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IPCC report sees a bleak future of extreme weather
Wednesday 11th August 2021
Australian consumers back purpose driven businesses: Zero Group Report
Australian consumers are four times more likely to purchase from a brand that has a social or ethical mission backing, according to a report conducted by communications agency Zeno Group.
IPCC report sees a bleak future of extreme weather
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a warning about worrying patterns days after scientists flagged concern about the climate reaching a tipping point — a 1.5 degree Celsius warming threshold in the next two decades.
How to launch a Shopify store
Shopify is a subscription software that allows you to sell, ship and process payments anywhere. Ecommerce business owners and merchants may use Shopify to build a website and sell worldwide using an in-built shopping cart solution.The following is a step-by-step guide on setting up an online store with Shopify.
How to launch an Amazon store
One of the more subtle aspects of Amazon’s business model is that it lets anyone sell products on its website, which means you may benefit from Amazon’s enormous reach and impact. As of the first quarter of 2021, third-party sales had surpassed other sales, accounting for around 55 per cent of Amazon sales in the quarter.Amazon stated in its 2020 Small Business Impact report that it shipped more than 3.4 billion third-party items in only one year, between June 2019 and May 2020. The following is a step-by-step guide to setting up an online store with Amazon.
Funding for innovative ventures tackling COVID-19
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism, and Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, has announced $6 million in funding for NSWs businesses with innovative ideas and ventures that address the impacts of COVID-19.id:2021-08-10-10:26:05:139tThe NSW Government will provide funding to startups, scaleups, and SMEs through two new programs delivered by Investment NSW. The two programs are the S&D Fund and COVID-19 Tech Vouchers.
How to give your growing business the structure it needs
A business becomes self-sustainable when it has a repeat client base, with new business coming in the door regularly through sales and marketing activities or referrals. Often, it is a combination of both.There is a team in place, which may be small or large depending on how rapidly the business is growing, and it is starting to make money.
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Government assistance for COVID-19 impacted small businesses: Do you qualify?
In recent months, millions of small business owners across Australia have faced the uncertainty of shifting lockdowns. As a result, state governments in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia have each announced support packages to help those who have been impacted by pandemic restrictions.
Citigroup’s consumer division is being purchased by National Australia Bank, and the two companies are working on new buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Citi’s Australian lending operations, comprising credit cards, home loan portfolios, retail deposits, and wealth management divisions, will be acquired by NAB. According to the NAB, Australians have over 16 million credit cards in their possession.However, NAB executives aren’t ignoring BNPL offerings, with Mr McEwan telling analysts in an interview that the bank, like Citigroup, was working on a product in this area.
The Northern Territory is looking into whether its mild winters could help it gain a competitive edge in Australia’s growing industrial hemp business. Hemp is a renewable resource that may be used in a wide range of products, including construction materials, textiles, and beer. Growers in the Northern Territory may be well-positioned to offer dry-season fibre crops for southern jurisdictions that typically plant hemp in the summer.
Oil prices fell more than 2% to a three-week low this week, extending last week’s severe losses on the back of a stronger U.S. dollar and fears that new coronavirus-related restrictions in Asia, particularly China, will hamper a worldwide recovery in fuel demand.
In June, job postings in the United States reached a new high and hiring climbed as well, indicating that the supply restrictions that have slowed the labour market are still present, even as the pace of the recovery accelerates.
Warren’s Berkshire disclosed that it repurchased $6 billion of its shares in the second quarter. It has now bought back $12.6 billion in Berkshire stock so far this year. Shares of Berkshire’s more affordable B shares, which trade for around $285 and are in the S&P 500, are up 23% this year — outperforming the broader market.
Following repeated complaints, Italy’s antitrust body AGCM will investigate McDonald’s terms and conditions in franchise agreements, according to an AGCM document seen by Reuters.
Hong Kong’s banks and financial institutions are hoping that Beijing will allow the legislature of the special administrative region to review and maybe alter the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law before it is implemented in the city. The anti-sanctions law, which prohibits Hong Kong-based persons and businesses from imposing international sanctions in the territory, has been met with conflicting reactions from the city’s pro-establishment camp.
Under a landmark agreement between Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers and gas giant Jemena, zero-emissions hydrogen will be made available for the first time in 2022 for fuel-cell trucks, buses, and vehicles across New South Wales. Jemena intends to deliver hydrogen generated by its $15 million Western Sydney Green Gas Project to Wesfarmers-owned Coregas.
According to Minister David Littleproud, the farm visa will be in place by the end of the year. In October 2018, the Prime Minister pledged to develop an agriculture visa, which the sector has long desired in order to provide a harvest workforce to pick fruit and vegetables.
Big corporations that got JobKeeper will be able to keep the financial support a secret, thanks to the federal Coalition’s rejection of a push to make it public and the Labor Party’s retreat from insisting on it. At least $4.6 billion was distributed through the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme to businesses whose earnings increased during the critical months of COVID-19 lockdowns last year. Enterprises such as retailer Harvey Norman have been put under pressure to repay the money after making profits in 2020, despite the fact that the wage subsidy was designed for companies experiencing a 30% drop in turnover.
At the White House, President Joe Biden celebrated automakers’ ambitious electric vehicle targets. General Motors and Ford executives, as well as Stellantis, joined Biden. Tesla, on the other hand, was not invited. “Yeah, seems odd that Tesla wasn’t invited,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted. One possible explanation for the seeming snub is the United Auto Workers union. The UAW represents workers at GM, Ford, and Stellantis, but has so far been unsuccessful in organising Tesla workers at the EV maker’s Fremont, California, plant.
