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Westpac’s new division funds ‘clean and connected’ scale-ups
CLEAN and connected businesses are paving the way for Australia’s future economic growth – revealed in a new report from Westpac – and as a result the bank has launched a new division to help fund leading ‘scale-up’ companies.
Westpac’s Smart Industry Report on Emerging Industries identifies significant changes required to support a new breed of Australian…
Issue #93
Cover story: LEADING EDGE
Richard de Crespigny's logbook on leadership.
Better Business Technology
Is Australia really ready for 5G?
Special Report: Leadership
Lessons for business from averting an air disaster.
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership.
Latest Business News
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26 Mar, 2019Warning: the most counter-productive budget you can cut
ManagementBy Margie Hartley >>
WITHOUT QUESTION corporate Australia is currently collectively belt tightening and, with that, spending on the non-essentials like ‘leadership development’ and ‘team offsites’ are often the first to be cut.
Team days can have a poor reputation as either boring ‘love-ins’ or as one government sector client…
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22 Mar, 2019Tour de force: Bangkok is calling all SkyWalkers
Asia PacificBy Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>
PROMISING AN ICONIC cityscape view, atop King Power Mahanakhon, one of Thailand’s tallest towers, Bangkok’s Mahanakhon SkyWalk boasts the country’s highest 360-degree observation deck in the country.
Open since November last year, the city’s latest tourist attraction boasts the highest…
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22 Mar, 2019Mayfair monopolises fintechs passing ‘Go’
Companies on the MoveBy Leon Gettler >>
WITH THE BANKS retreating from finance in the wake of the Royal Commission, investment firm Mayfair 101’s IPO Wealth Fund is now moving into the breach, funding Australian start-ups and businesses – even helping them expand overseas and build their markets.
Much of the money is coming from self-managed…
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18 Mar, 2019A wealth of opportunities after banks get out of the way
Finance & InvestmentBy Leon Gettler >>
THE Royal Commission is opening new markets for small operators moving into wealth management.
Simon Madder, the CEO of Prime Financial, said banks were now getting out of wealth management following the shellacking they got at the Royal Commission, opening the way for small businesses.
And they do it much…
Innovative Australian Companies
Citrus proves fruitful for top-tier advertisers
BRISBANE-BASED technology company Citrus is winning both global and tier one Australian retailers such as Dan Murphy’s to its innovative online…
Ag students get good grounding in degrees
LEADING Australian fruit producer, Piñata Farms, is among nine South East Queensland agricultural businesses collaborating with the University of…
How OpenLearning is going global from Australia
How OpenLearning is going global from Australia
By Leon Gettler >>
HOW DOES an online learning platform get to connect 1.5 million students around…
Companies on the Move
Mayfair monopolises fintechs passing ‘Go’
By Leon Gettler >>
WITH THE BANKS retreating from finance in the wake of the Royal Commission, investment firm Mayfair 101’s IPO Wealth Fund is now…
People on the Move
TechnologyOne appoints Clifford Rosenberg as independent non-exec director
TECHNOLOGYONE, Australia’s largest enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, has appointed Clifford Rosenberg as an independent, non-executive…
Innovation
Clever sensors increase bridges’ span
THE Story Bridge is 78 years old. Sydney Harbour Bridge is hitting 95. Australian bridges are designed for a life span of 100 years. Thankfully a…
Trade
Zero tariffs highlight Hong Kong trade talks
NEGOTIATIONS between Australia and Hong Kong on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are looking to permanently lock in zero…
Asia-Pacific
Tour de force: Bangkok is calling all SkyWalkers
By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>
PROMISING AN ICONIC cityscape view, atop King Power Mahanakhon, one of…
Digital Business
SafetyCulture develops apps that are apt for safe workplaces
By Leon Gettler >>
IN 2004, Townsville local Luke Anear transformed his workplace health and safety consultancy into a…
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership
BUSINESS ACUMEN’s special report on leadership, in edition 93, could not be more timely. Or more poignant. Or better…
Management
Warning: the most counter-productive budget you can cut
By Margie Hartley >>
WITHOUT QUESTION corporate Australia is currently collectively belt tightening and, with that, spending on the non-essentials…
Opinion
How to create thriving work communities that meet individual needs
By Balder Tol >>
AS LEADERSHIP guru Simon Sinek once said, “When people are financially invested, they want a return –…
Business Travel & Events
Records broken: Brisbane attracts 25% more Chinese visitors
In Brief
Queensland employment underpinned by resources
QUEENSLAND can thank its buoyant resources sector for its better-than-expected employment performance, according to the…
Research & Books
New UQBS research reveals best financial practice for CEO succession planning
By Eric Tan >>
THE POSITION of a chief executive officer (CEO) – unlike any other in an organisation – plays a pivotal…
News Feature
How newsagencies are growing as newspapers decline
Regional Economic Development
CSIRO dams work provides road map to 15,000 jobs – many in Indigenous communities
NEW DAMS can create almost 15,000 regional jobs and $4.85 billion in production in northern Queensland, the Northern…
Manufacturing Acumen
World-first printed solar panels completed at Newcastle Uni
THE FIRST commercial installation of printed solar panels in Australia was completed in August, with the University of Newcastle wrapping up the…
Aviation Acumen
New Joint Strike Fighter maintenance facility in Queensland
TAE AEROSPACE will develop its Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility (TEMF) in Bundamba, South East Queensland, to support in-country sustainment of Australia’s fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike fighter jets.
