2015 PREDICTIONS FOR SMEs
Don't automatically expect growth
By John Burke
Condon Associates
TRYING to understand economic analysis of trends and predictions can be confusing but as the mist of confusion clears these can be useful tools in your business planning for 2015 and beyond. The challenge is to determine what impacts upon your business.
MALE IDIOCY RESULTS ARE IN
Men may be idiots but which sex is smarter?
By Anthony Stavrinos
MEN are the clear winners when it comes to idiotic, risk-taking behaviour, according to the findings of a new study published in the distinguished British Medical Journal.
WHY FAILURE HAPPENS
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal.”- Winston Churchill
EXTRACT 2 from the new book about human behaviour called Selfish, Scared and Stupid by Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan published by WILEY.
7 EASY STEPS TO DECLUTTERING
And profiting from it
AS you move forward into the New Year and your resolutions, let go of what's holding you back. Here's how to get rid of your clutter - and profit from it.
SYDNEY BUSINESS PARK
16,000 jobs as tide turns for Blacktown
By Di Bartok
THE multi-million dollar commercial/industrial development that is Sydney Business Park, Marsden Park will further cement Blacktown City as “the centre of the universe”, says deputy mayor Russ Dickens.
BUSINESS OF CHRISTMAS
Jolly scolars consider festive cheer
IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas. In fact, it has for quite some time. Did the department stores actually take down last year's decorations?
DANGER OF ASBESTOS
Councils unite to raise awareness
PARRAMATTA, Holroyd, Fairfield, Blacktown, The Hills, Liverpool, Penrith and Hawkesbury have joined forces with the Environment Protection Authority to fight the ever-growing problem of illegal asbestos disposal.
Christmas BBQ for homeless
Chamber spreads festive cheer
By Di Bartok
COOKING and serving up food at the Parramatta Mission’s Christmas barbecue for the homeless has been an important cause of Parramatta Chamber of Commerce for more than 15 years.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Exploring our deepest motivations
In a two-horse race, always back the one called ‘self-interest’.
- Paul Keating
EXTRACT 1 from a new book about human behaviour called selfish, Scared and Stupid by Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan published by published by WILEY.
12 SCAMS OF CHRISTMAS
Risks of online shopping in festive season
MCAFEE, a division of INTEL Security has announced its annual “12 Scams of Christmas” list to educate the public on the most popular ways cybercriminals scam consumers during the festive season as they surf digital devices.