Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
The high take up of the Local Shop campaign before Christmas and the popularity of the Directory section of the Westender indicates the hunger for services connecting local business to the community. The next step in this campaign will be announced in the March print edition of Westender and will involve a relationship with the Continue Reading →
Networker, guru and advocate for small business, Terri Cooper, was at West End’s Loft for the SW Chamber of Commerce, February breakfast. Westender caught up with her for a quick chat about the need for real advocacy on behalf of small business. Terri’s next business breakfast is at Red Hill on Wednesday, 26thFebruary featuring ICT (Information Continue Reading →
John Dwyer from the Institute of Wow lived up to his name at the South West Chamber of Commerce breakfast at West End’s Loft this month. He spelt out the basic rules of marketing, which most of the audience agreed they already knew and then not so gently reminded us all that almost none of Continue Reading →
Don’t forget the customer in your drive to do business smarter and more efficiently. Companies struggling to remain profitable in tough times tend to retreat from “the customer is always right” to focus on new business and the 20% of customers who produce 80% of the profit. This is especially notable in large organisations that Continue Reading →
Two families in the same neighbourhood go off to work each day with similar incomes and similar expenses. They each have two kids in the local primary school and the kids go to school together. They invite each other for barbecues and get to know each other pretty well. Gradually though, one family begins to Continue Reading →
In partnership with the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, QUT is presenting a public lecture and panel discussion on sustainable architecture, with keynote speaker, Dr Nirmal Kishnani, assistant dean at the National University of Singapore’s School of Design and Environment and chief editor of FuturArc , a journal of green architecture in Asia. The discussion brings into focus ideas and themes from Continue Reading →