The TEMF…
Automotive Acumen
MOOV platform opens vehicle doors for SMEs
ORIX Australia Corporation (ORIX) has launched an online platform that aims to help small and medium businesses to select their vehicles more effectively – and make vehicle leasing and financing…
Debt Recovery & Management
Welcome to Debt Recovery and Management as informed by Bailiff-Sheriff Australia
This special Debt Recovery section is allied with the DebtSet/Bailiff-Sheriff Australia website. SUBSCRIBE HERE. While much of this section's…
Legal
New legal platform Alifery works in ‘gig’ economy
NEW ONLINE platform, Alifery is leading the legal profession into the future by connecting ASX listed companies, private businesses and law firms…
Acumen Archives
Less pain and effort now it’s Ezy-As
For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…
Business Incubator: RiverCityLabs
River City Labs supports Entrepreneurs' Organization Brisbane Accelerator
BRISBANE tech startup hub River City Labs will support the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Brisbane Chapter as a sponsor of the Accelerator Program in…
Queensland Leaders
Internet of Things is a hi-wire act for Forrest Electrical
THE EMERGING world of the Internet of Things (IoT) is both a challenge and an opportunity, according to Forrest Electrical Group, which specialises in creating smart electrical solutions for…
NSW Leaders
Ocular Robotics envisions the future
AUSTRALIAN company Ocular Robotics has been recognised as a ‘game changer’ organisation in the global robotics revolution.
Ocular Robotics, a New South Wales Leaders alumni member, was presented…
Victorian Leaders
Dreamcity is Australia’s first ‘edutainment’ theme park
Creative Industries
Nobody was anti ANTI at Creative3
QUEENSLAND-BASED startup ANTI took home the title of Australia’s Emerging Creative Startup for 2018 at the recent Creative3 event hosted by QUT…
Sports Business
Roy Morgan kicks off live sports sponsorship platform
ROY MORGAN has launched the Genome Audience Planner in alliance with TEG Analytics as a ‘next generation sponsorship planning and optimisation…
Indigenous Business
Record breaking Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
THE ninth annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) recorded ‘record-breaking’ success last year and more growth is…
Advertising & Marketing
Why branding is vital to your family owned business
By Stella Gianotto >>
ONCE available only to large corporations, branding is now more accessible and vitally important to every size – and type – of…
Training & Careers
How techniques used in averting an aviation disaster relate…
When Qantas A380 pilot Richard De Crespigny was confronted with a life-and-death inflight explosion, soon after…
Finance & Investment
A wealth of opportunities after banks get out of the way
By Leon Gettler >>
THE Royal Commission is opening new markets for small operators moving into wealth management.
Simon Madder,…
Agribusiness
Ag students get good grounding in degrees
LEADING Australian fruit producer, Piñata Farms, is among nine South East Queensland agricultural businesses collaborating with the University of…
Community Business
CEOs join the food harvesting global revolution
By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>
ACCORDING TO THE UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), around 1.3 tonnes of edible food is wasted…
Better Business Technology
ACS hackathon develops world-first prototype data sharing solution
Bottom Line
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