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PUT YOUR LOCAL FOOT FORWARD
It’s all about making friends with jam. As consumers, we’ve made the shift from faceless food to seen source. We want to know if our honey hails from the Hunter or from Hong Kong. In the last couple of years, Australian Made has made a comeback. Local is lovelier and as proud patriots, we associate […]

NEW SEASON, NEW PACKING
Packaging tells a thousand words, no wait… you know what we mean. Your packaging is the clothes your brand wears and just as double denim isn’t a story you’d want to tell with your outfit, make sure your packaging story isn’t a fizzer and wrap your goods in great. As an essential interaction with your […]

To DIY Your Marketing Materials Or To Outsource?
Small business owners don’t have the same power or budgets as large corporate entities. Although outsourcing marketing materials may prove beneficial in some cases, there are many times it’s best to do it on your own. Below are several reasons why you should consider doing your own marketing materials. Experience When you do your […]

How the 2016-17 Federal Budget Will Affect Small Businesses
The government has introduced quite a few significant changes in the federal budget to ease the tax burden on small businesses including lowering the corporate tax rate, expansion of what constitutes a “small business”, and extensions for star-ups which was introduced as part of the 2015-2016 budget. Let’s examine the top five changes below. Reduction […]

End of the Financial Year Tips for Small Business Owners
At the end of the financial year on June 30, business owners need to file their taxes, review the past 12 months, and prepare for the next year. Most people dread the end of the financial year because they focus on the tax aspect, but it’s a great time to analyse your business’s performance over […]

Melbourne Morning Tea and More
We really enjoyed connecting with a wonderful group of small business owners at Madame Brussels in Melbourne at the end of March. Following on from our first event in Sydney last year, we wanted to extend the invitations to a larger group and the new format worked really well for this. Joined once […]