What is an effective brand strategy and how to get one
Branding is often a confusing subject because most people think that if they have a company logo and use the same colours in the logo throughout their business they can tick branding off their list. Read more.
5 best practices to create a profitable customer-centric small business
With the changes in the marketing landscape, in particular, in the way customers interact and engage with businesses and brands nowadays, it is more important than ever to be up to date with creative and innovative ways in which we could train our business DNA to become more customer-centric. Read more.
Infrastructure spend in the Queensland Budget: A Tale of Two Regions
There was a clear focus in the Palaszczuk Government’s State budget to spread the infrastructure spend across the State in an attempt to woo both the inner-city voters and regional voters leading up to the next State election. Read more.
Talking Rubbish in the State Budget
Queensland handles over nine million tonnes of municipal waste a year, with illegally disposed waste costing the State Government a staggering $17.7 million a year to handle. Read more.
State budget announces new employer incentive for hiring apprentices
Employers are being encouraged to take on an apprentice through two key initiatives announced in the 2017-18 State Budget handed down this week. Read more.
Palaszczuk and Pitt doing it by the numbers
The Palaszczuk Government has pledged to improve the Queensland economy by boosting growth and delivering jobs. Read more.
Red tape missing from State Budget, but strangling small business every day
When Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt handed down his third State Budget yesterday, plans to reduce the red tape burden on businesses were notably absent. Read more.
Yearn to learn boosting Sunshine Coast brain gain
The Sunshine Coast’s education sector is predicted to grow 50 per cent in the next 15 years. Read more.
Ensuring good times ahead on the Sunny Coast for You and I
The new Sunshine Coast CBD and the rapidly-expanding reputation of the region as the place to do business is likely to attract bigger players in coming years. Read more.
Power to small business with $1 million ecoBiz announcement
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) is delighted with a near million-dollar boost to its ecoBiz program, which will help more small businesses save on their energy bills. Read more.
No alarms and no surprises in middle-of-road State Budget
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) says Treasurer Curtis Pitt’s third and last Budget before the next State Election delivered few surprises or sweeteners for small business today. Read more.
Queensland Budget 2017: What do we know so far?
State Budget fundamentals are a key determinant of business confidence. Read more.
Finkel Report fails to spark short term price rise optimism
The long awaited Finkel Report was released this afternoon bringing clarity and a ‘blueprint’ to fixing the ailing National Electricity Market (NEM). Read more.
Australia stumbles to economic record
The Australian economy extended the period of economic expansion to 26 consecutive years, defying the global impacts of the Asian Financial Crisis, the Dot-Com crash and the GFC. Read more.
Deal sealed on small business concessions
Two years on from the original announcement, the business community can now rejoice over the passing of legislation introduced by the Turnbull Government that will allow more small businesses to access a number of concessions. Read more.
Minimum wage increase outstrips private sector wage growth
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) says the Fair Work Commission decision to increase the National Minimum Wage and modern award rates by 3.3 per cent will be the largest increase handed down in seven years. Read more.
Send Queensland in a new direction – or build on our strengths?
When businesses plan for the future, some risk it all on entirely new ideas, products and services, while others look at ways to improve their current offering. Read more.
Small Business fears power plan will not reduce energy prices
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) says State Government pre-Budget plans to invest in energy supply is a step in the right direction, but will not reduce electricity prices for small businesses in the short to medium term. Read more.
Queensland Government’s energy announcement a mixed bag
The pre-Budget announcement to invest in energy supply for Queensland takes some general steps in the right direction, but will not reduce electricity prices for businesses in the short to medium term. Read more.
Business sustainability programs vital to good ecoBiz
Queensland small businesses are once again facing an electricity price hike this year with the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) releasing its final determination on notified prices for Regional Queensland. An 8.2 per cent rise has been indicated, sending shockwaves throughout the business community. Read more.