Business confidence on the rise while consumer confidence drops
Business confidence increased by 7% over the month of November, according to figures released today.
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Sick leave costs employers $33 billion a year but 60% of Australians anticipate a pay rise in 2015
Absence levels have increased to their highest level since 2010, according to the 2014 Absence Management & Wellbeing Survey with the cost to employers now exceeding $33 billion each year.
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Westpac’s Gail Kelly steps down: 7 top quotes from the first female Big Four CEO
Westpac CEO Gail Kelly has announced she is stepping down, following seven years with the bank. She will be replaced by Westpac's Australian financial services chief executive Brian Hartzer from February 1, 2015.
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Small businesses confident for the Christmas period: Commonwealth Bank
Small and medium-sized businesses are feeling optimistic about Christmas trading, with 73% expecting customer demand to be equal to or higher than last year.
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Small businesses and retailers brace for pin-only purchasing
Retail and hospitality workers around the country come Friday 1 August will be dropping the catchphrase "Do you want to sign or use a pin?" at the point of sale as the new rules banning signature payments for credit card and debit card transactions come into effect.
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Australia's SMEs unfairly punished by major banks
Australia's small and medium businesses (SMEs) are being charged an estimated $400 million more in fees than they should every year according to Tyro Payments, Australia's leading EFTPOS provider.
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Apple joins digital wallet showdown
Apple is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.
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Sales expectations hit 10 year high
Business morale is climbing as the outlook for stronger sales activity has surged to a 10-year high, with 47 per cent of businesses expecting increased trade during the June quarter as confidence builds for the year ahead.
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PIN only credit card payments to impact cafes and restuarants most
Australia's 14,000 cafes and restaurants are expected to be the most impacted by the new mandatory PIN requirements for credit and debit card purchases which comes into effect on 1 August, 2014.
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Australian businesses optimistic start to new year
Two out of three Australian businesses are more optimistic about growth this year compared with 2013, according to the latest Dun and Bradstreet's Business Expectations Survey.
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