You’ll be aware of the dangers of cyber-attacks, but do you know the real risk to your business and what it means to be cyber-resilient? The reality is, no business or organisation is truly safe from cyber-attacks, but there are steps you can take to be more resilient, including having the ability to respond to…
A special celebration by the Lovedale business community to recognise the long awaited official extension to the boundaries of their region will benefit patients at Maitland Hospital. The proceeds from the Swing‘n’Blues business dinner were recently given to the Maitland Hospital Foundation. President of the Lovedale Chamber of Commerce, Linda Barnes, and Sales and Marketing…
Michael Minter is always up for a challenge. Almost straight after completing his Bachelor of Commerce at University of Newcastle, Micheal found himself running the Maitland office of a small accounting firm. He was able to step up. That experience equipped him well to move to one of the Big Four firms where he worked…
I saw a post on LinkedIn recently from an economist entitled ‘The realities of Entrepreneurship’. It contained a hand drawn diagram with 18 different roles an entrepreneur has to play – from accountant to fund raiser to debt collector to marketer to strategist to secretary. I disagree with the premise that entrepreneurs, small business people…
Hunter accounting and business services firm, Pitcher Partners, is bringing an Australian expert in business strategy to the Hunter to provide valuable information to local business people in the increasingly important area of succession planning. Dr Richard Shrapnel PhD is a Melbourne-based executive director of Pitcher Partners and a chief investigator in a recent global…