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The marketing power of a website
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At Canberra Web, we specialise in visually stunning, organically optimised websites that rank highly in search engines and convert visitors into clients. HOW DO PEOPLE FIND WHAT THEY NEED? Successful business marketing requires an understanding of your target market - how do they find the products and services that they need? There are many avenues a business can pursue to...
Making sure your SMSF remains compliant
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Self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are the fastest growing sector of the superannuation industry. One often overlooked and misunderstood aspect of SMSFs is the requirement that the members must always, either directly or indirectly, have input into the management and control of their SMSF, in order to be eligible for the generous tax concessions available to superannuation funds. To ensure...
It’s a hat trick for Aspen Medical
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Protecting troops on the frontline in Afghanistan is just one project led by the 2013 ACT Exporter of the Year, Aspen Medical - whose exports rocketed to $44million in 2012-2013. The Canberra-based healthcare provider was crowned Exporter of the Year for the third consecutive year during the ACT Chief Minister's Export Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Hotel on September 26...
Meetings, mung beans and the mountain pose.
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How one business incorporates health and wellbeing into their workplace Carol Benda, Coordinator at Women's Legal Centre, gazes out of the boardroom window and notices how the clouds are forming long streaks in the sky. Ordinarily she would bring her mind back to the staff meeting, but in this case, she and all eight staff members are lying prostrate on...
Unpaid overtime: what’s the real cost??
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More than a quarter of employers report that their people are clocking up increasing amounts of overtime and over 60 per cent say that those extra hours are unpaid. Pressure on organisations to increase productivity means that existing teams are being asked to do more work with the same number of heads. If not managed carefully, this has the potential...
Canberra’s premier business events centre
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The Canberra Business Event Centre(CBEC) has been at Regatta Point since the year 2000 - so it comes as a shock to CBEC manager, Robert Jeston, when people tell him they didn't know it existed. In the last 12 years CBEC has run more than 2,500 events, catering for more than 60,000 people. CBEC has a modern boardroom with seating...
Accomodate Canberra: leading the way in executive apartments
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As a landscaper on New Parliament House in 1987 Peter decided to go into real estate. Peter worked for Realty World for the next nine years and after three years he became a sales manager. In 1996 Peter bought a Realty World franchise and in 1998 renamed it to Maloney's Real Estate. "We initially focused on property management. We started...
ACT credit union becomes customer owned ‘Beyond Bank’
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One of the nation's top three credit unions, Community CPS Australia has become a 100 per cent customer owned bank under a bold new naming strategy designed to offer consumers a real alternative in the financial services sector. From 1 August, the Community CPS Australia Group and its five allied brands will trade as Beyond Bank Australia, a values-based, 100...
Suzie the fresh face of success
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Suzie Hoitink knows a thing or two about presenting the fresh face of success. Having been the face of the Clear Complexions Clinics for over seven years now, she, more than most, understands how important it is to project the right image. She is, in essence, her own brand. Clear Complexions has achieved enormous success with two more clinics opening...
Best of Breed: OPC and Engineers Australia
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OPC has had a long and successful 27 year partnership with Engineers Australia. In an age when constant change is more likely to be the norm, especially in the area of ICT, we have been able to sustain an effective and mutually beneficial relationship between our two organisations. Engineers Australia (EA) has more than 100,000 members and 200 staff across...
Relocation Laws
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RELOCATION LAWS PTY LTD HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2001 AND IS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL BOUTIQUE COMPANY, PROVIDING SPECIALISED BUSINESS RELOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING TENDER MANAGEMENT, STORAGE AUDITING SERVICES, FURNITURE PROCUREMENT AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IN CANBERRA AND NATIONALLY FOR OVER 12 YEARS. We have built our success based on a strong delivery process extending beyond the...
Canberra Web Your Local Web Design Company
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RESPONSIVE DESIGN Canberra Web is Canberra's premier webdesign company. Since its foundation in 2010,Canberra Web has been at the forefront of its competitors providing modern, cost effective web presence for local and interstate businesses. Canberra Web specialises in responsive web design. Responsive websites display differently depending on the device a visitoris using, providing the website in an attractive and easy...
Making it- the Monaro Screens success story
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Manufacturing in Australia is difficult at the best of times, but for family owned Monaro Screens, business couldn't be better. Monaro Screens has been in business for close to 20 years and in that time it has had some considerable growth," says owner David Byatt. Monaro Screens was founded 19 years ago. It became a family affair three years later,...
Curious about the employment market? Ask the Experts.
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At Hays we are the experts in recruiting professional, skilled and qualified staff. Our investment in our staff sets the industry benchmark, ensures we stay at the forefront of the Australasian recruitment industry and has helped us become the only recruitment consultancy to hold the status of Employer of Choice for Women for 11 consecutive years. Hays has received a...
CBEC – Canberra’s premier business events centre
August 2013 Issue 85
The Canberra Business Event Centre (CBEC) has been at Regatta Point since the year 2000 - so it comes as a shock to CBEC manager, Robert Jeston, when people tell him they didn't know it existed. In the last 12 years CBEC has run more than 2,500 events, catering for more than 60,000 people. CBEC has a modern boardroom with...
ACT credit union becomes customer owned ‘Beyond Bank’
August 2013 Issue 85
One of the nation's top three credit unions, Community CPS Australia has become a 100 per cent customer owned bank under a bold new naming strategy designed to offer consumers a real alternative in the financial services sector. From 1 August, the Community CPS Australia Group and its five allied brands will trade as Beyond Bank Australia, a values-based, 100...
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