Australia-China BusinessWeek 2008
“Australia-China BusinessWeek 2008” will take place in Melbourne 10 - 13 June 2008. BusinessWeek 2008 provides a central point for sourcing information, advice and provides an opportunity to find new services, suppliers and concepts to make businesses operate more effectively and efficiently.
BusinessWeek is an excellent forum providing a week of high profile and unique business events and functions with keynote speakers, industry leaders and renowned entrepreneurs! For information visit the Business Week 2008 website .
Business Victoria
Business Victoria is committed to providing quick, no-nonsense answers and information to support business growth. Whether you are recruiting staff, expanding operations, looking to export or find business events, we have a range of tools tailored to your specific business needs. Access FAQs, HR templates, staff productivity calculators, fact sheets, event bookings and more. Click on the links to find out how we can assist you to grow your business…fast.
How do I recruit good staff?
How much is my staff costing me?
How can I improve my business management?
Exporting: how do I get started?
How can I find relevant business events & training?
CPA Australia
CPA Australia is the largest professional accounting body in Australia with more than 108,000 members around the world. CPA Australia shapes and leads debate on issues affecting accountants and the wider business community.
Visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au
GoToMeeting Corporate – Online Meetings Made Easy
Smart companies need smart business tools like GoToMeeting Corporate.
GoToMeeting Corporate makes it easy for you and your colleagues to collaborate and present information online to anyone, anywhere in the world. You’ll cut travel costs, increase revenues and be more productive.
Instead of just having a standard phone meeting or conference call, with GoToMeeting Corporate, you and your meeting participants get the benefit of sharing your computer screens.
You can point out important parts of a presentation, make changes to somebody else’s document or walk everyone through a difficult issue as if you were all in the same room.
To experience the power of GoToMeeting Corporate first-hand, click here and sign up for a free trial.
For more information, please phone us at 1800 451 485 (in Australia), or visit GoToMeeting Corporate .
HP
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the ideal technology partner for Australian small businesses who want to focus on what matters most — their business and customers — rather than worrying about their technology infrastructure.
Buying, using and maintaining IT equipment is made easy with HP, the world’s number one supplier of PCs and printers. Not only is HP equipment renowned for its long-lasting quality, HP has the largest network of resellers in Australia. This ease of access to local advice and support helps take the complexity out of the technology experience.
For more information about HP products and services designed specifically for Australian SMBs please click here .
Qantas
Whatever the travel management needs of your business, Qantas has a solution to help. Whether you need to simply book Qantas flights, flights on multiple carriers with car hire and hotels, or a more personalised service tailored to your requirements, Qantas can help make business travel management easier and faster. Visit qantas.com for details and conditions.
IBISWorld
IBISWorld is Australia's richest source of business information. We provide independent, accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date research on more than 500 industries, including statistics, analysis and forecasts. We also have reports on Australia's top 2000 companies and Risk Rating Reports on every industry detailing the factors affecting the operational risk including industry structure, growth and external sensitivities. If you are running a small or medium sized business or considering a new business venture, whichever industry IBISWorld has all the information to help you make better business decisions.
For more information visit www.IBISWorld.com.au or call (03) 9655 3881.
JOBX - YOUR ONLINE CAREER NETWORK
JOBX is dramatically redefining the way to find and fill jobs. But more than that, JOBX is a new generation career site for networking, growth and making yourself known.
By integrating the best search and networking technologies such as those used on Facebook, MySpace and Google, JOBX gives people a voice and a platform to promote themselves.
The interactive career site addresses the power imbalance between job advertisers and candidates, making it easier for them to find each other and communicate. In the same manner, JOBX provides a powerful new way for organisations to promote their values and communicate with candidates and industry peers.
JOBX is making online career networking a reality.
www.jobx.com.au
NAB Business Banking. You've got to plan to become what you plan to become.
Creating a successful business takes more than hard work. It takes a good deal of planning as well. A NAB Business Banker is equipped with the experience, expertise and acumen to help you plan for your business success.
With over 5650 business banking specialists across 220 business banking centres, it’s another reason why we’re known as the leading bank for business banking.
Talk to your NAB Business Banking Manager about opportunities to help your business become what you want it to become, c all 13 10 12 or visit nab.com.au/business "Business Bank of the Year, CFO Magazine 2006 and 2007"
A little word for a big life.
Optus
Optus provides a range of solutions to help businesses from 1 to 200 employees. Whether you are looking to grow or improve the way your business runs, we can help with key issues such as connecting your people, protecting your business, maximising the internet and managing your office on the move.
Our dedicated small business website,
www.bizthinktank.com.au , has more details on what we offer in each of these areas. You’ll also find exclusive articles on a range of topics from highly-regarded small business expert Peter Switzer, as well as a NEW free business health check.
Visit
www.bizthinktank.com.au & register for a free business magazine today
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Private Client Services
We are a national team of partners and staff who focus solely on servicing private businesses, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals.
Why do our clients think we’re easy to work with? Our approach is to invest in a one-to-one relationship. You’ll be dealing with a committed team with an in-depth understanding of what makes your organisation tick.
Our private clients are ambitious and entrepreneurial. We support them by providing practical and commercial advice as well as proactive suggestions where we can see a possibility to leapfrog the competition.
While a PwC partner is your trusted advisor, you’ll also be working with a skilled team experienced in a wide range of areas and industries. You get access to people who have been where you want to go.
www.pwc.com/au/pcs
The Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI)
The Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) is Victoria's most influential employer group, servicing over 15,000 Victorian businesses per annum. An independent, non-government body, VECCI was started by the business community to represent business. Their membership covers all levels and sectors of industry including: business services, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, tourism and emerging sectors.
Visit www.vecci.org.au