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When it comes to employee misconduct, employers are often caught up in the emotion and quick to infer guilt.

In the early years of its operation a small business will often be embattled with IT issues.

The number of businesses in Western Australia that are appointing insolvency practitioners to administer them have been

1. ‘Say on pay’ and governance

As discussed in a previous article of mine, there are various types of intellectual property rights that can and should be used by business to generate shareholder value and create sustainable stepchange innovation. These are typically grouped as (i) patents for inventions, (ii) design registrations for new product shapes, (iii) copyright for literary or artistic works, and (iv) trade marks for brands and logos.

Like any specialist, I live in a world peppered with jargon.

The truth about Cyber Security is scary. Some would even say horrifying! You've probably seen it on TV… those worrying reports about cyber attacks on large companies.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail is one of the hackneyed sayings in business, but when it comes to market research many businesses rush in without really thinking through what th

With the petroleum industry struggling through one of the toughest periods in recent memory, there has been a growing call for government, academia and oil and gas operating and service and supply

After four years of intense work on the Presqu’ile smart city project in Grenoble, France, let me share with you two aspects of the initiative that are absolutely central to a s

It all started in June 2007 when a tall, attractive, blonde woman walked into a small copy shop in Surrey, UK. She had with her a folder containing a document of some 780 pages in length.

Too often, we hear stories about relationships where one partner was blind sided.“I just didn’t see it coming,” they say of the break up.

I start my public presentations on Intellectual Property (IP) with the statement: “IP is never an issue, until it’s an issue”.

Narcissistic, adaptable and creative are character traits commonly associated with Millennial (Upwork Inc. 2015).

The past 12 months has seen fulltime jobs decline by approximately 53,000, the first annual decline in almost two-and-a-half years.

The fourth industrial revolution theory predicts entry level white collar jobs will be eradicated by technology.

Automation is our new reality. We have the capability, the investors and the need for innovation. Let’s embrace it. 

Modern Awards can be confusing, from determining what award applies, to identifying how each job is classified in the award, and then what your people are entitled to… Overtime?

It’s common knowledge that often the best applicants are currently employed, however recent studies suggest that nine out of ten Australians are keen to know about a job opportunity regardless of h

In this current economic climate, many small businesses find themselves faced with the prospect of cutting wages costs.  Gone are the ‘boom’ years when the main concern was finding the right s