by Bronwyn | Oct 25, 2021 | Blog, Small Biz Tips, Tenders
Have you ever come across some of your early work and thought “What on earth was I thinking?” Last weekend we attacked a storage room at the back of the garage. One of the treasures (not!) I found was a paper copy of our very first tender submission to a...
by Bronwyn | Sep 30, 2021 | Australian Small Business, Risk Management, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
By now, it should be no surprise to you that regional Australia is having a purple patch. Families and young singles are heading for the regions. Regional house prices have jumped 22 per cent in just one year. The last ABS statistics are for 2019 – 2020, but there is...
by Bronwyn | Sep 10, 2021 | Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Remember when you were a child, and things went wrong? You fell off your pushbike, had a fight with your best friend, had a tricky problem to solve, or some other catastrophe invaded your life? (Well it seemed like a catastrophe then!) What did you do? asks small...
by Bronwyn | Jul 31, 2021 | Australian Small Business, Blog, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
I’ve had occasion this week to re-visit my Business Lessons From Africa #6 Blog post – but this time in Australia. We are currently undertaking a job for an Australian mining company which has required us to recruit a specialist provider for a part of the task at...
by Bronwyn | Jul 31, 2021 | Blog, Business Systems, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Why have Business Systems? You just have to… Anyone who has looked into getting contracts to supply goods or services to a resources company (or any other large organisation) knows that you will need to have your ‘Systems’ in place. They talk about Occupational...
by Bronwyn | Jul 31, 2021 | Blog, Business Systems, News, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Last week I spoke with a group of business owners in Moranbah at an event entitled “Can your business run a marathon, or only a quick sprint”. The event was hosted by the BMA Local Buying Community Foundation, and Michael McLean from BMA also gave a presentation on...
