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The machines hummed, the time ticked by, and it was just a normal day. Except it wasn’t. It was February 22, 2011 – the day of the catastrophic Christchurch earthquake. And the building in which Nikki was working was in the thick of it. As the room crumbled around her, Nikki’s world changed forever. Taking […]

Discover how Peta Shulman grew her online shop 500% during COVID And take advantage of the hot tips she’s willing to share As Australia and the world adapts to the ‘new normal’ with the opening of our borders, the full impact of COVID-19 is much clearer. If you had to put it into one sentence,

Happy Ending for Doggy Day Care Tale With her love of dogs and the outdoors, it was no surprise that Alicia Isabella Spano headed in that direction when she launched her business. “I was doing some dog walking for a local dog walking business part-time whilst running my other business,” she said. “I loved the

Exporters! Discover How COVID has Affected Your Business A Exporters! Discover How COVID has Affected Your Business s borders reopen and Australia starts adjusting to the ‘new normal’ , we look at how COVID, lockdowns, supply chain disruptions, and trade tensions affected Australian exporters and how they responded. Now in its seventh year, Australia’s International

Reviving your business for the year ahead If you’ve managed to keep your business going over the past 18 months, congratulations! It’s been a tough run for many of us. Now that trading is returning to ‘normal’, you may be faced with one or more of these challenges: Lower sales putting pressure on your business’s

Meal Delivery Industry Supercharged by COVID It’s probably no surprise that multiple lockdowns have seen food delivery services grow. However, the extent of this growth is phenomenal! New research from Roy Morgan reveals that more than 5.5 million. Australians aged 14+ (26.5%) used meal delivery services last year, up from 3.9 million (19.0%) in 2019

Retailers Urged to Adapt & Embrace Change to Beat Lockdown The future is rosier than you may think! Wow! Has the Australian Retail Industry been on a rollercoaster or what? When KPMG produced its 2020 Australian Retail Outlook, COVID was just this strange disease that was happening overseas. At that time, the bushfires along the

It was Zoran Sarabaca’s personal experience of trying to sell his own business that prompted him to start Xcllusive Business Sales. Back in 2003, whilst trying to sell his maintenance business, he discovered the kind of help and support he needed was not easily available. Unhappy with the service that brokers offered him, he decided

Ask An Expert – James Cooper WHAT RELIEF IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN NSW FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL TENANTS? The NSW Government has taken steps to offer support and clarity to commercial and retail landlords and tenants by: 1. Passing the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID- 19) Regulation 2021 (under the Retail Leases Act 1994);

Reaping the Rewards of Post-COVID Retail A year-and-a-half of COVID certainly has changed the shopping behaviours of the Australian people. In May 2020, the first bit of retail data referring to the pandemic was published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. I was very excited to see how a month of COVID restrictions had impacted