by Bronwyn | Oct 17, 2024 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
When small businesses seek to win large contracts, they often encounter an overwhelming amount of rules, regulations, requirements and assumptions that can make the process feel rigid and one-sided. Don’t you wish the big company decision-makers understood your...
by Bronwyn | Feb 9, 2024 | Australian Small Business, Blog, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Small Biz Tips, Supply Chains
Does your 2024 include a journey through the complex world of supply chain partnerships? Do you have a large company in your sights as a potential new customer? How do you communicate with an organisation such as this? This is a common scenario for many small...
by Bronwyn | Dec 21, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Blog, Payment Terms, Small Biz Tips
I’m a firm advocate of the old but trusty PESTLE framework. It’s an easy-to-use method that SME owners and managers can use to uncover things happening in the wider world that could affect their business. PESTLE stands for: Political Economic Social Technological...
by Bronwyn | Nov 15, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Doing Business Better, Supply Chains, Tenders
Lately, I have been writing and speaking a lot about the massive opportunities for SMEs in Government purchasing. All levels of Government have now set targets for how much of their purchasing money they will spend with SMEs. Yes, there are huge opportunities...
by Bronwyn | Oct 19, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Doing Business Better, Small Biz Tips
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of months, the fact that PwC has absolutely trashed its own brand won’t be news. The paragraph above is an exact copy of the opening paragraph of my LinkedIn article of October 14, 2015. I have simply...
