government to push back ...
